Week 11/4-11/10 Redeemed Response: Submitting to the God Who Speaks

Day One: Heb. 4:12 “For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the ideas and thoughts of the heart.”

Also read 2 Kings 22:3-10 in your Bible.

DO YOU KNOW WHERE GOOGLE GOT ITS NAME?

The name Google is derived from the number “googol”. A googol is the number one followed by 100 zeros, or, in scientific notation, 1x10^100.When the founders of Google were looking for a name, they decided upon Google to convey the message that they were searching an extraordinary number of webpages every time someone used their search engine.

So how big is a googol, exactly? Well, for some perspective, the number of electrons in the entire known universe is estimated to be around 1x10^79.Remember, electrons are one of the components of atoms. That means every single atom has at least one electron, and most have many electrons. If you were to add those up for the entire universe, the number would be 1x10^79.Significantly less than a googol.

Why is this important? It will help us to see how incredible the Word of God is. Throughout the Old Testament, approximately 300 different prophecies regarding the Messiah are presented. In the New Testament, we find that Jesus fulfilled every single one of these prophecies. The mathematical odds of all of these prophecies being fulfilled are literally incalculable.

So we ask again, why does this matter? Well, the Bible is the only collection of writings ever to exist that forecast the future with such clarity and precision. Think about it for a moment. The Bible is a single work that was written over a span of 1500 years, by more than 40 different authors, in a variety of locales, in different cultural settings, in many different moods, across three different continents, in three different languages, in a variety of literary styles, and in response to a multitude of controversial subjects. Yet, in spite of this, it tells one central story of God’s redemption of man without a single error or contradiction.

In other words, when we pick up our Bibles, we can be completely confident that we are reading the true Word of God!

PAUSE AND REFLECT

▷▷Why is it important that the Bible tells the truth?

▷▷How does the truthfulness of the Bible impact your daily life?