For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Hebrews 4:12
The Word of God by its very nature is supernatural. Holy scripture is not filled merely with words, but it is the Word of God. When studied and prayerfully understood, scripture can change a life, make sin apparent, and expose ulterior motives and hypocrisy. Scripture is the means by which a sinner will be convicted. It illuminates one’s life with the brightest possible light, making all sins obvious to anyone who is faithfully discerning. Scripture separates truth from deception. The truth of a person’s character cannot be disguised when subjected to God’s Holy Word.
We are created in God’s image, able to discern truth, create, and love one another. Through the Holy Spirit, scripture can lead us to the truth about ourselves, and about the world.
Matthew Henry, in his concise commentary said:
The Holy Scriptures are the word of God. When God sets it home by his Spirit, it convinces powerfully, converts powerfully, and comforts powerfully. It makes a soul that has long been proud, to be humble; and a perverse spirit, to be meek and obedient. Sinful habits, that are become as it were natural to the soul, and rooted deeply in it, are separated and cut off by this sword. It will discover to men their thoughts and purposes, the vileness of many, the bad principles they are moved by, the sinful ends they act to. The word will show the sinner all that is in his heart. Let us hold fast the doctrines of Christian faith in our heads, its enlivening principles in our hearts, the open profession of it in our lips, and be subject to it in our lives.
The richness of the Bible becomes more evident the more we study it and apply it to our lives. Daily reading of God’s Holy Word brings indescribable benefits to the Christian. We should study the Bible every day.