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the Word, the Word became flesh; look at Jesus.” So, we look
in the gospels and we see His love, His mercy and His
compassion. We see His justice and His holiness and His
goodness.
The Bible says that the Word “tabernacled” among us.
You know the Old Testament tabernacle. It was a tent made
out of skin that God wanted to fill with His glory. You are a
tent made out of skin that God wants to fill with His glory. We
said, “Lord, I want to know You but the word “God” is too big.”
In His love He said, “Alright, the Word became flesh and lived
among us.”

So, we begin to study the life of Jesus. Thirty three and
a half years He lived on earth. We study His miracles and study
His teachings and we study His discourses with different people
and when we are all done, in our hearts we say, “I still don’t
know you. God, You’ve got to help me. You need to bring it
down. I need more words. The word ‘God’ is too big; ‘the
Word became flesh’ is too much.”

He says, “You want words? I’ll give you words. I’ll
give you 1,189 chapters. Is that enough words? I’ll give you
81,173 verses. Is that enough words? I’ll give you 3,000,000
letters. Is that enough?” I say, “Thank You, Lord. Now I have
the Bible.” I begin to study the history of the Bible and I study
the prophecies and I study the poetry and I study the gospels
and I study all of the redemptive history and I study the titles
and names of God and I say, “Thank You, Lord. You gave me
the word but it’s too much. ‘The Word became flesh.’ That
helps but it’s too much. Now I have a whole Bible. Thank You
but I still don’t know the Lord. I end up with theology. I end
up with creeds. I end up with philosophy. And we end up with
denominations that all come from the Bible.”
I have a library with three thousand books, all based on
the Bible. Some people study the Bible and they end up in a
cult. I say, “Lord, like Abraham, don’t be angry. Let me ask
You one more time. I appreciate that You took the Word and
the Word became flesh. I appreciate that You took the Word
and turned it into words and I have it on paper; more than