Today’s value of gold is $1,927.72 per ounce. That is $30,843.52 per pound. Weight of a standard gold bar: approximately 400 ounces or 27.5 pounds, that’s $848,196.80 worth of Gold! “The law (tôrâh, divine direction) of the LORD is PERFECT, reviving the soul… More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold…” (Psalms 19:7, 10)
WHAT IS THE VALUE OF GOD’S WORD? THE WORD OF GOD HAS INFINITE WORTH BECAUSE:
- IT AWAKENS AND SUSTAINS FAITH. “Faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ” (Romans 10:17).
- THROUGH THE HEARING OF HIS WORD, GOD GIVES US THE HOLY SPIRIT. “Does He who gives the Holy Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?” The answer, of course, is “by hearing with faith.” (Galatians 3:5)
- IT CREATES AND SUSTAINS LIFE. “You have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God” (1 Peter 1:23–25)
- IT GIVES HOPE. “Whatever was written in former days was written…that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.” (Romans 15:4)
- IT LEADS US TO FREEDOM. “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 8:32).
- IT ENABLES US TO DEFEAT THE DEVIL. “I write to you, young men,” John said, “because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one” (1 John 2:14)
- IT IS THE SOURCE OF FULL AND EVERLASTING JOY. “These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full” (John 15:11)
“…the WORD OF GOD is LIVING and POWERFUL, and SHARPER than any two-edged sword, PIERCING even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a DISCERNER (kritikos: able to judge) of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” (Hebrews 4:12)
Your Personal Pastor -Bill Stockham