Heb. 12:4- For the Word of God is quick and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart.
The word of God is truly our life. Without it, we cannot survive in this world. Our survival is predicated upon how much of the Word of God we intake and embrace into our everyday life- style. We must be fully confident in the word that God has spoken in order to unlock the treasures found therein, and to experience the promises of it. Paul said that he was persuaded that the gospel (good news, the Word of God) was the power of God unto salvation to the Jew first, and also to the Greek (Rom. 1:16-17). In other words, ”No Word, No Power.”
The Holy Spirit is activated by the Word of God. In the beginning, the Spirit of God hovered over the surface of the waters. However, when God spoke, the Spirit moved. Therefore, we cannot experience a move of the Holy Spirit until the Word of God is active in our life. In the New Testament the Word was manifested in the flesh, then the Spirit of God was allowed to empower the Word of God; then, Jesus Christ our Lord spoke God’s Word with power (Mark 1:27). “No Word, No Power.”
Another reason why we need to have the Word in us, is because our enemy is well versed in it. And he is not afraid to use it against anyone he is seeking to destroy; howbeit he uses it out of context, but deceives those who do not study God’s Word. Our greatest example, our Master, our Head, Jesus Christ, was tempted by Satan as he use the Word of God. Our Lord fought back with the Word of God in right context, and Satan had to step off for a season. Jesus, after his wilderness experience, returned in the power of the Spirit. This means that we are not exempt. As sons and daughters of God, we are entrusted and expected to used the Word of God. Therefore we must study to show ourselves approved unto God, so that we may be able to rightly divide the Word of truth (II Tim. 2:15). WE MUST BE ABLE TO SWING OUR SWORD skillfully and with authority against the devil and our carnal mind. Some have been held captive way to long. It is time to take a stand against the enemy and anything or anyone who sides with the enemy. We can no longer stand idly by and allow ourselves and our families to fall apart because we refuse, or are inept when it comes to using the Word of God. We need the Word; not just for us and our personal battles, but for those souls that God has placed in our sphere of influence.
Brother Mark Johnson
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