“He was eaten by worms and died, but the Word of God multiplied.”
Yes, that is a direct quote; it is from Acts 12:23-24.
The prophet Isaiah proclaimed, “The grass withers and the flowers fade, but the word of our God stands forever; all men are as grass!”
Some seasons of life are a bit confusing. Sometimes we wonder, “Whom should we trust?” “Where shall we stand?”
In the 16th century, Luther faced trying times and troubling choices. When he was brought before The Emperor of Rome and asked to recant his writings, this was his answer: “Unless I am convinced by the testimony of the Holy Scriptures or by evident reason I consider myself convicted by the testimony of Holy Scripture, which is my basis; my conscience is captive to the Word of God. Thus I cannot and will not recant, because acting against one’s conscience is neither safe nor sound. Here I stand, God help me. Amen.”
As we read Acts we find people whose conscience is captive to the Holy Word and hearts are fired by and filled with the Holy Spirit.
We will open this very book that shook the world and ask the Holy Spirit to do again what He did then.
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