Eternality of God's Word

 Greetings to you all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

     Matthew 5:18 says, “For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.”

     My Uncle Harry went off to fight the war and we kept the little star in our window until he returned home.  Normally, only the parents would get to have that star, but since the parents were already dead, my Mom and Dad got to have it in their window.  Harry was in bomb disposal which was a dangerous job, to diffuse old bombs that had fallen and not exploded.  When he did come  home, he brought all kinds of souvenirs from the war.  I remember I got a German army helmet that had blood in the liner where I suppose the former owner had died using the helmet.  I also got a bayonet and an ammunition box, which I used for a lunch box for years.  You could drive a truck over it and not put a dent in it.  All of the items have disappeared  now as time went on.  In fact, most of my previous belongings have gone by the wayside.  It is a repeat of what my Mother said one day, “Eighty-five year s of stuff and it’s all gone.”  That’s the way it goes as few things last forever.

     It is important to grasp just one fact from the passage above and that is the lasting of the Word of God.  All of life has a lot of things for many people,  but they don’t last.  The Word of God, however, will last and it is compared to the fact that heaven and earth may pass away but not one jot or one tittle of the Word of God shall pass.  The jot is the smallest of the Hebrew characters and the tittle is but a small mark that closes two points on a Hebrew letter.  They were the smallest of marks and they will remain even though heaven and earth will pass away.  There should come a point in the life of the believer when the importance of the Scripture is above everything else.  Your clothes will wear out, your cars will stop running, your home will fall apart eventually, but the Word of God will remain.  There have been many words written over the years but only one book will remain and it will be the Bible, the Word of God.  Holy men wrote  as they were moved by the Holy Spirit and wrote down the very words of God.  As Paul reminded young Timothy, “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:”   Some of our possessions will serve a purpose for a small amount of time, but God’s Word will always be there.  So, Praise God today that we can know Him through the Word that He has given to us.