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I came over here to see what post you had pinged JoKus to on another post. You seem to be incredulous even thinking that some could mistake the words of scripture alone to be the Word of God It must be because you simply could not have believed anyone could possibly make a mistake of that magnitude.

I have been reading these posts for many years and I can tell you without doubt or hesitation that many,many do,unfortunately. That horrible hole in their definition of the Word of God is the cause of a multitude of arguments and disagreements on these threads. And there is no use discussing God or religion with persons of that mind set

On further thought, you are quite right. It does seem that a few take the words of the bible as LITERALLY ASSOCIATED with God Himself - and thus, they are inseparable from God Himself. I think the confusion is over John 1:1 and his term for the Second Person of the Trinity as "Word". Perhaps it would be better to stick with the Greek term "Logos" - which means more properly "Reason". This might clear up matters. Thus, the words of the Bible are NOT God - and are only a part of God's "Reason" in that man will never comprehend fully God's ways or reasons for what He does here within time and space.

Regards

Thank you for your post!

IMHO, using "Logos" is not the answer - logos is used throughout the New Testament where it means words of God as compared to The Word of God.

John 1 however is absolutely clear that The Word of God means Jesus Christ, the person, one of the Trinity.

Revelation 19 also makes it very clear that The Word of God is the person of Jesus Christ:

And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him [was] called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes [were] as a flame of fire, and on his head [were] many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.

His eyes [were] as a flame of fire, and on his head [were] many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.

And he [was] clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. - Rev 19:11-13