January 6, 2018 - - Isaiah 40:8 & John 1:14 What Goes Before Good Works

The grass withers, the flower fades,

But the word of our God stands forever.

Isaiah 40:8 NKJV

Your word is a lamp to my feet

And a light to my path.

Psalm 119:105 NKJV

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 1:14 NKJV

There must first be in the heart of a man before he do any good works, a greater and more precious thing than all the good works in the world...That precious thing which must be in the heart, ere a man can work any good work, is the word of God, which in the gospel preacheth [preaches], profereth [offers], and bringeth unto all that repent and believe, the favour of God in Christ. Whosoever heareth the word and believeth it, the same is thereby righteous, and thereby is given him the Spirit of God, which leadeth him unto all that is the will of God, and is loosed from the captivity and bondage of the devil, and his heart is free to love God, and hath lust [desire] to do the will of God. Therefore it is call the word of life, the word of grace, the word of health, the word of redemption, the word of forgiveness and the word of peace; he that heareth it not, or believeth it not, can by no means be made righteous before God.

William Tyndale "Parable of the Wicked Mammon"

Thank You, Father of multitudes of mercies, for the written word, the Bible, and the Living Word, Jesus Christ. Increase my hunger for the Word so that I will be strengthened for joyful service in Jesus' great Name. Amen.