The word of the Lord endures forever

 “Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever, because all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away, but the word of the Lord endures forever. Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you” (1 Peter 1:22-25). In spite of what this passage says, there are those who have tried to do away with God’s word.

In the days of Jeremiah (36:21-23), we find that King Jehoiakim cut the scroll containing God’s word, and cast it into the fire. This, of course, did not keep God’s word from coming to pass. Judah was taken into Babylonian captivity just as God’s word had predicted (vss. 28-32).

During the Dark Ages, the Catholic Church arose and tried to do away with the word of God. They tried to keep it from the common people, punishing anyone who tried to read it or translate it. But the word of Lord still endured.

We still have people today who try to do away with God’s word. Laws have been passed about keeping the Bible out of public schools, trying to get the kids to think from an atheistic point of view. Laws have also been passed to keep the Ten Commandments from being displayed on government property.

There are many other attempts to do away with God’s word, but it still remains, and will always remain throughout the end of time, on into eternity. “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away” (Matthew 24:35).

Jonathan Glaesemann