The Word reveals to us the saving power of God. Paul said, “I am not
ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto
salvation.” Yes, it is the power of God unto salvation, that is the
thought that you should take hold of. We need power, strength, in
this world of weakness and sin, and we can get this power only by
letting the Word of Christ, dwell in us richly. The Word of Christ
dwelling in us will take us out of ourselves, teach us that labor,
learning, house-hold duties, supporting our families, being punctual
to our duties in the church, avoiding quick tempers and unkind words,
constitute the religion of Jesus Christ which we are to live. We must
therefore be, “Doers of the Word and not hearers only.” We must hear
the Word on the Sabbath and do it every day of the week. We are to look
into the perfect law of liberty that we may know what manner of persons
we are, and to continue to look into this law, lest when we know, we
should forget what manner of persons we are. “Pure and undefiled
religion before God the Father is this, that we should visit the widow
and the fatherless in their affliction and keep ourselves unspotted
from the world.” To do all these things, my brethren, the Word of
God must dwell richly in you, in wisdom, or there will not be enough
strength in you to live this Christ-like life. His word is strength,
because Christ dwells in His word, and if His word dwells in you, you
will have the strength of Christ in you. See what Christ is, He is life
and immortality, He gives repentance and remission of sins, He is the
bread that cometh down from Heaven, His blood cleanseth from all sin,
He saves, and He does all these things in and through His word. Is
that word in you? Lean on Him in His word, and He will give you daily
strength, and guide you into all blessing, He will give you eternal
life here and hereafter.