EVERY WORD by Ellet Joseph Waggoner

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Aug 13, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 33.

"EVERY WORD."

By Ellet Joseph Waggoner

"THE words of the Lord are pure words; as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times." Ps. 12:6. This is true not merely of a few words, but of all. "Every word of God is pure; He is a shield unto them that put their trust in Him." Prov. 30:6.

Moreover, there is enough in the words of God for every necessary purpose. They are sufficient to make a man "perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works." 2 Tim. 3:17. Not only is nothing more needed, but whatever is added to God's Word is a lie. "Add thou not unto His words, lest He reprove thee, and thou be found a liar." Prov. 30:7.

There is no trace of error or likeness to untruth in the words of the Lord. He is the truth; therefore His words are truth, for they are His life. "Thy Word is true from the beginning; and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever." Ps. 119:160.

Unto us the Lord says: "Let your communication be Yea, yea; Nay, nay; for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil." Matt. 5:37. Also, "If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God." 1 Peter 4:11. That is, the Lord wishes men to speak just as He does, but He will not have them equivocate. They must not say one thing and mean another. This is because there is nothing of that kind in the words of God. He is not double-minded nor double-tongued.

God is infinite; "there is no searching of His understanding." Isa. 40:28. Therefore His Word is of infinite depth. Eternity will not be long enough to enable the keenest intellect or the most diligent student to exhaust the meaning of any one of the words of the Lord. Thus it is that we can always return to the same Word, and find something fresh and new. It is a sun shining with never-fading light; a fountain whose waters never fail. Therefore the one who comes into close acquaintance with the Word of God never tires of it any more than he tires of the light of the sun, the fresh beauty of nature, or the sparkling flow of the mountain stream. E. J. WAGGONER.