Meredith Giles is a co-pastor at Mt. Moriah Ministries in Glenmont, New York. Pastor Meredith has been a pastor for over thirty years. She has ministered on four continents of the world including the Island nations. She and her husband, Stephen, shepherd a growing diverse, multi-cultural congregation with emphasis on the nations of the world corporately leading God's people together. Their heart is for the nations of the world and their House of Worship being a House of Prayer for all nations.
Mt. Moriah Ministries 262 Rt. 9W, Glenmont, New York, U.S.A. 12077 (518) 426-4510
The Complete Trustworthiness of the Bible
It is inerrant (perfect) meaning that, in the original copies of each manuscript written by each book's respective author, there was nothing mistaken or touched with error.
The Holy Spirit has protected the Scriptures over the annuls of time, and has insured that the copies delivered into our hands from so many generations past, is essentially the same. Even literary critics who claim no faith in the truth of the Bible, attest to its being the most completely reliable of any book taken from antiquity, in terms of actually remaining unchanged and dependably accurate. This is a supernatural book given to us by a supernatural God.
In the 1980's, our church helped to sponsor two Ukrainian families, (fifteen people in all), to America. One of the many things I remember about these precious people was that it really bothered them to see Americans put their Bibles on the floor or set something else on top of a Bible. They had such a reverence and awe for the power and holiness of the Scriptures. They knew, and were actually making a huge sacrifice to leave their homeland so that they could openly and freely speak and live by the precepts of this precious Word.
When a TV reporter interviewed the grandmother of one of the families whose name was Maria, he asked her why she wanted to come to America. She replied through a translator, "Because when I want to speak, worship and live by the Bible, I am grabbed by the neck and thrown to the ground!"
His Word is perfect! It is priceless and has been given to us at much cost. Take it into your being! Trust it, and live by it! It is perfect and sure and will make wise the simple!
- What does the word "inerrant" mean?
- What price am I willing to pay to be able to live by the precepts of this miraculous Word?
- Do I need to come up to a higher "respect level" for this "perfect" Word of God and put it into action today?
That the "law of the Lord is perfect," is a direct reference to the absolute, complete, and entire trustworthiness of the Holy Scriptures, which make up the Bible. The precious Word of God is perfect in its accuracy and sure in its dependability.
