Word of God made ineffective

"For what if some did not believe? Shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effet? God forbid" Ro. 3:3-4. Whether you believe it or not, no word of God will remain without effect, but every word must be fulfilled literally as God has spoken, and this is due to God's faithfulness. The unbelief of man cannot

make the Word of God fall to the ground. Heaven and earth shall pass away but His Word will never pass away. Joshua said unto the children of Israel: "And, behold, this day I am going way of all the earth: and ye know in all your heart and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, not one thing hath failed thereof." Jos. 23:14. God watches over His Word to fulfill it literally, because he cannot lie.

Thus every word, every promise given by God cannot fall to the ground or have no effect, but man can make the Word of God of no effect against himself. In the time of Noah, God announced the destruction of the earth by flood, and offered free salvation to all those who would enter the ark of Noah. The world found it ridiculous. God did not consider the multitude or unanimity of the world to renounce His Word. Thus, salvation by the ark of Noah was beneficial only to eight people who obeyed the voice of the LORD, but same salvation was ineffective for millions of human beings who inhabited the earth and who had despised it: they had made it ineffective against themselves. And the Lord tells us that the same thing will be repeated on the day of his coming – even the time we are living.

In Numbers 16, we read the story of the rebellion of Korah, Dathan and Abiram against Moses and Aaron. While God had taken his people from Egypt to the Promised Land flowing with milk and honey, namely the land of Canaan, to the rebels, the land flowing with milk and honey was Egypt where Moses brought them from (v.13). The promise concerning the Promised Land was still in force before God and valid for Israel, but was rendered ineffective against the rebels, so that the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and grave greeted them alive. God has taken us from the world to bring us to our heavenly home (Hé. 11:16), but during this pilgrimage there are some watching behind, like Lot's wife, to admire the things that are in the world, and thus render ineffective the action of God for them. God decided to save Lot and his home, on the prayer of Abraham. He sent his two angels, but of the five people who were recipients of this grace, one, even Lot's wife, made the divine mercy without effect against herself (Genèse18).

There was a severe famine in Samaria during the siege of Benhadad the king of Syria. God, remembering his mercy, sovereignly decided to dismiss the famine (2 Kings 6:24 and 7). Elisha, his prophet, gave a 'thus saith the Lord': "Tomorrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria." Chapter 7 v.1. The officer on whose hand the king leaned gave no credence to the Word of God. But God’s resolution was decreed and could not fail because of his unbelief. The Word was literally fulfilled as the man of God had spoken, but it was without effect for the incredulous officer, as he was crushed at the door by the people and died. He saw with his eyes the fulfillment of this word, but did not enjoy.

Judas was always next to the Lord and the other apostles. He was one of the twelve elect apostles, but his election was rendered ineffective by himself, by betraying the Lord. He listened to the teachings of the Lord, he operated miracles whenever the Lord gave them this power, and when the disciples forsook the Lord after hearing the doctrine of eating the flesh and drinking the blood of Christ, he still persevered (John chapter 6). However, despite all this perseverance, love of Truth was not in his heart, but he sought after profit, "This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein." Jn. 12:6. His election, all the time he spent with the Lord, miracles he performed, the words he heard and his perseverance: all of this was rendered ineffective because he had no love of Truth in him, and he ended up hanging himself.

Whatever is has already been, says Ecclesiastes, and God calls the past to account. Today, the great-grandsons of Judas speak of him without knowing that they are criticizing their ancestor. They have the same spirit, there is no love of Truth in them, they love pleasure more than God and work for profit. They are willing to compromise with the world over the Word of God when their interests are at stake. Just like their patriarch, they make the Word of God vain against themselves.

"Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it." He. 4:1-2. God's promise is sure and certain, and its fulfillment is as certain as the sunrise each morning. But it is useless for those in whose hearts it finds no faith.

Thus, we can identify in all that we have said the following factors by which man can make the Word of God without effect against himself: (1) If the Word of God sounds to you ridiculous, odd or useless, it is already without effect for you. (2) If you see things contrary to their presentation in the Bible, if you're rebellious against the order established by the Word of God in any field and your heart is turned to the world and the things in the world, all the promises of God are void for you. If you do not believe in the ‘thus saith the Lord,' for you, all the promises of God are without effect. You'd be better off giving up the rest of spiritual and religious exercises you undertake, because then they are just as vain. (3) If you love money, fame and plebiscite, if you're willing to compromise over the Word of God for other issues, the Word of God for you is automatically void, and therefore are also vain your dedication, your call or election, your perseverance, your endurance, your fasting and prayers.

But still another factor is shown to us in the Gospels, "Thus have ye made the commandment of none effect by your tradition." Mt. 15:6. Still today, as in the days of the Pharisees, churches have their own traditions drawn from the world, and with absolutely nothing to do with the 'Thus saith the Lord' "And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. For Moses said... But you say..." Mc. 7:9-10. They cancel the word of God to give importance to their own tradition they have established themselves. And here is iniquity, "God says ... But you say ..." Once God has spoken, we should hold our peace and just believe.

God says, "The Lord our God is one Lord" (De. 6:4), but you say "There are three persons in God"; God says to the woman, "Your husband will rule over you, he is your head and you will be bound to him as long as he lives" (Ge. 3:16, ICor. 11:3, Ep. 5:23, Ro. 7:2), but you say," You're emancipated, you don’t need the husband's authorization", God says, "Let women keep silence in the churches, I do not permit a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man" ( ICor. 14:34, ITim. 2:12), but you say, "No, but the sister has got a ministry that builds us", God says, "Wives, submit to your husbands in all things as to the Lord; Husbands, love your wives, even to the supreme sacrifice, as Christ died for the Church" (Ep. 5:22-29) (What better harmony can the world offer to a household than this divine order?), but you say, "Parity: woman is equal to man!" All those who thus nullify the Word of God in favor of their current, doctrines or traditions, for them, the Word of God is ineffective, useless and vain. They cannot enjoy the promises it gives.

Finally, another major factor to make the Word of God of no effect to you is the fact of not fulfilling all righteousness. When Jesus came to John the Baptist to be baptized, John opposed arguing that it was he who needed to be baptized by Jesus. But he answered... "Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness" Mt. 3:15. He knew that if he did not perform all righteousness, all the prophecies about his person could have been rendered ineffective. He says of the Pharisees and teachers of the law who had rejected the baptism of John the Baptist "But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him." Lc. 7:30.

Many are those who do business with the name of Jesus, whilst they have made void the power of God which saves by that name, since they rejected repentance, baptism, and the remission of sins which God was pleased to freely give to mankind in the name of Jesus. Anyone who does not repent and is not baptized in Jesus' name nullifies against himself the counsel of God concerning his salvation: he has not fulfilled all righteousness. And therefore whatever else he undertakes in Jesus name is vain.

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