Jeremiah 36:1-8, 20-26 22 Now the king was sitting in the winter house in the ninth month, with a fire burning on the hearth before him. 23 And it happened, when Jehudi had read three or four columns, that the king cut it with the scribe's knife and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth. 24 Yet they were not afraid, nor did they tear their garments, the king nor any of his servants who heard all these words.

Cutting Up the Word of God

Cutting Up the Word of God Some men will close their ears to it. Acts 7:57 Some will contradict and blaspheme it. Acts 13:45 Some men will mock the truth of God. Acts 17:32 Some men will be enraged by it. Acts 19:28

Cutting Up the Word of God Some men will raise voice against it. Acts 22:22 Some men will pervert God’s Word. Galatians 1:7 Some men will twist God’s Word. 2 Peter 3:16 And some may cut it up and burn it. Jeremiah 36:23

Cutting Up the Word of God “You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you” (Deuteronomy 4:2). “Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him. Do not add to His words, Lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar” (Proverbs 30:5-6).

Cutting Up the Word of God “For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book” (Revelation 22:18-19).

Cutting Up the Word of God Modern Day Examples of this: Divorce and Remarriage Matt. 19:4-6, 9 Homosexuality Leviticus 18:22; 20:13; Romans 1:26-27; I Corinthians 6:9 Hell…Eternal Punishment Matt. 5:29-30; 10:28; 18:9; 25:41, 46

Cutting Up the Word of God Modern Day Examples of this: Translations of the Bible Deut. 4:2; Prov. 30:5-6; Rev. 22:18-19 One Faith, One Church Ephesians 4:4-5; 1:22-23; Matt. 16:18 Worship of the Church John 4:24; Acts 2:42; Ephesians 5:19; I Corinthians 16:1-2

Cutting Up the Word of God Modern Day Examples of this: Conditions of Salvation Acts 2:37; 9:6; 16:30 Romans 10:17; John 3:16; Acts 17:30; Romans 10:9-10; Acts 2:38 The Judgment Day Hebrews 9:27 2 Corinthians 5:10-11 Romans 11:22; Hebrews 10:30

Enduring Nature of the Bible Now after the king had burned the scroll with the words which Baruch had written at the instruction of Jeremiah, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying: “Take yet another scroll, and write on it all the former words that were in the first scroll which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burned” (Jeremiah 36:27-28).

Enduring Nature of the Bible I Peter 1:22-25 22 Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, 23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever, 24 because "All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away, 25 But the word of the LORD endures forever." Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you.

How Do You Treat God’s Word? 2 Timothy 3:16-17 “Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day… How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! Through Your precepts I get understanding; Therefore I hate every false way” (Psalm 119:97, 103-104). “For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome” (I John 5:3).