There are many sources of information: internet, television, radio, books, newspapers, billboards, magazines, mail, flyers, people, …, or even face-to-face conversation. As for me, I just want the truth. I am not very interested in opinions or protracted commentary. When I am contemplating, planning, deciding or just forming an opinion, I want the information I consume to be unpolluted and comprehensive. But the fact of the matter is, you can often find multiple sources of information that present conflicting information. So much of the information available to us today deviates from reality/facts. This can be caused by ignorance (oblivious to the truth/facts), agendas (driven by personal objectives), naivety (trusting unreliable sources), delusion (influenced by mental/emotional health, drugs, false teachings/beliefs), or anything else the degrades or diminishes the truth.
Thankfully there is one source we can always turn to for pure and complete information.
Proverbs Chapter 30
Verse 5 Every word of God is pure;
He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.
Verse 6 Do not add to His words,
Lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar.
Verse 5 tells us that God’s Word is Pure.
The Word of God is absolute truth. It is not contaminated by error or deception.
- Psalm 12:6 The words of the Lord are pure words, Like silver tried in a furnace of earth, Purified seven times.
- The power of this purity is protection from false teachings about God. The Bible teaches us clearly and correctly about God and how to be in a reconciled relationship with Him.
- Psalm 28:7 The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, And with my song I will praise Him.
- Regardless of what Satan, this fallen world and our sinful flesh attack us with, when we trust in Him based on the truth of His Word, He is all the protection we need.
Verse 6 tells us that God’s Word is Complete.
The Word of God is all He intended it to be. Adding to it would defile it, taking from it would diminish it.
- Deuteronomy 4:2 You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.
- The consequence of this completeness is confidence in a reliable standard. We can’t ignore the parts of the Bible we don’t like or don’t completely understand. Nor can we add to it to accomplish our purposes.
- Genesis 3:4 Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.
- Satan deceived Eve by directly contradicting the Word of God. We face the rebuke of God when we distort, delete or add to the teachings of the Bible.
To ensure we are embracing, living and sharing God given truth, it is always best to take the time to verify that what others are teaching us agrees with what the Bible teaches.
- Acts 17:11 These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.
Prayer
Thank You Father for the purity and completeness of Your Word. Thank you for continuing to increase access to the Bible around the world. Your Word is the Way. Your Word is Truth. Your Word is Life. Please use Your Word to bring many to salvation in Jesus Christ and to help all who follow Him to grow in faith, hope and love. I pray these things in the name of Jesus, Amen.
