The Bible Is As a Sword

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"The sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God." Ephesians 6:17 

" The Word of God . . . sharper than any two-edged sword." Hebrews 4:12 

"The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon." Judges 7:18 

"The sword . . . There is none like that: give it me." 1 Samuel 21:9 

"My sword shall be bathed in heaven." Isaiah 34:5 

In this militant metaphor we have the promise of conquest, victory, and dominion. The Bible as our sword is the weapon we use as soldiers against spiritual foes. It was thus that Jesus used the Scriptures in His contest with Satan in the wilderness temptation. In three different ways he assailed Jesus, but all He did was to give the enemy three thrusts of the sword. The three, " It is written, " were sufficient to defeat Satan (Matthew 4:4, 7, 10). The Word as a sharp sword in the hand of good soldiers of Jesus Christ can accomplish mighty victories (2 Timothy 2:15). This is the sword which pierces the conscience and leads to an awakening. It is a sharp two-edged sword, meaning, it can cut both ways. If the Bible does not save, then it slays. If it fails to convert, then it condemns (Acts 2:37, 41: 7:51, 54, 57). Finally, this sword bathed in heaven, signifying its divine origin, will smite with an eternal stroke all those who persist in their rejection of the Word's authority. " 

Herbert Lockyer, from his book, All the Promises of the Bible



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