by Zachry Kincaid
God's Word is inerrant, trustworthy, and true. All of it.
We are finite, suspect, liars, and cheats. All the time.
Can we fall under this weight and surrender? All our sins?
When we do, we’ll find the love of Jesus calling out to... All of us.
God doesn't need any of us to qualify his Word. Its inerrancy is not dependent on our opinion. And it doesn’t come to life as we read it; it’s living, active, and sharp no matter our position. Through it, God can shape us and remake us. Luke 20:18 says, “Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.”
I believe it ––
Heaven, where God dwells. He overshadows a void Earth. God's breath. 7 days of creation. The Devil who once lived in Heaven. Adam, made in God's image. Eve, a companion to Adam. Talking snakes. Restricted trees. Sin. A garden guarded by angels with fiery swords. Hell, prepared for the Devil and his angels. The curse of death. Enoch. Hope of salvation. Selah.
Nephilim. Sin. Visions. Noah. Big boats. Floating zoos. A worldwide flood. Drownings. 40 days. Doves. Rainbows. Covenant. Towers of Babel. God's patience. Selah.
Abraham, the father of many nations. Melchizedek. Covenant (again). Sodom and Gomorrah. Sin. Fire from Heaven. God's wrath. Punishment. Rebellion. Pillars of salt. Sarah. Isaac. Rams in thickets. Mercy. Deceit. Jacob. Ladders to Heaven. Wrestling. Israel. Faith found. Bethel. Altars and burnt offerings. 12 tribes. Joseph. Multi-colored coats. Bad fathers. Dreams. Egypt. The Nile. Slavery. Selah.
The Israelites. Pharaoh’s pogrom. Escape baskets. Moses. Fiery, talking shrubbery. I AM. Let my people go. Plagues. Death angels. Blood that saves. Why is this night different from all other nights? Unleavened bread. Wine. Walls of fire. Seas opening on command. Sinai. 10 commands. Sin. Golden calves. Hungry ground. Tabernacle. Communion with God. Glowing people. Shekinah glory. Ark of the Covenant. Levites. Stalking clouds. Leviathans. Manna. Wilderness. Rocks full of water. Promised Land. Salvation. Selah.
Joshua. Jericho. Rahab and her red sash. Sin. Weaponized tent pegs. Nazarenes. Talking donkeys. Ehud’s sword lost in a fat king. The woman torn for the 12 tribes. Hannah's joy. God's voice. Eli and Samuel. Saul. Slingshots and giants. David. Broken kings. Jerusalem. Patios of temptation. Uriah and Bathsheba. Psalm 51. Solomon. Wisdom lost. The Temple. Selah.
Divided kingdoms. Prophets. Ears that don't hear. Mount Carmel. Fire from Heaven. Blood. Hiding in the cleft of the rock. Naboth’s then Ahab’s blood. Ahaziah’s deathbed. Elijah escapes Magic cloaks. death via a fiery chariot. Elisha. Miraculous oil jars. Floating axes. Angry bears. Skies full of angel armies. Exile. Daniel. Anorexic lions. Cyrus. Ezra and Nehemiah. Restoration. The Temple rebuilt. Selah
Roman Empire. Herod the Great. Nazareth, Jerusalem, Bethlehem. Messiah, Christ the Lord. The Virgin Mary. God overshadows the Earth. The eighth day of Creation. Dangling stars. Eastern star-gazers. Shepherds watching their flocks. A sky full of angels. A God who becomes man (and who still is God). Herod’s pogrom. Escape. Egypt. The Nile. A return to the Promised Land. Salvation. Selah.
John the Baptizer. Doves. Speaking clouds. Jesus. Galilee. 12 disciples. Fish. Water to wine. Healing in his wings. Dwarves in trees. Pontius Pilate. Jesus’ bodily death by crucifixion. Substitutionary atonement. The Temple’s curtain torn. The thief exiting to paradise. Joseph of Arimathea. Three days dead. Jesus’ bodily resurrection. The whisper to Mary. The Upper Room. Thomas and his bag of doubts. The road to Emmaus.
Magic clouds. The Apostles. Ethiopian eunuchs who read Isaiah. Healing shadows. Dreams. Caesarea Maritime. Cornelius. Baptism. Grafting in. Paul. Preaching too long. Letters. Early churches. John’s Revelation. The Church age. The Bride and Bridegroom. Everlasting covenants. Jesus’ return. Judgement and grace.
His is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever and ever.
Selah and Amen.
“Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written” (John 21:25).