The Word: Shield and Sword of God

1 Timothy 4:12~The Word!

Shield and Sword of God
By Kenneth "Trey" Zimmerman III

 

"Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity." 1 Timothy 4:12 KJV


  This month I'm focusing on The Word.  The Word is the Word of God (the Bible). The Bible should be the most important book in a Christian's life.  With History and Wisdom we can learn from the people of the Bible by their wrong or right actions. In it we can see how life begins and pieces of how it ends. We should spread The Word! but there's a specific way to do it.  You can't just present it to others so that they blow it off and The Word isn't a club to beat them with....the Bible says it's a sword and shield.

 

 "Every word of God is pure: he is a

shield unto them that put their trust in him."  Proverbs 30:5 KJV

 

"As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried:

 he is a buckler to all those that trust in him."  Psalm 18:30 KJV

 

     These verses show that it is a shield when the Enemy comes or if someone comes to pull you off the path of righteousness:

 

"For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."

Hebrews 4:12 KJV

 

"And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit,

 which is the word of God" Ephesians 6:17 KJV

       These verses explain The Word is also a sword for when the enemy comes. This isn't for when someone comes to pull you from your faith, nor do you use it to attack only to defend.

 

--Taken From An Introduction to the Timothy Commission by Ryan M Marks and Kenneth Zimmerman III