GOD’S WORD ABOVE EVERY WORD.
By Fred H. Seeny
“We have also a more sure Word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place.” God has magnified His Word above His name. Ps. 138:2. His great power is in His Word, for “by the Word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.” When the lion roars, the beasts of the forest keep silence. When Jehovah speaks, the inhabitants of the world ought to stand in awe. Amos 3:6–8. During the space of nearly two thousand years, God uttered His voice in the ears of the children of men. He has declared his will and sanctioned such revelation by the repeated manifestations of almighty power. He employed holy men as the authorized recorders of His laws. The last book closes with a curse against all who should add to or diminish therefrom. Rev. 22:18, 19. Notwithstanding all this, there have been men in all ages of the world who have set up their wills against that of the great Jehovah. They have made a record of the same, forbidding what God has commanded, or ordaining what God has prohibited. Thus by their traditions they make void the laws of the Most High. What folly is this! what blasphemy! what rebellion! The words of the Lord are tried, pure, and everlasting. Luke 21:33. The words of men are short-weight, corrupt, and are passing away. By the laws of God, and not by the opinions of men, we shall be judged at the last great day. Rom. 2:12, 13. Terribly has the curse fallen upon those who have established human opinions in opposition to the Word of God. Witness the Jews, who, since the fatal overthrow of their city, have been wanderers over all the face of the earth. Witness the poverty, ignorance, and misery of those parts of the world where human creeds prevail, and where the Bible is rejected; yea, witness in the case of every man who substitutes his will for God’s will. The end of disobedience is death. “To the law and to the testimony; if they speak not according to this Word, it is because there is no light in them.” Isa. 8:20. Reader, are you enjoying the blessed light of God’s Word? or are you trusting in the tradition (or the opinions) of men? If you are, give them up, for “all are to perish with the using.” Col. 2:22. FRED H. SEENY.