precise doctrinal definition, in sentential semantics, in
theological treatises.
Jesus did not write anything as far as we know, except,
perhaps, a few words in the sand as He pondered the
perversity of the scribes and Pharisees in the midst of their
"set-up" with the adulterous woman (John 8:6). As the
living Word of God, He expressed divine character and
truth. Again to the Jews, Jesus said, "the words that I have
spoken to you are spirit and are life" (John 6:63).
As He neared the conclusion of His physical, earthly
ministry in the upper room with the disciples, Jesus did not
tell them that He would leave them a written text of
scriptures to take His place and to reveal all they needed to
know. Rather, Jesus told His disciples,
"I will ask the Father, and He will give you another (just like Me)
Encourager, that He may be with you forever; the Spirit of Truth,
whom the world cannot receive, because it does not behold Him or
know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you, and
will be in you" (John 14:16,17).Jesus continued by saying,
"If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will
love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him.
He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word
which you hear is not Mine, but the Father's who sent Me. These
things I have spoken to you, while abiding with you. But the
Encourager, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My