 Word of god

ULTIMATE TRUTH
OF THE SCRIPTURE
WHAT IS TRUTH?

WORD OF GOD
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 14:6

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you
will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
John 8:31-32

But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the
Father, he will bear witness about me.
John 15:26

Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth

John 17:17

And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I lam making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down,
for these words are trustworthy and true.”
Revelation 21:5
WHAT IS TRUTH?

WORD OF GOD
to them we did not yield in submission even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved
for you.
Galatians 2:5

But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospel,
Galatians 2:14

But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the
firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. To this he called you through
our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14

Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, clove one another earnestly
from a pure heart
1 Peter 1:22
WHAT IS TRUTH?

WORD OF GOD
Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
James 1:18

In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed
with the promised Holy Spirit,
Ephesians 1:13

Believe Become Behave

FEATURES OF WORD OF GOD

WORD OF GOD
Is not my word like fire, declares the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
Jeremiah 23:29

For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a
mirror. 24 For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. 25 But the one who looks
into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be
blessed in his doing.
James 1:23-25

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Psalm 119:105

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of
spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13 And no creature is
hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
Hebrews 4:12-13
FEATURES OF WORD OF GOD

WORD OF GOD
For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is
accomplished.
Matthew 5:18

since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word
of God;
1 Peter 1:23

Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him
Proverbs 30:5

The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.
Psalm 12:6
FEATURES OF WORD OF GOD

WORD OF GOD
This God—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him
Psalm 18:30

The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple
Psalm 19:7

If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken
John 10:35
SEEING GOD

WORD OF GOD
No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us
1 John 4:12

No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.
John 1:18

To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
1 Timothy 1:17

who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him
be honor and eternal dominion. Amen
1 Timothy 6:16

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
2 Corinthians 3:17
GOD REVEALS: GENERAL REVELATION

WORD OF GOD
The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. 2 Day to day pours out speech,
and night to night reveals knowledge.
Psalm 19:1-2

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since
the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
Romans 1:20

Yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good by giving you rains from heaven and fruitful
seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.
Acts 14:17

And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?
Matthew 5:47

Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image
formed by the art and imagination of man.
Acts 17:29
GOD REVEALS: SPECIFIC REVELATION

WORD OF GOD
And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
Acts 1:26

The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord
Proverbs 16:33

And in the breastpiece of judgment you shall put the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be on Aaron’s heart,
when he goes in before the Lord. Thus Aaron shall bear the judgment of the people of Israel on his heart before
the Lord regularly.
Exodus 28:30

And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before the
Lord. At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he and all the people of Israel with
him, the whole congregation.”
Numbers 27:21
GOD REVEALS: SPECIFIC REVELATION

WORD OF GOD
The governor told them that they were not to partake of the most holy food, until there should be a priest to
consult Urim and Thummim.
Ezra 2:63

Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets,
Hebrews 1:1
DO NOT ADD

WORD OF GOD
Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you and you be found a liar.
Proverbs 30:6

I have applied all these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers, that you may learn by us not to go
beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another.
1 Corinthians 4:6

I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him
the plagues described in this book, 19 and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God
will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.
Revelation 22:18-19
LORD’S WILL

WORD OF GOD
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and
trade and make a profit”— 14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist
that appears for a little time and then vanishes. 15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do
this or that.”
James 4:13-15

Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Matthew 6:10
SOUND DOCTRINE

WORD OF GOD
For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate
for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, 4 and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander
off into myths.
2 Timothy 4:3-4

The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, 10 and with
all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11
Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false.
2 Thessalonians 2:9-11