A Study in the Living Word

“God’s Words are Containers of God’s Life”

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Just as God never changes God’s Nature or Ways do not change; neither does His Word.  God’s Word has absolute integrity. His Word is His bond. His Word Is Absolute Truth

Integrity:  Unchangeable, Steadfast, Truth, Faithful, Trustworthy, Incorruptible, Perfect

Not only is God Himself the source of The Living Word but The Living Word IS God Himself.  God and His Word are One. 

John 1: 1  IN THE beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. (Amplified Classic)

All that God does is done by, in, and through His Word.  Everything no matter what it is conforms to His Word.   

John 1: 3 All things were made and came into existence through Him; and without Him was not even one thing made that has come into being. (Amplified Classic)

God’s Words are Containers of God’s Life

The Word of God is alive that is why God’s Words are containers of God’s Life, God’s Word is alive; therefore, it brings forth life.

John 6: 63  It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. (NKJV)

Hebrews 4: 12 – 13   For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (NKJV)

 

“God’s Word is Absolute Truth”

Posted by mcoxbmi on July 4, 2023
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God’s Living Word Is Absolute Life and therefore His Living Word Is Absolute Truth.

Just as God never changes God’s Nature or Ways do not change; neither does His Word.  God’s Word has absolute integrity. His Word is His bond. His Word Is Absolute Truth

Integrity:  Unchangeable, Steadfast, Truth, Faithful, Trustworthy, Incorruptible, Perfect

As long as you live by the Word of God, you never have to be in the dark again. You never have to remain in confusion about which path to take. You never have to grope blindly along, struggling to find your own way.

The Word of God will give you all the light you need every day of your life if you’ll allow it to?

Build your faith in that Word and renew your commitment to it

“Putting on the New Man Through the Living Word”

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If we are to live a consistent Christian Life, we must put on the new nature or new man.

In order to put on the new, we must take off the old. 

Ephesians 4: 22 – 24  Strip yourselves of your former nature [put off and discard your old unrenewed self] which characterized your previous manner of life and becomes corrupt through lusts and desires that spring from delusion; (23) And be constantly renewed in the spirit of your mind [having a fresh mental and spiritual attitude], (24) And put on the new nature (the regenerate self) created in God’s image, [Godlike] in true righteousness and holiness.  (Amplified Classic)

In order to put on the new nature or the new man we must renew our minds by the Living Word. 

Colossians 3: 9b – 17 (NKJV)  (9b) since you have put off the old man with his deeds, (10) and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, (11) where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all. (12) Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; (13) bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. (14) But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. (15) And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. (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. (17) And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him

 

“Our Minds are Renewed by the Living Word”

Posted by mcoxbmi on June 15, 2023
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If we are to live a consistent Christian Life, we must renew our minds. 

Ephesian 4: 23 And be constantly renewed in the spirit of your mind [having a fresh mental and spiritual attitude], (Amplified Classic) 

Romans 12: 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. (NKJV) 

2nd Corinthians 4: 16 – 18 Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. (17) For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, (18) while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal. (NKJV)

 

“God’s Word Is Alive”

Posted by mcoxbmi on June 14, 2023
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God Himself Is Life.  Since God and His Word are One then God’s Word Is Life.  Absolute Life.

The Living Word is like a Seed.  Just as a seed contains life in itself, so does the Living Word. The Living Word contains the Life that it needs to bring itself to pass.  But that life must be activated.  We are the ones who activate that life by applying our Faith to the Word.

John 6: 63  It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. (NKJV)

This Living Word of God is constantly at work in us who believe It.

1st Thessalonians 2: 13  And we also [especially] thank God continually for this, that when you received the message of God [which you heard] from us, you welcomed it not as the word of [mere] men, but as it truly is, the Word of God, which is effectually at work in you who believe [exercising its superhuman power in those who adhere to and trust in and rely on it]. (Amplified Classic)

 

“The Abiding Word Sets You Free”

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John 8: 31 – 32  So Jesus said to those Jews who had believed in Him, If you abide in My word [hold fast to My teachings and live in accordance with them], you are truly My disciples. (32) And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free. (Amplified Classic)

John 17: 17  Sanctify them [purify, consecrate, separate them for Yourself, make them holy] by the Truth; Your Word is Truth. (Amplified Classic)

It is the abiding Word that you know in your heart that sets you free.

John 15: 7 If you live in Me [abide vitally united to Me] and My words remain in you and continue to live in your hearts, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you. (Amplified Classic) 

When we study the Word, meditate on the Word, confess the Word, and apply our faith to the Word, it comes alive in our hearts or spirit man.

As we meditate on the Living Word the Holy Spirit will enlighten our understanding.  As He enlightens our understanding we grow in the knowledge of Who God really Is and His Ways.  We also grow in the knowledge of who we are in Christ Jesus and what our ways are supposed to be.  We become the light in a dark and hurting world revealing Jesus.

Psalm 119: 130 The entrance and unfolding of Your words give light; their unfolding gives understanding (discernment and comprehension) to the simple. (Amplified Classic) 

 

“God’s Ways Revealed Through Jesus by the Holy Spirit” – Part 4

Posted by mcoxbmi on April 13, 2023
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God has a deep desire to reveal His Ways to us.  He reveals His Ways through His Word. As born-again believers the Holy Spirit Himself dwells in us.  He reveals the Living Word of God to us.  The Living Word of God reveals God’s Ways.

John 14: 26 But the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, Standby), the Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send in My name [in My place, to represent Me and act on My behalf], He will teach you all things. And He will cause you to recall (will remind you of, bring to your remembrance) everything I have told you. (Amplified Classic)

John 16: 13 – 15  But when He, the Spirit of Truth (the Truth-giving Spirit) comes, He will guide you into all the Truth (the whole, full Truth). For He will not speak His own message [on His own authority]; but He will tell whatever He hears [from the Father; He will give the message that has been given to Him], and He will announce and declare to you the things that are to come [that will happen in the future]. (14) He will honor and glorify Me, because He will take of (receive, draw upon) what is Mine and will reveal (declare, disclose, transmit) it to you. (15) Everything that the Father has is Mine. That is what I meant when I said that He [the Spirit] will take the things that are Mine and will reveal (declare, disclose, transmit) it to you. (Amplified Classic)

The ways of the Lord are:

Love – Mercy – Grace – Loving kindness – Goodness – Faithfulness – Integrity – Long suffering – Full of Joy – Eternal without ceasing – Holy – Truth – Steadfast – Bring life – Righteous – Always right 

As a born-again child of God His Ways are supposed to be our ways. 

 

 

“God’s Ways Revealed Through Jesus by the Holy Spirit Part 3″

Posted by mcoxbmi on April 6, 2023
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Hebrews 1: 3  He is the sole expression of the glory of God [the Light-being, the out-raying or radiance of the divine], and He is the perfect imprint and very image of [God’s] nature, upholding and maintaining and guiding and propelling the universe by His mighty word of power. When He had by offering Himself accomplished our cleansing of sins and riddance of guilt, He sat down at the right hand of the divine Majesty on high, (Amplified Classic)

Colossians 1: 15 – 20 [Now] He is the exact likeness of the unseen God [the visible representation of the invisible]; He is the Firstborn of all creation.  (Amplified Classic) 

It is God’s Will to reveal His Ways to us through Jesus (The Living Word) by the Holy Spirit.

The Bible is a copy of the Living Word of God.  It reveals the very nature and character of God Himself, Who He Is and His Ways.

The Bible reveals who we are and what our ways should be. The Bible also reveals who satan is and his ways.

It is absolutely vital that we know the Ways of the Lord.  All of God’s Ways are revealed in Jesus Christ.  As we study God’s Living Word, and walk in Love, God’s Ways are revealed to us by the Holy Spirit.

 

 

“God’s Ways Revealed Through Jesus by the Holy Spirit Part 2”

Posted by mcoxbmi on March 30, 2023
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It is God’s Will to reveal His Ways to us through Jesus (The Living Word) by the Holy Spirit.

Colossians 2: 2 – 3  [For my concern is] that their hearts may be braced (comforted, cheered, and encouraged) as they are knit together in love, that they may come to have all the abounding wealth and blessings of assured conviction of understanding, and that they may become progressively more intimately acquainted with and may know more definitely and accurately and thoroughly that mystic secret of God, [which is] Christ (the Anointed One). (3) In Him all the treasures of [divine] wisdom (comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God) and [all the riches of spiritual] knowledge and enlightenment are stored up and lie hidden. (Amplified Classic)

“God’s Ways Revealed Through Jesus by the Holy Spirit Part 1”

Posted by mcoxbmi on March 23, 2023
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It is God’s Will to reveal His Ways to us through Jesus (The Living Word) by the Holy Spirit.

The Bible is a copy of the Living Word of God.  It reveals the very nature and character of God Himself, Who He Is and His Ways.

The Bible reveals who we are and what our ways should be.

The Bible also reveals who Satan is and his ways.

It is absolutely vital that we know the Ways of the Lord.  All of God’s Ways are revealed in Jesus Christ.  As we study God’s Living Word, and walk in Love, God’s Ways are revealed to us by the Holy Spirit.

Colossians 2: 2 – 3  [For my concern is] that their hearts may be braced (comforted, cheered, and encouraged) as they are knit together in love, that they may come to have all the abounding wealth and blessings of assured conviction of understanding, and that they may become progressively more intimately acquainted with and may know more definitely and accurately and thoroughly that mystic secret of God, [which is] Christ (the Anointed One). (3) In Him all the treasures of [divine] wisdom (comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God) and [all the riches of spiritual] knowledge and enlightenment are stored up and lie hidden.  (Amplified Classic)

God’s Ways are hidden in Christ Jesus but revealed to God’s children by the Holy Spirit as we set our love upon God and walk the love walk. It is the will of God and His deep desire to reveal Himself to His People.

 

“The Word Became Flesh”

Posted by mcoxbmi on March 2, 2023
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John 1: 14 – 16 And the Word (Christ) became flesh (human, incarnate) and tabernacled (fixed His tent of flesh, lived awhile) among us; and we [actually] saw His glory (His honor, His majesty), such glory as an only begotten son receives from his father, full of grace (favor, loving-kindness) and truth. (15) John testified about Him and cried out, This was He of Whom I said, He Who comes after me has priority over me, for He was before me. [He takes rank above me, for He existed before I did. He has advanced before me, because He is my Chief.] (16) For out of His fullness (abundance) we have all received [all had a share and we were all supplied with] one grace after another and spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing and even favor upon favor and gift [heaped] upon gift. (Amplified Classic)

Colossians 1: 15 – 20 [Now] He is the exact likeness of the unseen God [the visible representation of the invisible]; He is the Firstborn of all creation. (16) For it was in Him that all things were created, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, whether thrones, dominions, rulers, or authorities; all things were created and exist through Him [by His service, intervention] and in and for Him. (17) And He Himself existed before all things, and in Him all things consist (cohere, are held together). (18) He also is the Head of [His] body, the church; seeing He is the Beginning, the Firstborn from among the dead, so that He alone in everything and in every respect might occupy the chief place [stand first and be preeminent]. (19) For it has pleased [the Father] that all the divine fullness (the sum total of the divine perfection, powers, and attributes) should dwell in Him permanently. (20) And God purposed that through (by the service, the intervention of) Him [the Son] all things should be completely reconciled back to Himself, whether on earth or in heaven, as through Him, [the Father] made peace by means of the blood of His cross. (Amplified Classic)

 

“In the Beginning Was the Word”

Posted by mcoxbmi on February 17, 2023
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John 1: 1 – 5  IN THE beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. (2) He was present originally with God. (3) All things were made and came into existence through Him; and without Him was not even one thing made that has come into being. (4) In Him was Life, and the Life was the Light of men. (5) And the Light shines on in the darkness, for the darkness has never overpowered it [put it out or absorbed it or appropriated it, and is unreceptive to it]. (Amplified Classic)

The Living Word was already in existence before anything was created in Eternity or Time.   

All things were created by Him in both Time and Eternity.

Colossians 1: 17 And He Himself existed before all things, and in Him all things consist (cohere, are held together). (Amplified Classic)

We need to be constantly aware that God the Father, God the Son (the Word), and God the Holy Spirit are One.  All that they do they do as One.  They never do anything, no matter what it is, alone or separate from each other, They are absolutely One.

Romans 11: 36  For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. [For all things originate with Him and come from Him; all things live through Him, and all things center in and tend to consummate and to end in Him.] To Him be glory forever! Amen (so be it). (Amplified Classic)

 

“Above All Put on Love”

Posted by mcoxbmi on March 31, 2022
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Colossians 3: 14  And above all these [put on] love and enfold yourselves with the bond of perfectness [which binds everything together completely in ideal harmony]. (Amplified Classic)

Galatians 5: 6  For [if we are] in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith activated and energized and expressed and working through love. (Amplified Classic)

Love is the sole aim and purpose of the Bible’s teachings.  The Good News of the Gospel is the message about God’s love. Love is the whole meaning and purpose of our life.  Love is the only way that others will know that we are Christians. Our Love proves that we are abiding with God and that we are filled with the fullness of God.

Colossians 2: 9 – 11 For in Him the whole fullness of Deity (the Godhead) continues to dwell in bodily form [giving complete expression of the divine nature]. (10) And you are in Him, made full and having come to fullness of life [in Christ you too are filled with the Godhead–Father, Son and Holy Spirit–and reach full spiritual stature]. And He is the Head of all rule and authority [of every angelic principality and power]. (11) In Him also you were circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, but in a [spiritual] circumcision [performed by] Christ by stripping off the body of the flesh (the whole corrupt, carnal nature with its passions and lusts). (Amplified Classic)