12:6; Prov. 30:5, "The words of the Lord are pure words:
as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times." E.
244.
• Matt. 4:4, 7, 10. The Savior was fortified against temptation
by the written word. He used nothing except what we have
within our reach. D.A. 123-126; T., v.5, p. 434.
• 1 Peter 1:22-25. The new birth comes by the word of God.
P.K. 626.
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• 1 Peter 2:2, 3. As new-born babes we should desire the
sincere milk of the word that we may grow thereby.
• Ps. 119:9. The word will cleanse the life. C.O.L. 110, 111.
• Ps. 119:133. Our steps should be ordered by the word. M.H.
458.
• Matt. 4:4. It is as essential as our daily food. T., v. 4, p. 499.
• 2 Cor. 3:1-3. Unbelievers read the Bible in the lives of God's
people.
• 1 Peter 3:1. They "may without the word" be converted by
the godly lives of earnest Christians.
Power of the Word
• Heb. 4:12. All the power of God is in His word. E. 254, 255.
• Jer. 23:29. "Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and
like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?" T., v. 5, pp.
24, 25.
• Ps. 33:6-9; Heb. 11:1-3. "By the word of the Lord were the
heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of His
mouth." E. 125, 126.
• Ps. 107:20. There is healing power in the word of God.
• Matt. 8:8-13. One word from Christ brought health to the
sick. D.A. 316, 317.
• Ps. 103:3. God heals all diseases.
• Prov. 4:20-22, margin. The words of God are medicine to
those who receive them. M.H. 466.
• John 1:1. The words that God speaks are synonymous with
Himself. T., v. 4, p. 312.
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• John 1:14. The Word and Christ are synonymous terms. D.A.
390.
• John 6:63. The Spirit of God is the same as the Word. C.O.L.
113.
• Rom. 10:4-8. The righteousness of Christ is the same as the
Word.
• 1 John 5:7. The Father, the Word (which is Christ), and the
Holy Ghost, are one.
• 1 Tim. 3:16. This union is a mystery that human minds
cannot comprehend.
• Deut. 10:4, margin. Each one of the commandments is a
word, or a complete thought.
• Heb. 4:12. God's word is a discerner of the thoughts and
intents of the heart.
• Ps. 119:11. Hid in the heart, it will shield from sin.
• Matt. 8:9,10. Great faith is simply to believe, because God
speaks. E. 257.
• Deut. 8:3. When deprived of every earthly resource, we learn
to live upon the word of God. P.K. 428.
• 1 John 5:4. Faith in the Word as the word of God, carries the