The Word gives us instruction, truth and comfort but the Spirit guides and directs us into His Word; that is, His truth is awesome and eternal truth. The Scripture changes lives because it is divine truth. Truth impacts lives for eternity.
Wisdom is always living wisdom, conditioned by the times in which people live. Christian truth is eternal truth, but it is never timeless truth. It is always timely truth, addressed to specific people facing specific problems. It is not an assemblage of disembodied propositions, abstract principles, nameless and placeless verities. Almost every page of Scripture contains the names of specific people, places, and circumstances. That’s for a reason. Jesus Christ, who is the same yesterday, today, and forever, is forever meeting us, whoever we are right where we are. (David Powlison Seeing With New Eyes, P&R Publishers, 2003, p. 257).
