"the Word of God is not imprisoned" 2Timothy 2:9b
Throughout history, over and over, the Word of God and Christianity has had many attempts on its life. But instead of dying it has prospered and flourished!
Voltaire, the noted French infidel who died in 1778, said in one hundred years from his time Christianity would be swept from existence and passed into history.
The roman catholic church tried to put a stop to Luther's increased understanding of the Word of God. But instead he wrote about it and even translated the Scripture into German, which was the everyday language. He wanted ordinary people to be able to interpret Scripture.
Tyndale translated the Bible into English. He smuggled about 18,000 copies into England. Henry VIII gave orders to have all the Bibles destroyed. He managed to destroy most of them....but not all of them! 2 survived.
Too many people to be listed have been burned at the stake or executed in some regard for proclaiming the truth. But nobody has been able to quench the incredible light that illuminates the darkness of this world.
Many people today are still proclaiming the Word of God and translating it into new languages everyday.
People try and stop them but THE WORD OF GOD cannot be imprisoned.
The durability of the Word of God is an evidence (though not the primary evidence) that it is the Word of God. It is a great blessing to have this heritage visible to us.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great encouragement and a great scripture to back it up! Praise God for His Word and its impact on the world! : )
ReplyDeleteSeth- those are good words! It is a huge blessing to see His preservation of His Holy Word!
ReplyDeleteBada- the Scripture is what actually sparked the idea to write about it! :D