The Word of God
I have heard the phrase “The Word of God” used a lot in a
variety of religious settings. I’ve
noticed that there are a few different definitions that are applied to the
term. Some use the term God’s Word and
they are strictly speaking about the Bible.
Some use the phrase “The Word of God” and they are speaking about
prophets, and still others are speaking about the Holy Ghost. The term “Word of God” is defined exactly by
John in the New Testament. He defines it
as the Son of God meaning Jesus Christ.
Nephi in the Book of Mormon provides a second witness to this definition.
I believe an understanding of this definition is important,
otherwise we are easily led into idolatry.
In this context, I am using Idolatry with the following definition: The
belief or act of placing faith in something other than God for redemption. An Idol is a substitute God.
This use of the term is a little different than the Elder’s
Quorum Sunday School definition which generally includes examples of idolatry
such as buying a Red Ferrari, Working on Sundays or Putting Work ahead of
Family. Sometimes a boat is given as the
example instead of the Ferrari. And the
Elders’ definition varies somewhat from the Relief Society definition of
idolatry which often includes examples such as watching too much sports, fly
fishing instead of helping with the kids, watching the Super Bowl because it is
on The Sabbath, and sometimes hunting for sport. Oddly enough these are actions only an Elder
could be guilty of.
In the context I am using for Idol Worship or Idolatry, I am
strictly speaking about misplaced faith, which is Faith that is not in
God. It is the belief that some other
thing can bring you Redemption. The
Ferrari is not idol worship unless you actually believe that this vehicle will
drive you to Heaven directly into the presence of God. Now the purchase of it might be worldly or
unwise due to living outside your means or neglectful of the poor, but that
still does not make it an idol.
Having a great regard for a sports hero does not make the
sports hero an Idol in the sense used here.
To “idolize” the sports hero might include putting up a poster on the
wall, attending the performances as often as possible, mimicking the actions of
the particular individual. Still this is
not Idolatry unless you actually believe that the athlete will take you by the
hand and redeem you from the fall and bring you back in to the presence of God
the Father.
An Idol is a substitute for God. Using that definition, we can have a better
understanding of why it is important to correctly define the “Word of God”. If we use a different definition of this term
than the definition God has defined than we are practicing idolatry. No matter how good our intentions may be, it is
idolatry when we replace God with anything other than God. If we misidentify the “Word of God” then we
are substituting with something other than God intended and this will not lead
to the end results we hope to receive from God.
The term “Word of God” is specifically a title for The Son
of God who is Jesus Christ.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God. The same was in the
beginning with God. All things were made
by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light
of men. And the light shineth in
darkness; and the darkness comprehendeth it not.” (John 1:1)
John provided a witness of the identity of the Word of
God. He explained that this Word of God
was the creator of all things and still provides life to all things and will
continue to be the source of life for all things, including men. John teaches us that Jesus Christ is the
“Word of God”.
“And the Word was
made 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 bare
witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that
cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.” (John 1:14)
As the “Word of God”, Christ explained His purpose.
“Whoever drinks the water I give them will never
thirst. Indeed, the water I give them
will become in them a spring of water
welling up to eternal life.” (John 4:13)
Nephi also provided the same definition for the Word of God
when he gave the account of his dream.
That dream was initially given to his father and Nephi, wanting to know
the interpretation of it, went to the Lord in prayer and received a visitation
teaching him about the dream. (Which is
an example of how we are to receive any revealed statement, dream or scripture
offered by another. We must receive a
witness of the truthfulness of it for ourselves with a direct relationship with
God in prayer).
“And after he had said these words, he said unto me: Look! And I looked, and I beheld the Son of God going forth among the children of men; and
I saw many fall down at his feet and worship him. And it came to pass that I beheld that the rod of iron, which my father had seen,
was the word of God, which led to
the fountain of living waters, or to
the tree of life; which waters are a
representation of the love of God; and I also beheld that the tree of life
was a representation of the love of God.” (1 Nephi 11:24-25).
The Rod of Iron is the Word of God. The Word of God is the Son of God. The Son of God leads us to the fountain of
living waters, which represents the Love of God. The Love of God is received in its fullness by
entering into the presence of God the Father.
We receive a small measure of that love in the same degree or amount of our
own willingness to do the will of God.
Christ, who did nothing save it be the will of the Father making Him the
iron rod we must hold fast to if we are to receive and understand the will of
God.
We hold fast to that rod of iron by hearkening to His words
that He delivers to us (1 Nephi 8:30).
Those who hold fast to this iron rod are not described as the ones who
fell away from the path nor wandered away after sampling the Love of God. Those who hold fast to the Word of God are
they which endure the mocking of the world after having received a measure of
the Love of God until after their patience is tested and they receive the Love
of God in full measure.
Recognize how the angel speaking to Nephi first identified
who the Word of God is. This was done by showing the birth and life of the Savior as the
interpretation of the dream is taught.
Also provided are examples of how the Word of God (Christ) will
communicate to us (2 Nephi 11:26-36). Christ
will send a prophet to prepare the way before Him (2 Nephi 11:27). Christ will condescend to speak to us in
person (2 Nephi 11:26-27). Christ will
send apostles (2 Nephi 11:28). Christ
will send angels to descend upon the children of men and administer to them (2
Nephi 11:30). He uses a variety of
mediums to communicate to us. In all
these things we can find his words for us.
Before this world was created, there was Jesus Christ who
was with God the Father. And previously
having been under trial and proven to do the will of God the Father in all
things, Christ was given the power to be as God the Father. With that power, Christ made this world. All things which we see, hear and experience
are driven by this power. It is His
(Christ’s) power which gives life to all things. Because He created all things, He knows how
all things must fit together to increase and grow, to prosper and fulfill their
full potential and have joy.
This world is fallen from its original condition and there
is also much darkness here. The light is
not completely gone because without the light (Christ’s power) all things would
pass away and die. And so these things
are mixed, light and darkness.
Christ (who created all things) communicates through all things. He does this for the purpose of restoring all
things to their former glory. The glory from Him is the original love which
these things once enjoyed. This is His
purpose. It is to communicate with each
soul and bring that soul back to its original state of Love found in the
presence of God. He hopes all things
will receive the power of life which comes only from Him.
We must learn to recognize His voice in all things without
being distracted by the darkness.
Just as His voice is in all things, so too is the opposition. Light and Darkness, Good and Evil, Purity and
Corruption, these are mixed into every source of communication. The iron rod that Lehi and Nephi saw went
through the mists of darkness. The two
necessarily go together. Without the
mists of darkness, there would be no need for an iron rod. If I can see fifty miles ahead down the path,
what purpose would the iron rod have? If
I was not separated from the Love of God then what purpose would a Savior have?
Therefore, so long as you are separated from God, you are fully reliant upon
the Word of God to find that restoration.
Truth and Lies are grow together like wheat and tares. The guidance of Christ can be recognized among the tares but in this world it is
always opposed by those messages which seek to choke out the voice of Christ. The
two are harvested together and we are required to separate them as we
seek to prepare the harvest. This is true of every source of knowledge
save one. There is only one one source that is free of an element of
falsehood. There is only one pure source of Christ’s voice and
this is Christ in persona. He alone is
the pure form of the “Word of God”. After all, He is the Word of God.
This point is critical to understand. So I will restate it. Only
Christ is the pure source of communication
from God because He is the Word of God. No other source is without some form of
corruption.
This concept is difficult to accept. We need that pure source of Truth. We need that Love of God to flourish or to
even survive. Yet if we are unwilling to
give up some measure of the darkness within us, we cover our sin and vanity
with the illusion of pride. We pretend
that we already have something we call The Truth. We pretend that we already have that Love
only He offers. And we masquerade that
lie behind an Idol. We claim the idol is
the Truth or the Love. We pretend that
the idol is the source of these things.
And so an idol can be anything that we pretend is an acceptable
substitute for the Word of God. We
accept that idol as a substitute for Christ Himself.
Some examples of idols include a Talisman, Statue, Temple,
Ceremony, Ritual, Book, Preacher, Teacher or Prophet. Idols can even come in the form of a Spirit or
Angel. It is anything you use to justify
yourself and stop repenting by using that thing as if it is the Word of God
itself. In essence, you accept a certain
measure of the communication from God because you have actually received the
portion of the idol which does have good within it. However, you demonstrate an unwillingness to
receive more from God because you limit the form of communication to only that
idol.
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
are very skilled at recognizing this form of idolatry among other Christian
denominations. We often quote the
following:
“And because my words shall hiss forth—many of the Gentiles
shall say: A Bible! A Bible! We have got a Bible, and there cannot by any
more Bible.” (2 Nephi 29:3-10)
We think that refers to those “other churches who don’t
accept the Book of Mormon.” Yet we fail
to recognize that it is actually referring to us. It is a warning given to us who have received
the Book of Mormon itself. Review 2
Nephi 27:8 and notice that the record is rejected and remains sealed because of
our wickedness and abominations.
“Wherefore, because of the things which are sealed up, the
things which are sealed shall not be delivered in the day of the wickedness and
abominations of the people. Wherefore the book shall be kept from them.” (2
Nephi 27:8)
The book is kept from the wicked and abominable.
(As a side note, abomination means to take something that is
given by God and misuse it in a manner unintended by God.)
It actually makes no difference how wicked and abominable
the rest of the world is, the book is available to any who will receive
it. Notice how Lehi lived in a religious
group that was slated for destruction and he still received scripture directly
from the Lord (1 Nephi 1:11). The lack
and limitation to receiving these things is due to your own personal wickedness
and your own personal abomination and is unrelated to the unworthiness of
others. Though we see the idolatry in
other denominations, we fail to recognize our behavior in which we have turned
the Book of Mormon into an idol by calling out, “A Book of Mormon! A Book of
Mormon! We have got a Book of Mormon, and there cannot be any more Book of
Mormon!” We engage in this behavior by
rejecting the communication from Christ that is delivered to us from other
sources.
It is not intended that we remain solely reliant on only one
source of communication from God. God
provides multiple witnesses because any one single witness can be misconstrued.
“And in the mouth of three
witnesses shall these things be established; and the testimony of three, and this
work, in the which shall be shown forth the power of God and also his word,
of which the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost bear record—and all this
shall stand as a testimony against the world at the last day.” (Ether 5:4)
“And my brother, Jacob, also has seen him as I have seen him;
wherefore, I will send their words forth unto my children to prove unto them
that my words are true. Wherefore, by
the words of three, God hath said, I will establish my word. Nevertheless,
God sendeth more witnesses, and he proveth all his words.” (2 Nephi 11:3)
And here is a third quote from the Bible to help prove the
case:
“But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or
two more, that in the mouth of two or three
witnesses every word may be established” (Matthew 18:16)
These witnesses are not just found in the spoken testimony
of those who have witnessed the Savior, although they do include such
witnesses. The witness is found in all
things if you will receive the witnesses.
The law of three witnesses can be established in the written word as
well.
We can receive communication from God while we read the
scriptures. The primary purpose of the scriptures is in fact to point us to
God. This was the intent for which they
are written. Frequently and easily we
can receive communication from God as we read them.
The scriptures contain the capacity to convey communication
from the Word of God, but they are not the Word of God itself. Remember that the Word of God is only
Christ. The scriptures are not free from
corruption. There is both error in the
writing itself as well as error in the interpretation of the words as we read them. If misapplied it can be used in a manner that
directly opposes the will of God. A
review of the scriptures themselves will prove that this is the case.
Review the original title page of the Book of Mormon and
notice the last line: “And now if there are faults they are the mistakes
of men; wherefore, condemn not the things of God, that ye may be found
spotless at the judgment seat of Christ.”
In its opening argument, the Book of Mormon tells us that it
is not necessarily pure. It acknowledges
that men have the capacity to introduce faults into its pages. It is asking us in the very same sentence to
hold onto those parts which are pure, which are of God despite the faults of
men which may have been introduced into its pages or the faults which men may
impose upon it with their interpretation of its words (Alma 13:20).
Moroni spoke “somewhat concerning these things.” He said “And I said unto him, “Lord, the
Gentiles will mock at these things, because of our weakness in writing; for Lord thou hast made us mighty in word
by faith, but thou hast not made us
mighty in writing; for thou hast made all this people that they could speak
much, because of the Holy Ghost which thou hast given them; And thou hast made us that we could write but
little, because of the awkwardness of
our hands.”
Moroni made his best attempt to convey in written words
those things which he had been taught by Christ. However, he recognized a disparity between
that which the people could express because of the Holy Ghost and that which
could be conveyed by the written word.
And yet the written word was necessary for a “wise
purpose”. The Lord promised that those
who mocked these things or took advantage of the weakness of Moroni would
eventually mourn for their foolishness. Moroni
also included this admonition to those of us who accept the Book of Mormon as
scripture: “And whoso receiveth this
record, and shall not condemn it because
of the imperfections which are in it, the same shall know of greater things
than these. Behold, I am Moroni; and
were it possible, I would make all things known unto you.” (Mormon 8:12)
And so we find that the Lord places a great deal of weight
and responsibility upon the written word, but it is incomplete. There are things which cannot be made known
by reading the written word. “Were it possible, I would make all things
known unto you.” We also receive this
great promise that if we accept that portion which is of God from the written
word, he will make known of “greater things than these”.
The scriptures are not free of error and it is important to
recognize this is the case as we ponder their verses. There is a purpose in this. It causes us to rely upon the Lord and not
upon men for understanding and ultimately redemption. The Lord expects us to receive as much as we
can from the written words with patience for the limitations, as well as
forgiveness for the limitations of the men who wrote them. And yet not to simply accept everything that
is presented, but to examine the written word with discernment. As we do so, the Lord will guide us through
the scriptures, speaking to us through them.
It is His voice we hear through the written word, but we will have to
learn to discern which parts are correct and which are error. We must gain the skill of interpreting by the
guidance of the Lord. By doing so, we
learn to rely on His Voice, rather than the voice of a book.
Here is a small example of an error in the Book of Mormon:
“And never have I
showed myself unto man who I have created, for never has man believed in me as thou hast. Seest thou that ye are created after the mine
own image? Yea, even all men were
created in the beginning after mine own image.” (Ether 3:15)
Here the Brother of Jared is being described as the first to
see the Lord since man was on the earth because “never” before has anyone had the faith to receive it. And yet in the very same book of Ether, we
are told the following “And there were many whose faith was so exceedingly
strong, even before Christ came, who could not be kept within the veil, but
truly saw with their eyes the things which they had beheld with an eye of
faith, and they were glad. And behold one of these was the brother of Jared.” (Ether 12:19-20) Here the narrator explains that actually this
was not a singular event. It
happened to
others as well. The very purpose of the example is to demonstrate that
the witness of the Savior is available to all who walked the earth. Their example of faith is an example of how
faith should be.
So was the Brother of Jared the “very, very first” one to
see the Lord?
“And it came to pass that Enoch continued his speech,
saying: …. And I saw the Lord; and
he stood before my face, and he
talked with me, even as a man talketh one with another, face to face; and he
said unto me: Look, and I will show unto
thee the world for the space of many generations.” (Moses 7:1 & 4).
Enoch was before the flood.
The Brother of Jared was after the flood. So we have an eye witness account of the Lord
from before the flood, but we also have an eye witness account after the
flood. The latter has a statement
claiming that it is the first of such an experience. There is no need to pop a spiritual circuit
breaker over such an inconsistency. It
is simply an error. A mistake was
made. We do not need to do strange
mental gymnastics to try to reconcile the incongruence because we can approach
the scriptures in the same manner we should approach all things in life: hold fast to that which is good, forgive that
which is bad and do not throw away that which is correct because of that which
is incorrect. Do as Joseph Smith did and
pray to the Lord to receive the corrections.
As Joseph felt inspired to correct the Bible and make his own translation, so too may we correct Joseph. “And rarely have I showed
myself unto man who I have created, for rarely
has man believed in me as thou hast.
Seest thou that ye are created after the mine own image?” By this process you begin to rely upon the
Lord for answers and not merely some book and not merely some man.
The same discernment must be used when we listen to men and
women who speak about their witness of Christ.
These are the prophets. The
prophets are those souls who receive the Lord in person and are given a message
from Him to deliver to the people. “Behold
I am Jesus Christ whom the prophets
testified should come into the world.
And behold, I am the light and life of the world; and I have drunk out
of the bitter cup which the Father hath given me, and have glorified the Father
in taking upon me the sins of the world, in the which I have suffered the will
of the Father in all things from the beginning.” (3 Nephi 11:10-11)
Prophets deliver a true message of Christ, but Prophets are
not without error. Moses led the children of Israel with many miracles, but
sinned in his failure to have faith that the Lord could make weak things strong
(Exodus 4:16), failed to complete an ordinance (Exodus 4:24-27), and took upon
him the glory of a miracle (Numbers 20:1-13). Jonah fled from the assigned mission to preach
repentance to the Ninevites. When the
Ninevites repented, he desired their destruction with vengeance in his
heart. Balaam was a prophet who spoke
with God and had visitations from an angel, but he aided the enemy for the
temptation of worldly possessions. Judas
walked with the Lord and was called to be an apostle by the Lord. Yet he traded the Lord for a small sum of
money. Peter was rebuked by the Lord for
his failure to understand the will of God.
He was later cautioned that he would deny the Lord three times, but
still he made the denial. The errors
are recorded for us to understand something significant about prophets. They are prophets when they testify of Christ
and are doing the Will of God, but they are susceptible to error and
fault. We must accept the Lord’s words
when they are delivered by prophets but we must never follow them in their
faults. Should we glory with Moses for
the miracle? Should we lust for revenge
on the hillside with Jonah? Should we
sell out the Israelites to live the high life with Balaam, go shopping with
Judas’ silver coins, and turn our backs on the Lord like Peter?
These examples are far removed from us emotionally. It was a different time, a different
culture. We are not invested in the
success of Moses, Jonah, Balaam, Judas or Peter. It is easy to recognize their failings for what
the failings are and forgive them and learn from their lessons. They are gone, they offer no threat of
repentance to us today. But we do have
prophets in whom we have an invested interest.
We must recognize the failings for what they are so that we do not
participate in them. If we think they don’t have these errors, then we have
already joined them in their failings. This necessarily requires that we
understand the difference between God’s communication delivered through a
prophet and the words of a man who is speaking only as a man though he carry
the title of a prophet.
This caution is true of every prophet for a wise purpose in
the Lord. The Lord has created a test
that is more thorough and clever than anything you have possibly imagined. The Lord has a reason for this.
Once there was an angel of light, a son of the morning who was
high in authority in the presence of God.
This son of the morning rebelled and led a third part of the hosts of
heaven away. That son fell from his
grace. You already know this story
(D&C 76:25-27).
If such a being of light and authority could turn from God,
then so could any of us. If such a being
could draw away so many souls from the Love of God, then so could any of
us. How much responsibility can the True
God place upon your shoulders? How much
intelligence or rather, light and truth can the True God give to you? If He gives authority to you, what are you
going to do with it? Will you forget
that He is the source of that Light and Truth?
Will you begin to feel as if you are actually the source? Will you gather other souls around you and
anoint yourself up to be a king and queen among them? Will you immediately begin to exercise
unrighteous dominion? What better way to
test the hearts of men, then to give them a little authority as they suppose
and then see how they will run with it?
God does not desire that you are led away by a being of
light, even an angel. Neither does God
desire that you become a being of light or an angel that then turns and draws
away others. And so he created a
test. He gives His words to those souls
upon the earth that will listen. He
blesses them and then He waits to see what they will do with His words. He waits to see what they will do with those
blessings.
For your benefit, he does not give the prophet full and
complete understanding, he just gives the prophet enough to prime your heart
and get you started back towards Him, the True and Living God. He gives a little light to the Prophet and a
little blindness to the Prophet, just enough to test YOU. To see if YOU can hear His Words delivered
through the other soul or if you will be coerced into following that other
soul. Can you differentiate between the
voice of God and the voice of the man?
Or do you simply accept all of the man’s words and thus put your faith
in the man, allowing the man to loosen your hold upon the iron rod, which is
Jesus Christ. Thus making the prophet
the idol by putting the prophet between you and the Lord. In this way, God can test you to see if you
can be fooled into practicing Idolatry.
Moses and the Children of Israel provide the archetype of
our day. We can understand our pattern
by observing their pattern. Observe how
the Lord tried to prepare the people to enter into His very presence, but that
the individuals needed to be purified first that the light of Christ could
enter into them and transfigure them.
“And he said unto Moses, Thou canst not see my face at this
time, lest mine anger be kindled against thee also, and I destroy thee, and thy
people; for there shall no man among them see me at this time and live, for
they are exceedingly sinful. And no sinful man hath at any time, neither
shall there be any at any time, that shall
see my face and live.” (Exodus 33:20 JST Joseph Smith Translation)
But the people of Moses would not repent and therefore could
not see the face of the Lord (which is the meaning of the phrase “to enter into
his rest”). They rejected the offer to
enter into the presence of the Lord and so they received only a shadow of the
things that they might have received, a shadow of the Law and a shadow of the
blessings.
“And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two other tables of
stone, like unto the first, and I will write upon them also the words of the
law, according as they were written at the first on the tables which thou
brakest; but it shall not be according
to the first, for I will take away
the priesthood out of their midst;
therefore my holy order, and the ordinances thereof, shall not go up in
their midst, lest I destroy them. But I
will give unto them the law as at the first, but it shall be after the law of a carnal commandment; for I
have sworn in my wrath, that they shall
not enter into my rest, in the days of their pilgrimage. Therefore do as I have commanded thee, and be
ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto Mount Sinai.” (Exodus
34:1-2)
The people were satisfied to have a prophet. They wanted to hear the words of God through
a prophet, but they rejected the very purpose of the prophet. The prophet was sent to lead them into the
presence of God. Instead of repenting and
preparing to enter into the presence of God, the people turned the prophet into
an idol. They made the prophet stand
between them and the Lord.
“And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings,
and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw
it, they removed, and stood afar off.
And they said unto Moses, Speak
thou with us, and we will hear: but let
not God speak with us, lest we die.
And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his
fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick
darkness where God was.” (Exodus
20:18-21)
Moses understood what it meant to be transfigured by the
Lord and enter into His presence. He had
been filled with glory, that is light and truth. He had in his hand a testimony that would
provide the people with a law that if they followed, they too could receive the
same glory of light and truth.
“And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai
with two tables of testimony in
Moses hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he
talked with him [the Lord]. And when
Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold the skin of his face
shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him.” (Exodus 34:29-30)
But the people would not have these things. They did not want to repent and give up the
darkness. They did not want the
light. They made a form of religion but
denied the power of godliness. They made
the golden calf and worshipped at its feet.
They wanted to pretend to hear the words of God through the prophet but
did not actually listen to the words God would have them receive.
“And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were
in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graven tool,
after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel,
which brought the up out of the land of Egypt.”
(Exodus 32:3-4).
Having rejected God, the Lord delivered them to a lower
law. This lower law provided a type for
them to repent and follow. If some of
them would repent, they might have the shadow of these things to remember the
Lord and by that perhaps some individual might awake and receive the Lord. For that purpose Moses gave them the lower
law.
With that lower law, they were led into the wilderness to
wander about until they woke up sufficiently or another generation passed away.
It can be shone that the same idolatry that existed among
them, does exist among us now as a people.
The golden statue is now placed at the pinnacle of every tabernacle that
has been raised in the wilderness. We
are still worshiping beneath the feet of a golden statue. So to, the prophet in Moses Seat is now made to stand between the
people and the Lord. The story of Moses
is given to us to provide an example of our idolatry that perhaps a few of us
might awake and repent. Shall we continue to worship beneath the foot of the golden statue?
Well, much more could be said about the Word of God. For now, please remember that it is not the
Holy Scriptures, nor the Holy Prophets which constitute the Word of God. These provide only a medium through which God
can communicate to you on an individual basis.
These tools are meant to lead you directly to Jesus Christ Himself. Jesus Christ is the Word of God. To hold fast to the Word of God which is
Jesus Christ is to listen and obey His voice as you hear it from whichever
source He chooses to deliver unto you.
You must differentiate between His voice as it is delivered and the
voice of distraction that must necessarily emanate from the same source. These two are always mixed together, except
in only one circumstance. Only Christ is
the pure form of the communication from God.
May God Bless You.
