Man's efforts < Word of God
- Matthew 19:26: "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible"
- Mark 10:27: "With men it is impossible, but not with God"
- Luke 1:37: "With God nothing will be impossible"
- Luke 18:27: "The things which are impossible with men are possible with God"
Romans 12:3
Because of the privilege and authority God has given me, I give each of you this warning: Don’t think you are better than you really are. Be honest in your evaluation of yourselves, measuring yourselves by the faith God has given us.
God's Word
Hebrews 4:12 - For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Matthew 4:4 - But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
Psalm 119:105 - Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
John 1:1 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 - All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
John 17:17 - Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.
Matthew 24:35 - Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
Colossians 3:16 - Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
Luke 11:28 - But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”
Isaiah 40:8 - The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
The examples of the power of God's Word are numerous. I doubt this guy ever heard a Baptist preacher...
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"One of the women offered him a copy of the New Testament—the only book he was allowed to read in the labor camp."
"He also embraced the New Testament’s powerful redemptive possibility."