Do you "Worship" the Bible?

Do you worship the bible? Have you heard anyone use the phrase "bibliolatry"?

As odd as it sounds, if you are a Christian, you must worship the bible.

Gene Edward Veith puts it this way in a recent blog entry:

"The Bible can never be honored enough. Do I worship a book? Well, I worship the God who is located in the book, so you might say that. The pagan believes that his deity is localized in his graven image. I believe that the true God is localized in His Word, namely, the incarnate Son of God. That same Word is manifest in human language, written down in ink and paper on the pages of the Bible and proclaimed in sound waves that travel through the air. I hold not to an image but to the Word, not to a word that I hear inside my head but to a Word outside myself.

The Word of God is God’s voice, His communication of Himself. The Word cannot be separated from Christ, the Incarnate Word, from the Father, who inspired it, and the Holy Spirit whom it conveys. The Word is sacramental, a physical, aural thing–no less physical than water, bread, and wine–that God employs to reach us and in which He is living and active."

To that I can only say, "Amen and Amen."

And as God's word itself says:

John 1

The Word Became Flesh

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

So if you confess that the Bible is THE WORD of God, and if you confess that Jesus is THE WORD, you cannot help but worship the Bible.

Sort of :-)