We LOVE the Bible. We BELIEVE the Bible. We don't pray to it.
Acts 13:48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord ...
2 Thes 3:1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified ...
Ps 56:10 In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.
Webster's 1828:
GLORIFIED: Honored; dignified; exalted to glory.
WORSHIP: 1. Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness.
v. 2. To respect; to honor ... 3. To honor ...
If they're not the same thing, they're close enough that the issue is purely semantical. But, to be technical, we do GLORIFY and PRAISE the word of God.
Isa 42:8 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another ...
It it perfectly scriptural to praise and glorify the word of God, yet the Lord will not give His glory to any other. The only reconciliation for that is that when we glorify God's word, we are glorifying God Himself.
So to those who claim our problem is that we are worshipping the Bible, your problem is that you are not glorifying or praising God if you don't.
I suppose that they'd say that God is an idolator as well, since He honors His word above His very name.
ReplyDeleteNot only that, His written word is "more sure" than the actual voice of God Himself.
ReplyDeleteOf course the modern versions change those verses :-)
Ps 138:2 ... for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word *above* all thy name.
2 Pet 1:18-19 And this voice which came from heaven we heard ... We have also a *more sure* word of prophecy;