God’s Powerful Word
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1. The Creative Power of God’s Word
1. The Creative Power of God’s Word
A. Power to create the universe out of nothing
A. Power to create the universe out of nothing
“And God said”
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
And God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”
And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.
And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so.
And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years,
And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.”
And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
B. Power to give spiritual life
B. Power to give spiritual life
For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; for
“All flesh is like grass
and all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
and the flower falls,
but the word of the Lord remains forever.”
And this word is the good news that was preached to you.
But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
2. The Sustaining Power of God’s Word
2. The Sustaining Power of God’s Word
A. Power to sustain all creation
A. Power to sustain all creation
He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Acts 17:28 (ESV)
“ ‘In him we live and move and have our being’
B. Power to sustain our spiritual life
B. Power to sustain our spiritual life
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
Our spiritual life is created and sustained by the word of God.
3. The Transforming Power of God’s Word
3. The Transforming Power of God’s Word
A. Power to Transform Creation
A. Power to Transform Creation
And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”
B. Power to Transform our spiritual life
B. Power to Transform our spiritual life
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.
And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.
But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
Application: Let God’s Powerful Word do its perfect work in you
Application: Let God’s Powerful Word do its perfect work in you
and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,
We fight the good fight of faith with the Word of God, trusting in and clinging to what He has said. We listen to God’s voice, not the thousands of other voices and opinions around us. We fight sin in our lives by beholding the glory of Christ in God’s Word.
God’s Word has amazing power. What are you doing with God’s powerful Word? Is it at work in your life?