BIBLE FOUNDATIONS (a Study of Bible Truths) THE WORD OF GOD - - Introduction

 

BIBLE FOUNDATIONS (a Study of Bible Truths)

THE WORD OF GOD - - Introduction

May I suggest that you have a pen and paper handy to take down the references. I will be reading each scripture, but they will not be written out on my blog. It is good to read the scriptures for yourself. If your “real” bible is handy and you are quick, you may turn and read the scripture.

The Bible is the Word of God speaking to you. “Thus saith the Lord” is repeated over two thousand times from Exodus to Deuteronomy.

God and His Word are one.

The Word is always now. 2 Corinthians 1:20 For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.

Jesus is the Word, and He is the Living Word. Jesus is called the Logos. Jesus is the Logos, and the Logos is a living thing - - not only in the book, not only on the written page, - - but also on the lips of the believer.

Hebrews 4:12 (Moffat Translation) “The Logos of God is a living thing, active and more cutting than any sword with double edges penetrating to the very division of soul and spirit, joint and marrow, scrutinizing the very thoughts and conceptions of the heart.”

There are two Greek words for “Word” Logos and Rhema. Rhema is the spoken word, but in a more specific sense. Logos is the entire or whole Word of God. Rhema is a portion, or a promise; made real to you by the Holy Spirit, that as you then speak out; using it as your own words.

Romans 10:8-10; But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach):  that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.  For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Ephesians 6:17 And take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

The Word is our Contact with God. John 6:44-45 No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets,  ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Therefore everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me.

John 15:7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. 

God convicts us by the Word.

John 16: 8-9 And when The Holy Spirit has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:  of sin, because they do not believe in Me; and of righteousness, because I go to My Father;

At Pentecost Peter uses the Scriptures to rebuke Israel for crucifying its Messiah. His sermon using the Word of God, resulted in three thousand souls being convicted and accepting Christ (Acts 2”37,41.)

We are recreated by the Word.

James 1:18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

1 Peter 1:23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

The Word imparts to us Eternal Life
2 Corinthians 5:17-18 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:  The old has gone, the new is here!  All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

Our Minds are renewed by the Word

Romans 12:2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Colossians 3:10 And you have put on the new [spiritual] self who is being continually  renewed in true knowledge in the image of Him who created the new self—

James 1:22 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

We are indwelt by the Word as We abide in Christ

Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

John 15:7-8  If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you  will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.  By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.

It is not only committing the Word to memory, which is valuable, but it allowing that Word to become an integral part of our being.

The Word lives in us.
Ephesians 3:17-19 So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.…

Let the Word of God have “RIGHT OF WAY” in your life. This is allowing Christ Jesus the right-of-way. The Word dominating you is the Lordship of Christ IN you.

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Let the Word of God have “RIGHT OF WAY” in your life. This is allowing Christ Jesus the right-of-way. The Word dominating you is the Lordship of Christ IN you.

We are BUILT UP with the Word;

Acts 20:32 And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified. “Now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

Also - - - Our spirits are built up by praying in the Holy Ghost - - Jude 1:20The WORD and the SPIRIT are both necessary for our spiritual growth - - -

Ephesians 2:20-22 But you are built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Holy Spirit.

The Word must be mixed with Faith - - -

Hebrews 4:2 (b) For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the Word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.

Romans 10:17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. - - and by hearing and hearing the Word of God.)

Are you hearing - - yourself speak the Word (Rhema) of God?? Your voice speaking God's Word will create Faith in your spirit.

We are healed by the Word.

Psalms 107:20 He sent out his word and healed them, snatching them from the door of death.

Isaiah 53:4 For he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and by his stripes we are healed.

Matthew 8:17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took on his body our infirmities and carried our diseases.”

Jeremiah 1:12 Then the LORD said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over My word to perform it.”

2 Corinthians 5:21  For God made Him (Jesus) who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

Mark 16:17-18 And these signs will follow those who believe, they will speak with new  tongues;  they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, (accidentally) it will by no means hurt them;  and they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

We know the Father through the Word;

John 16:27-28 For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me, and have believed that I came forth   from God.  I came forth from the Father and have come into the world. 
Again, I leave the world and go to the Father.”

John 14:23 Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and   my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

Matthew 6:31-33 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.  But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

We feed on the Word;

Matthew 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.Jeremiah 15:16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by your name, O Lord God of hosts.

Psalms 78:24-25 God commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of the heavens. He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven. 

Job 23:12 I have not departed from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth More than my necessary food.

Let the Word of God, be on our lips

Romans 10:9-10 That if you shalt confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be saved. For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

The Word becomes a living thing in the mouth of the believer. Use it. Do NOT DEFEND or ARGUE it. Your word becomes God's Word in your mouth. The WORD of God will do it's work. Say it, Sing it. 

 Praise the Lord using Scripture. Make your declarations using Scripture.