Words That Will Never Pass Away

September 16

(Luke 21:32-33, 37-38 NIV) “I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. {33} Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. {37} Each day Jesus was teaching at the temple, and each evening he went out to spend the night on the hill called the Mount of Olives, {38} and all the people came early in the morning to hear him at the temple.”

(1 Peter 1:23-25 NIV) ““For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. {24} For, "All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, {25} but the word of the Lord stands forever." And this is the word that was preached to you.””

(Psalms 119:89-91 NIV) “Your word, O Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens. {90} Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth, and it endures. {91} Your laws endure to this day, for all things serve you.”

Many foolish tyrants have tried to rid the world of God’s word. In their folly, they failed to recognize that God is eternal, while they are but dust -- and to dust they will return. The word of God stands forever, because God is forever. Jesus Christ, God incarnate, told His disciples that the heavens and the Earth would pass away, but not His words. They are eternal, because Christ is eternal. So when Jesus speaks of what is to come, we can bank on it. When He speaks to what we should be doing, we would be wise to heed His words. They will not pass away. When we get into God’s word we are not just into the wisdom of the ancients -- we are into something eternal… something that has been forever and forever will be. Only the fool would try to destroy that kind of knowledge. Only the fool would ignore or neglect it. -- Friar Tuck’s Word of the Day