2 Sermon Illustrations on The Power of God's Word

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God's Word is depicted as an unstoppable, life-giving force that sustains and empowers believers in their faith and daily struggles. Christian preaching often highlights its enduring strength and divine authority, using vivid images like a soldier’s blood-bound hand on Scripture to symbolize faith anchored in Christ’s resurrection power (Hebrews 4:12).

Printed Upon His Hand

John 11:25

A soldier’s blood-bound hand on the Bible showed faith in Christ’s resurrection power.

During one of the European Wars a soldier who was wounded managed to crawl away from the place where he fell and reached his tent. When he was found he was on his face. Beneath him was the Bible, and on its open pages his hand rested. When his hand was lifted, it was found to be glued by his life’s blood to the book. The letters of the page were printed upon his hand and read thus: “I am the Resurrection and the Life: he that believeth on Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.” It was with this verse on his hand that he was laid in a soldier’s grave.

Truth

The power of God's Word is evident to believers despite unbelief or ignorance of others.

That you have not perceived spiritual things is true; but it is no proof that there are none to perceive. The whole case is like that of the Irishman who tried to upset evidence by non-evidence. Four witnesses saw him commit a murder. He pleaded that he was not guilty, and wished to establish his innocence by producing forty persons who did not see him do it. Of what use would that have been? So, if forty people declare that there is no power of the Holy Ghost going with the Word, this only proves that the forty people do not know what others do know. If there are four of us who do know it—well, we shall not cease our witness. We receive God's Word as the word of God, because it comes to us with that power which effectually worketh in them that believe.

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