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Acts 20:32 - Bible Power

Now, brethren, I commend you to God,
and to the word of his grace,
which is able to build you up,
and to give you an inheritance
among all them which are sanctified.
Acts 20:32 (KJV)

He commended them to God (this is prayer) and to the Word (this is preaching
and teaching), for "prayer and the Word" will build up a local church
[Wiersbe Expository Outlines]

He commends them to the word of his grace, by which some understand Christ:
he is the word , the word of life, because life is treasured up for
us in him. (Matthew Henry's Commentary)

There are many hundreds of thousands of books in the Library of Congress in
Washington, D.C.  Books on countless subjects, by countless people over
hundreds of years.  Some of those writings have been the seed bed for
philosophies, political parties, religious movements and more. The writers
have come and gone; most are no longer remembered.  God's Word is remembered
because it IS His Word, and it WORKS.  The sad thing is, many of us don't
pay any more attention to God's Word than to any other book. In the Bible
are the tools to enable every believer to lead a victorious life.  But day
after day, the Bible sits unopened.  We must take that Word, read it, think
about it and so devour it that it feeds us. Memorize it! That Word
transforms our thoughts and actions.  Christian, take it today and feed on
it and put it in your heart, that you might not sin against Almighty God,
and partake of the victorious life!  [In His Time; Walk With Wisdom]

The Word of God is a constant and continuing source of joy for the
Christian.  I don't think I've ever met a joyless Christian who was
regularly employed in searching the Scriptures.  The result of such
searching is to see beyond the words of the One who inspired them.  Of all
the habits the Christian can cultivate, this is one of the most blessed and
profitable.  Some books are exhausting and exhaustible.  The Bible is the
only Book that rewards the student with increasing insight as he allows the
Word of God to flow through and cleanse him.  Indeed, it is the only Book
that can cleanse and purify the life of its reader.  Other books can inform,
but only the Scripture can transform, infill, and inspire.  [Al Bryant; Time
with God devotional SB]

The creative energy that called the worlds into existence is in the word of
God. This word imparts power; it begets life. Every command is a promise;
accepted by the will, received into the soul, it brings with it the life of
the Infinite One. It transforms the nature and re-creates the soul in the
image of God.  ED126

We cannot expect to be among the glorified hereafter unless we be among the
sanctified here. (Matthew Henry's Commentary)