This Ain't No Baby Formula

I have a two step formula for true success: Hear the voice of the scriptures and obey the voice of the scriptures. In doing so you will truly embrace Jesus and all that is in his heart, because as Hugh Von Railey has said, “ From Genesis to Revelation you will find Christ in every page!

“And he (Jesus) saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:15-18).

When the Heavenly Father revealed to Peter this glorious truth of Jesus Christ, you can be sure that it was of the same Spirit that breathed the scriptures to men of old: “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works” (2 Timothy 3:16-17). You can not separate what God has said in the Word from who he is. He is the Word upon which the church is built, is being built, and will be built. The God that is revealed in scriptures is the Lord that will be revealed in the last hour to the church and through the church.

Thank God for the priceless treasure of his Word!! The written Word of God is one and the same with the voice of Truth that will bring the true church into unity and victory: “For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?” (1 John 5:4-5). Just as a river flows continuously, bringing wetness to everything it touches, the Word of God flows from the mouth of the Lord and brings faith to everyone who hears and obeys.

There is no uncertainty about the course from which this river of life flows: It is the scriptures. Know them and according to 2 Timothy “The man of God becomes perfect.” The word perfect here means “to be completely qualified” and comes from a word that means “right now, at this moment.” It is closely related to a word that means, “One in which all the parts are complete or whole and what they are supposed to be, so that they might serve their destined purpose!” The church that truly divides the word of truth and makes it the basis of all that they do and DO NOT DO, will in this hour without fail serve their destined purpose—they will make disciples of all nations.

You will understand this when you see that opposite of the word perfect is “crippled and maimed.” There are multitudes as of this moment in the valley of decision that are crippled and maimed because they do not know the Living Word, Jesus Christ. To know God today is to know that his heart goes forth to such as these, and thus he equips us with the sword of the Lord, sending us into his harvest: “Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind” (Luke 14:21). These crippled will be made whole because of the God breathed scripture that will be flowing out of the mouth of his servants!! This will come through soldiers of the cross because this ain't no baby formula!