THE SCRIPTURE CANNOT BE BROKEN
Text: Jno 10:35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;


Intro: The Pharisees knew the law well. They could quote from the prophets, but when the law and the prophets were fulfilled before their very eyes, they wouldn’t accept the truth. Whether we like it or not, let us accept the scripture, for it cannot be broken.


I. The scripture is secure
A. More permanent than heaven and earth
Mark 13:31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.


Isa 40:8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.


B. His word has always been carried out before!


THE ANVIL OF GOD’S WORD


Last eve I passed beside a blacksmith's door

And heard the anvil ring the vesper chime;

When looking in, I saw upon the floor,

Old hammers worn with beating years of time.


"How many anvils have you had," said I,

"To wear and batter these hammers so?"

"Just one," said he; then with a twinkling eye,

"The anvil wears the hammers out, you know."


And so, I thought, the anvil of God's Word,

For ages, skeptics blows have beat upon;

Yet, though the noise of falling blows was heard,

The anvil is unharmed - the hammers gone.
John Clifford


C. It will someday judge all men.
Rom 14:10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.


Rev 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.


II Men try to break His Word today
A. By sowing evil to try to reap good.
Gal 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.


B. By trying to receive blessings without meeting the conditions.
Jas. 4:3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.


C. By scoffing at God’s chastisement or judgment
II Peter 3:3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.


5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.


D. By trying to ignore His church
Eph 3:21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.


Jno. 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.


E. By trying to bypass His plan of salvation
Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.


III What if some did not believe?
Rom 3:3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.