Accept God’s Word as Truth

John 17:17

“Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.”

God laid on Jesus the cause of our sicknesses, our pains, and our diseases, and Jesus bore them. Since God wanted Jesus to bear them, does He want you and me to bear them also? No! The reason Jesus bore our sicknesses and infirmities was so that we wouldn’t have to.
But, instead of accepting God’s Word just the way it reads and saying, “Yes! That’s what the Word says,” we are prone to say, “Yes, but…” Well, I can’t find a “yes, but…” in that scripture anywhere. Why not just accept what it says?
A person said to me once, “But, Pastor Davis, that’s not the way I interpret that verse.”
I replied, “I’m not interpreting it. It plainly says, ‘Himself took our infirmities and bare our sicknesses.’ I’m not interpreting it. I’m quoting it.”
The person said, “Yes, but I don’t interpret that to mean what you say it means.”
I said, “I didn’t say it means anything.”
I added, “What if I said to you, ‘My wife and I went to the mall yesterday, and she bought a new purse’? How would you interpret that? Would you think she bought a car? Or would you just plainly understand that we went to the mall and she bought a purse? Wouldn’t you just take me at my word?” Why not take God’s Word for what it says?

Faith’s Response:
I believe that Jesus took my infirmities and bore my sickness. I believe that because He bore them, I’m free. I accept what God’s Word says as truth, and because I accept it and believe it, I say it with my mouth.

Dr. Christopher B. Davis is the Senior Pastor of the St. Paul Baptist Church located in Memphis, Tennessee. His unique method of preaching and teaching has opened many doors to allow him to touch the hearts of many lives near and far. To find out more about the ministry call (901) 346-5544 or visit www.makingitplain.org to learn more.