God Wrote a Book by James MacDonald

Author:James MacDonald
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Crossway

GOD’S WORD TRANSFORMS US

That assertion flows from Psalm 19:7a (NKJV), which says, “The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul.” Let’s walk through it a word at a time. The word law means the Torah, “the law for life, rule for living.” When God’s Word is spoken of as law, it means the norm or the standard by which every action is measured. I love that phrase, “the law of the Lord.” Whose law is it? The Bible is the law “of the Lord.” Now for centuries men have laid down their laws—some wise, some foolish, always inevitably contradictory, seldom justly administered, always changing. These are the laws of men. But that’s the great thing about God’s law; it’s not the law of men, but the law of the Lord. How is it described? The law of the Lord “is perfect.” That’s what God says about His own Word. The word perfect means literally “all-sided” or “many faceted.” It means “all encompass­ing” or “thorough in every respect.” In fact this “law of the Lord” is so comprehensive that we are told that it is effective in “converting the soul.”

You have a soul and so do I. The soul is the part of a human being that thinks and feels and chooses and relates to God. Animals do not have souls. When ani­mals die, they go down into the earth. But when people die, their souls go upward and give account to God (Ecclesiastes 3:21 NKJV). We all have souls. It’s the imma­terial part of every human being—the part of us that will live forever. God created us with souls so we could relate to others and to Him, but instead we have all chosen to sin, to go our own way. For that reason our souls are damaged and deserving of God’s judgment.

Now what the Scripture is telling us is that God’s Word is the answer to our soul problem. To paraphrase what is written: “God’s law is so totally comprehensive that it is able to convert a soul.” The word convert there is a fantastic word. Some translations use the English word revive or restore, but the more common meaning is “transform.” How phenomenal to comprehend what God is telling us about His Word. God promises that His law is so totally comprehensive that whatever the condition of the individual soul, His Word can transform it from top to bottom, from inside to outside, from past to future. Scripture changes you to the very core of who you are as a person.

Over a hundred years ago one of the greatest preachers who ever walked the face of this earth said these words: “The great means of the conversion of sinners is the Word of God, and the more closely we keep to it in our ministry, the more likely we are to be successful. It is God’s Word rather than man’s comment on God’s Word which is made mighty with souls.”3 I could tell dramatic stories of

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