October 2026
Is The Bible Really God’s Word, And Is It All True?
Do you know people who do not believe that the Bible is true? They say that the stories are too fantastic or strange to ever have been real events. They dismiss the Bible as fiction, or just some ancient book that has no relevance to today’s world.
Perhaps you have thought the same things. At one time, I did also. For me, the answer to the questions I asked in my title above is a resounding and emphatic YES! Why do I believe the Bible is true? Because the Bible itself tells me so.
We read from Paul in 2nd Timothy 3:16 – “All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness.’
We further read from Peter in 2nd Peter 1:21 – “For no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.”
We again read from Paul in Romans 15:4 - “For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.”
These are just three verses that clearly tell us that God wrote the Bible, and that He used specific men to write down the actual words. The Bible was written over a span of approximately 1,500 years using 40 different authors. When studied carefully, we can see the Bible as a marvelous, cohesive whole. It is one continuous and detailed story telling us about God, and the salvation He offers us through the Lord Jesus Christ.
No human being, or group of people, could have written the Bible as it stands. We need to accept, by faith, and by the internal evidence, that God is the author of the Bible. We must believe that every word in the Bible is true if we are to be blessed and benefit from reading and studying its sacred pages.
First Baptist, let me encourage each of you to read the Bible with an open mind and heart. Allow God’s
truths to penetrate your spirit. Many a person has been convicted after spending time reading and
putting the Bible to the test. My prayer is that God will grant all of us much wisdom and enlightenment concerning His Holy Word, the Bible!
Pastor Thomas
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September 2026
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Learning How to Live in the Household of Faith
The Ten Commandments are rules for living together, as God’s people, written in stone. In the Old
Testament, these and countless other associated regulations governed how God’s people were to live in
community under His love-based values. Many of them were about how people should treat (and not
treat) one another. Don’t lie against another, don’t steal from one another, don’t be envious of what
your neighbor has, don’t do things with a spouse that isn’t yours, and definitely don’t murder each
other! Early on in biblical history, God, through His messengers was setting humans up to live in
Godly community together. That didn’t go away when Christ stepped into humanity with us. All over
the New Testament God continues to instruct and remind us about how to live together as believers.
Look here,
Galatians 6:9-10: Let us not get tired of doing good, for we will reap at the proper time if we don’t give up.
10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us work for the good of all, especially for those who belong to the household of faith.
In this passage of we’re given updated guidance on how to live together under the authority of God
as His people, who are able to be “chosen” again because of Jesus Christ. We are the Household of
Faith! We’re urged in this passage to not only do good things for everyone, and not to get discouraged
in doing so, but especially for our believing family – the Body of Christ. This passage reminds us that
we are special, chosen and should hold the utmost love and respect for one another – we have
something that the non-believing world doesn’t have; we have sisters and brothers in Christ, for whom
we’re supposed to do good for, especially. Not only, but especially. In this respect, God is able to use
our community of believers as an example to a lost and dying society around us, of how beautiful it is
when people truly love one another with the love of God. We become the living Bible for some, who
may otherwise never open or read one.
Straight from the open Bible, living in community under Jesus Christ looks like sharing each other’s
heavy loads (Gal. 6:2), sharing material, tangible goods (1 John 3:17), humbling ourselves to serve
others (Phil. 2:3-4), and humbling ourselves to accept help in our own times and situations of need
(Eccl. 4:9-12). God is working with me in this area over these past few months. Pray for me as I grow
and learn and let’s revisit this in the future and look more closely at what it really means to live in
community with other believers and not just read about it our Bibles. God Bless!
Pastor Crystal