Check this out, all you who fail to acknowledge the Bible, in its entirety, to be true. It pretty much means that if you think that parts of the bible are just views of men, you deny God's omnipotence and power over the sin and errors of men. If you claim there to be an error in scripture, then there is an error in God which is contradictory to your whole belief and God Himself. Jesus himself quoted, lived, and referred to the Old Testament, making it credible. Why would Jesus disciples become martyrs over something that wasn't entirely from God? The power of God resides in Christ followers most effectively through the Word of God. Luke chapter 16 clearly indicates that the greatest miracles would have no effect on men's hearts, if they will not believe God's Word.
Jesus=Truth=the Word
John 17:17 "Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth."
James 1:22-25
"Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it- he will be blessed in what he does."
It seems paradoxical that a law could give of freedom, but God's law points out sin in us and gives us the opportunity to ask for God's forgiveness. (Romans 7:7,8)
As Christians, we are saved by God's grace, and salvation frees us from sin's control. As believers, we are free to live as God created us to live. Of course, this does not mean that we are free to do as we please. (1 Peter 2:16) We are now free to obey God.
Having faith and obeying God's law are intertwined. Obeying the word is not a substitute for, but rather a verification of, our faith in Christ.
