I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
Psalms 138:2
“Thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.” How much glory and honor is God placing upon his word by magnifying it above his name?
Deuteronomy 28:58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;
Psalms 111:9 He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.
Psalms 29:2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
Psalms 148:13 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
Surely, many more verses extolling God’s name could be listed. It is glorious and fearful; his name alone is excellent and reverend. It must now be asked, if God’s name is glorious, to be praised, to be feared, and to be reverenced, what should our attitude be toward his word which he not only puts but magnifies above his name?
You Christians look after a document containing enough dynamite to blow all civilization to pieces, turn the world upside down and bring peace to a battle-torn planet. But you treat it as though it is nothing more than a piece of literature.
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-948); Leader of the Indian independence movement
The ultimate slight perpetrated against the Creator is to not listen when he speaks, to ignore his words, or to place less than the appropriate importance upon the study of them. The Bible is God speaking to us. When and wherever the Scriptures have been easily accessed as in most places in the world today, it will not be an excusable offense, when we stand before the judgment seat of Christ, not to have read and studied them.
It is Our Responsibility our duty to read and diligently study God’s word
2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Whether or not we have read and taken to heart God’s word will probably be one of the top questions we will be judged on. It is not whether we understood all, but did we give it all we could to that end, and did we adhere to the parts we did understand?
Although, there are those “whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not”, it is not our responsibility to judge any man or his motives but to speak the truth as God gives us the light to see it. Whatever any individual does with it, God will judge. Individuals knowing the truth, through a personal knowledge of what the Bible says, is the only way to stop the mouths that need to be stopped.
How many of the millions of lost souls will become known on the day all things are revealed that:
For want of knowing the Scriptures, faithfulness was lost,
For want of faithfulness, witness was lost,
For want of witness, truth was lost,
For want of truth, many were lost,
All for the want of knowing God’s word.
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