The Life-Giving Word
The Raising Of Jairus's Daughter. "His commandment is life everlasting." John 12:50.
1. What is the nature of the word of God?
“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” Heb. 4:12.
2. How are the oracles of God described?
“This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us.” Acts 7:38.
3. What did Christ declare His words to be?
“It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.” John 6:63.
4. What was Peter's testimony concerning Christ's words?