God’s Word Is…
January 25, 2026
[Part 1]
key points
Message Summary
God’s Word is not just a book it is living, powerful truth meant to be rightly understood, rightly divided, and approached with a heart that genuinely seeks God. In this message, “God’s Word Is...,” DuaneSheriff teachesfoundational truths abouthowtoread theBible, interpretScripturein context, and why understanding covenants, divisions, and the centrality of Jesus is essential to spiritual growth. The central thread running through every page is Jesus Christ the story of humanity's fall, our utter hopelessness without God, and the divine intervention that saves us. WhenweapproachScripturewithreverenceandapureheart,somethingsupernaturalhappens. TheWordbecomesmorethaninformation-itbecomestransformation.Itsanctifiesus,cleanses ourminds likea spiritual washing,and separates us from the darkness of thisworld. Wediscover that every sacrifice, every temple ritual, every prophecy was pointing to Jesus. When we understandthatGod'sWordistruth,seed,food,andcovenantallatonce,weunlockapowerthat can literally rewire our thinking and redirect our lives.
Key Points
• The Bible must be "rightly divided" to understand its truth, recognizing divisions between Old and New Covenants, law and grace, and understanding context, places, people, and principles.
• Making God's Word final authority simplifies life by allowing Scripture to make decisions.
• God’s Word cleanses and washes believers, separating them from worldly thinking.
• God’s Word has eleven essential characteristics: truth, sanctification, testimony of Jesus, food for spiritual growth, seed that reproduces, covenant binding God's promises, direction for life, equipment for ministry, revelation of God's nature, spiritually discerned truth, and final authority
Scripture References
• John 17:14-20
• 2 Timothy 2:15
• John 5:39
• Proverbs 4:22
• Matthew 4:4
• Psalms 119:11, 105
• Mark 4:13-20
• Isaiah 55:8-11
