To avoid the complications and the difficulties most
of us encounter on our way to demystify the mysteries of the word, I have
decided to simply tackle this all important theme from two distinct points of
view, which are; what and why of the word.
Defining What: What of everything is its defining principle. The word
simply, but controversially, is not just what is spoken or written; but what
one makes of what is written or spoken. The
word is HIS word. It is not the word of any man.
WHAT IS THE WORD, OR HIS WORD
·
Bread
of Life- John 6: 27, 35, 48, 51
·
It is the very instruction of God- Genesis 1:2; talking of instruction, it is to be
identified that a man’s words are what he stands for and what is okayed as an
accepted way of life. Therefore in every household there should be a father.
The father with the aim of keeping the harmony of his household intact has a
prescribed way by which every member of the family must live by. This is
similar with our eternal father. He has an instructive way and the Christian
life is guided by it. This is his instruction onto us, and it can only be made
known unto us by his word.
·
The
word is the spirit and breath (life) of God- Genesis 2:7, John 6:63. No man
born of Christ is able to live without the word. And any man without the word
is absolutely dead. The word helps us grasp the very concept of God the spirit.
·
The
word is the second person of the Trinity ( Jesus)- John 1:1
·
The
power and authority of God- Luke 7:2-7
·
The
yardstick of accountability and Judgement.
·
The
word is our salvation… John 14:6
·
It
is the standard measure of the power and authority a Christian life controls
·
The
word is the will and intent of God
The Psalmist Amy Grant succinctly puts it; thy word is
a light onto my path and a lamp onto my feet…
It is not enough our knowledge of the word, but the
reason for the knowledge. This leads us to answer certain question about why we
need the word of God.
Our reason for food is not food itself but, what food
can afford us (Matthew 4:4). Therefore, our why for the word is not the word,
but what the word is able to achieve for our lives.
·
The
word is life- John 6:63
·
The
word is Practice- Revelation 1:3, James…
·
It
is our weaponry as Soldiers of the Kingdom and Gospel- Ephesians 6:10-16 ( The
armour of God)
·
It
is the steadfast of our life
·
It
is the form and shape of our life- Genesis 1:2
·
Foundation
of our life- 1st Corinthians 3:11
·
It’s
our faith builder- Romans 10:17
·
To
help forestall the famine of the word in the world- Amos 8:11, Luke 5
·
Because
you are a leader and must lead. If you are a leader, but is not leading, then
it is because you lack what it takes to lead, the word.
·
You
need it for an approval- 2nd Timothy 2: 14-15
WHO then is this WORD?
Revelation 19: 13 “He was clothed with a robe dipped
in blood, and His name is called The Word of God…”
He
is the one who have trodden the winepress alone (Isaiah 63: 3-4), and from the people, no one was with him, though
His very garment has been stained by our sins.
The
Word is Jesus Christ.
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