The clear irrefutable truth found in scripture concerning man and how God interacts with him has always been the same, Words.
The word of God reveals God to mankind.
How does God draw men to him very simple, and this truth has never changed he draws mankind with words and man has always had the ability, choice to accept or reject God according to his words, this truth was clearly revealed in the beginning and has never changed.
In the 6th ch of John we see this taught:
Jn 6:38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
Jn 6:39 And this is the Father�s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
The bread of life is talking or we can the word of life was sent to man, it is by the hearing of the word of God that the father has always used to draw man, the invitation is god's the choice is man's
Jn 6:40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
How does one believe on the son by hearing of him the word of God.
Jn 6:45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
Very nicely summed up in verse 45 he that hears comes, some will hear and choose not to hear but the lord does not cast them out they will hear again and the choice is theirs again.
All the thru the Old testament the father was trying to draw mankind thru his word primarily thru the prophets.
Why are we to preach the word of God it is the drawing card!!
Without the written word of GOD we do not have an accurate understanding of who He is and what He is like.
We could look into creation,yet creation is just as fallen as we are.
When i look into the Scriptures,i can see who GOD is and what He is like,
Yet i experience who He is and what He is like when the Holy Spirit makes this real through testing,trials,circumstances, and situations throughout this life.
He brings me to knowing Christ.
This is why i live by faith in Christ
Faith takes the word of GOD at face value,until the Holy Spirit makes this real,and brings understanding to me through experiencing the Word and word of GOD.
This is why we know in part and we prophesy in part.
George sounds right but is not quite in light of the word, the holy spirit does what he does as Christians commit to being doers of the word, nothing is automatic.
It is the doers of the word that walk in the light of the word, and prosper according to the word.
