The words of the LORD are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times." Psalm 12:6 (ESV) God's words are as pure as pure silver. The refining process of silver is a long process that results in pure silver. The lead ore that contains the silver must be heated in a furnace so hot that only the molten lead ore mixed with silver remains. The lead oxide (dross) rises to the top and is skimmed off (or poured off if it is in a vessel). To "purify seven times" results in all the dross being removed. Only pure silver remains.
Webster's College Dictionary defines "pure" as being free from adulterating or extraneous matter; being free from contamination, pollution or dirt; unmodified by an admixture, simple or homogeneous; absolute; being that and nothing else; being free from blemishes, spotless; without any discordant quailty (rings clear and true); untainted with evil or guilt; innocent; independent of sense or experience (pure knowledge); maintaining the same quality throught its duration.
Apply each definition to God's Word. God's words are indeed pure! I can read it, meditate on it, and trust it - it is pure, it is true. God never changes. "God said it; I believe it; that settles it!" Man may attempt to manipulate it. He may try to change it. He may question it. He may attempt to disprove it. He may even try to destroy it. But the fact remains - God's Word, all of His words, needs no defense. It is pure, pure as the purest of silver. It will stand forever.
(See Psalm 12:6; Proverbs 30:5; John 17:17; Matthew 24:35; Isaish 40:8)
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