God has spoken to give us the Holy Scriptures, the perfect, word-for-word, written revelation of all things partaining to life and godliness. For example, “The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book” (Jer 30:1-2). This issue is focused on that subject. God has also spoken by creation: “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth His handywork ... .There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard” (Psa. 19:1-3). Most wonderful of all, God has “spoken unto us by His Son” (Heb. 1:2).
God has spoken. As we consider this subject, a serious question for us is, Have we listened? Consider the response of King Josiah when he first heard the word of the Lord: “Shaphan the scribe showed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes. And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest ... Enquire of the Lord for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book ... because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us” (2 Kings 22:10-13). Have we done all that is written in the Book?