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AATHAVAN MEDITATION 🌅
No. 2094 – Date: 02.11.2026
“For this reason, we also constantly thank God that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God, which also performs its work in you who believe.” (1 Thessalonians 2:13 – NASB)
Today, it is common for many Christians, when speaking to others about the sermons and Scripture passages they hear in churches, to say, “Our pastor said this” or “Our parish priest said this.” This indicates that such believers have understood the messages of God proclaimed in churches merely as ordinary human words rather than receiving them as words spoken by God.
Even if God's Word comes from the mouth of a minister whose personal conduct is extremely ungodly, it remains the Word of God. We must receive what is proclaimed as the Word of God. The Lord Jesus Christ said, “Therefore all that they tell you, do and observe, but do not do according to their deeds; for they say things and do not do them.” (Matthew 23:3 – NASB). In other words, the person who proclaims God's message is not necessarily our example to follow; it is the Word of God that he proclaims that we must follow.
When we receive God's Word not as the word of men but as the Word of God, it truly performs its work within us who believe. The reason is that God's Word is living and active. It will never become ineffective or fail.
Most scholars believe that Genesis may have been written in the fifteenth century BC, during the time of Moses, and Moses is traditionally believed to be its author. Nearly 2,000 years have passed since the New Testament was written. Yet, even today, we see the Scriptures that we read in the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, working powerfully within us. Yes, what matters is not who wrote God's Word or whose mouth it came from, but the fact that these are the words that proceed from the mouth of God.
The believers in the church at Thessalonica received the Word of God proclaimed by Paul and his companions as the very Word of God. That is why the Apostle Paul says, “For this reason we also constantly thank God that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God.”
Therefore, dear ones, this is how we must regard the Word of God. Whether the words were proclaimed through God's servants such as Samuel, David, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Paul or Peter, they are not merely the words of these individuals; they are the Word of God. Only when we receive them as God's Word and believe them can they work effectively within us. God has spoken through these individuals.
Today, Muslims generally accept the Old Testament but do not accept the New Testament. The reason is that they regard it as merely the word of men. In particular, they strongly oppose the writings of the Apostle Paul. Since they do not accept these writings as the Word of God, those words do not perform their work within them. Nevertheless, many Muslim brothers and sisters today have come to accept these Scriptures and have also accepted Christ.
Yes, dear ones, only when we receive the Scriptures not as the words of men but as the Word of God can we experience God and His power in our lives. The reason is that, regardless of whom God used to proclaim them, they are the words that proceed from His mouth. They truly perform their work within us who believe.
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