word of God

1. A message from God, or a manifestation of his will.

   And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, "Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord, 'Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in.'"

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Chronicles 17:3-4

2. lifestyleThe Scriptures, especially when interpreted as the work of God rather than man.

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   Just as it would be utterly vain to lay natural reasons of comfort to him who hath no wit, so would it undoubtedly be frustrate to lay spiritual causes of comfort to him who hath no faith. For unless a man first believe that holy scripture is the word of God, and that the word of God is true, how can he take any comfort in that which the scripture telleth him?

   1535, Sir Thomas More, Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation, Book I, ch. 2

alternative God's word

1. A sacred teaching, writing or book viewed as being the work of God.

   Smith argues that the Koran is the Word of God for Muslims.

   1996, H.M. Vroom, translated by Lucy Jansen, No Other Gods: Christian Belief in Dialogue with Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam, →ISBN

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   This leads to a far reaching conclusion, proving that Quran is the Word of God Who exists

   2009, Fateh Ullah Khan, God Created the Universe with the Purpose to Serve Humankind, →ISBN, page 309

2. ChristianityThe Logos, or God the Son.

   In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 1:1

3. slanglifestyleThe creator(s) of a media franchise and/or their extradiegetic revelations about plot, characters, etc.

   Word of God - that is, of Author - is that Professor Dumbledore is gay, but if we're given his biography and can't see that anyway then I think something's wrong.

   2013 December 19, Robert Carnegie, “Re: Older children's fantasy”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet)

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   To me, citing the letter is a bit like the whole Dumbledore is gay thing. Sure, we have the Word of God [1] that he is but I prefer my evidence to come from the text.

   2009 December 31, James Nicoll, “Re: Casting Tunnel”, in alt.fan.heinlein (Usenet)

   ABC screwed over My Wife and Kids by cancelling it after the creators had already been promised another season, thus ending the series on a cliffhanger as a result(though Word Of God's explanation for what would've happened next season lessens the blow somewhat).

   2012 February 29, Karolina Dean...Big money weave a mighty web, “Screwed by the Network”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet)