Why is it said that “The Word of God endures forever?”

St. Jacob of Sarug says, “The word of life is timeless; it neither passes away nor dissolves, for it possess all times. The world withers like a flower under scorching heat of the midday sun, but the word of life is a pearl for those who hear it. O you who love the world,

132 St. John Chrysostom, Homilies on Colossians 9 (NPNF I/13:301), amended.

133 St. Basil of Caesarea, Homilies on the Psalms , Homily 22: On Psalm 114 (FOTC 46:355).

throw away the flower that does not endure, and come and adorn your ear with the priceless pearl.”¹³⁴