"THE ENDURING WORD!"

The Word of the Lord endures forever” (I Peter 1:25).

“The Anvil—God’s Word”

Last eve I passed beside a blacksmith’s door,
And heard the anvil ring the vesper chime;
Then, looking in, I saw upon the floor
Old hammers, worn with beating years of time.

“How many anvils have you had,” said I,
“To wear and batter all these hammers so?”
“Just one,” said he, and then, with twinkling eye,
“The anvil wears the hammers out, you know.”

And so, thought I, the anvil of God’s Word,
For ages skeptic blows have beat upon;
Yet, though the noise of falling blows was heard,
The anvil is unharmed—the hammers gone.

(Author Unknown)

The Hebrew and Christian Scripture have been repudiated, questioned, ridiculed, and attacked almost from their inception. Rationalists, skeptics, infidels, pseudo-scientists, and philosophers have done their best to either destroy the Bible or render it inauthentic. The Roman apostate Church, the French Revolution, and modern Communism have banned it and burned it.
But all to no avail. The Word of God is a mighty anvil of steel and the devil’s hammers have all been worn out, battered, and broken upon it. How could it be otherwise? The Word of the Lord is as Eternal, as Powerful, Indestructible, and Infallible as God Himself!
The Holy Bible has been relentlessly and repeatedly besieged by the enemies of God, imitated and rivaled by pagans and backsliders, and shamelessly perverted by sectarian translators. But still it stands as perfect, healthy, and vibrant as the day its various books were composed by its inspired authors. It is fully capable of doing all God sent it forth in this world to do. “So shall My Word be that goes for the from My mouth; it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.” (Isaiah 55: 11).
Here is a Book that reveals God to men. Here is a Book that speaks absolute and unshakable truth. Here is a Book upon which we can build our lives. May we read it, heed it, and cherish it!

Larry Atkin, Preacher