Don't you relatize that you can only have a personl relationship with a person? We tell people that they can have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. The same One that went to the cross and we call Jesus Christ. The same One that through whom all things came into being. The same One that was in the beginning with God and is God. The Word of God that appeared to Abraham in a vision is a person. They would know Him as the Word of God, like Abraham whom the Word of God appeared to in a vision.Ī word is something spoken to you, but a vision is something you see. If people were hearing from Him then they would know Him. This is exactly what I am saying.Ī book is not alive. It's something you've done a number of times before.Ĭlick to expand. It being written, you focus on the fact it's printed on paper, then imply that since paper isn't alive, neither are the words printed on it. This is another good example where you perform a little sleight of hand when it comes to the scriptures. It's model deceptive behavior, if you intend for it to be that way or not. You come in with great language declaring "God is great! God is great!", but then with end it with, "and if you're not hearing Him speak in your head, you're doing something wrong, and all that stuff He said before, forget it, don't worry about it, it's old and dead". This is a subtle attack on God's scriptures. I don't understand how someone who claims such love for what God says can have such contempt for what God has already said. It's something you've done a number of times before.Īnd yet, it is this written word we have, that Peter declares that was preached to the saints, which he calls both 'living and abiding' (1 Pet 1:22-25), and that His word (including that already given) remains forever (v25), like it or not. Now if you are going to manage and coach a team of other Christains, you should know the man playing first base and His name!!!Ĭlick to expand.This is another good example where you perform a little sleight of hand when it comes to the scriptures. He is not the Holy Writ (Scriptures) He is a person that you too can get to know and thus hear from. He is called that because He tells each of us the words from God. I sometime feel like I am in that same skit when trying to tell people that The Word of God is the name of the One we are trying to get to know. It's important to understand that He is a person, just like it is important to understand that Who was the name of the first baseman in the Abbott and Costello skit.Ĭostello: And you don't know the fellows' names. Rev 19:13 He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. Many of us do not understand that "The Word of God" is the name of first person that we really need to get to know! Where there is confusion because Costello doesn't understand that "Who" is the name of the first baseman. It all reminds me of the Abbot and Costello skit, 'Who's on first'. Yet your Bible does not say the Graphe (Holy Writ) is alive and active! Because we now also call the Scriptures 'the Word' some of us are getting confussed and thinking the Scriptures are somehow alive and active. The Scriptures are holy writings because they are all inspired by God. So we tell people to read and study 'The Word', meaning the Scriptures (Graphe). In our current Christian ease, we also call the Scriptures (Graphe in Greek) 'The Word.' And there is a greek word, Graphe, that is translated as the english word 'Scripture' in your Bible The are two greek words, Logos and Rhema, that are translated as the english word "WORD" in your Bible.
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