Gods Word_Research
Heb. 4:11 Let us try as hard as we can to enter God’s rest so that no one will fail by following the example of those who refused to obey.
12 God’s word is alive and working and is sharper than a double-edged sword. It cuts all the way into us, where the soul and the spirit are joined, to the center of our joints and bones. And it judges the thoughts and feelings in our hearts.[1]
| KINGDOM DYNAMICS |
| 4:11 Understanding Rhema and Logos, FAITH’S CONFESSION. This text is among the foremost in understanding faith’s call to “confess” the Word of God. The lesson relates to Israel’s renunciation of God’s promise, which resulted in a whole generation’s dying in the wilderness and failing to possess the inheritance God intended for them. In this context, the Bible describes itself: “The word of God is living and powerful.” The term for “word” here is the Greek word logos, which commonly indicates the expression of a complete idea and is used in referring to the Holy Scriptures. It contrasts with rhema, which generally refers to a word spoken or given. This recommends our understanding the difference between all the Bible and the single promise or promises the Holy Spirit may bring to our mind from the Word of God. When facing a situation of need, trial, or difficulty, the promises of God may become a rhema to you; that is, a weapon of the Spirit, “the word of God” (Eph. 6:17). Its authority is that this “word” comes from the Bible—God’s Word—the completed logos. Its immediate significance is that He has “spoken” it to your soul by His Spirit and is calling forth faith just as He did from Israel when He pointed them toward their inheritance. Faith’s confession receives God’s “words” (rhema) and stands firm upon these promises. However, faith’s confession is strong not in human willpower, but in the divine will revealed in the whole of the Scriptures—the Holy Bible—the logos (completed Word) from which the rhema (present “word of promise”) has been received. |
4:11 Two great provisions encourage believers in their faith: 1) the word of God, which reveals whether a person is living a soulish or spiritual life; 2) the ministry of Christ our great High Priest, who is able to bring us into immediate fellowship with God.
| WORD WEALTH |
| 4:12 powerful, energes (en-er-gace); Strong’s #1756: Comparable in meaning to the English word “energetic,” which stems from this word. Energes, used elsewhere only in 1 Cor. 16:9 and Philem. 6, denotes something at work, active, and effective. It is the opposite of argos, “idle,” “inactive,” “ineffective.” |
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Matt. 4:4
Jesus answered, “It is written in the Scriptures, ‘A person lives not on bread alone, but by everything God says.’ ” n
John 6:66
It is the Spirit that gives life. The flesh doesn’t give life. The words I told you are spirit, and they give life.
John 6:68
Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, who would we go to? You have the words that give eternal life.
lógos [written word, Logos], rhḗma [vocal statement],
2. lógos.
a. Like légō, lógos has first the sense of “collection.”
b. A second sense is “counting” with the nuances (i) calculation, (ii) account, (iii) consideration, or evaluation, and (iv) reflection, or, in philosophy, ground or reason.
c. Counting also gives the sense of “list” or “catalogue.”
d. We then find “narrative,” “word,” “speech.” In this sense, supplanting épos and mýthos, lógos acquires the most varied nuances, e.g., legend, proverb, command, promise, tradition, written account, conversation, sentence, prose, even thing.
3. rhḗma. The root of rhḗma has durative significance. What is denoted is something definitely or expressly stated, i.e., “statement.” This may be an announcement or even a treaty. While distinguished as word from deed, rhḗma as active word later comes to be used in grammar for the verb, and it lives on only in this sense.[3]
Luke 3:2-3
2 Annas and Caiaphas were the high priests. At this time, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the desert. 3 He went all over the area around the Jordan River preaching a baptism of changed hearts and lives for the forgiveness of sins.[4]
Acts 11:16 (Peter telling his story-written by Luke)
16 Then I remembered the words of the Lord. He said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ [5]
Eph. 6:17
17 Accept God’s salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. [6]
Heb. 1:3
3 The Son reflects the glory of God and shows exactly what God is like. He holds everything together with his powerful word. When the Son made people clean from their sins, he sat down at the right side of God, the Great One in heaven.[7]
Heb. 11:3
It is by faith we understand that the whole world was made by God’s command so what we see was made by something that cannot be seen.[8]
ῥῆμα, ατος, τό, (ῥέω, ἐρῶ) that which is said or spoken, a word, saying, Theogn., Hdt., etc.; κατὰ ῥῆμα word for word, Aeschin.
2. a phrase, opp. to ὄνομα (a single word), Plat.
3. the subject of speech, a thing, N.T.
II. in Gramm., a verb, opp. to ὄνομα (a noun), ῥήματα καὶ ὀνόματα
| Matt 4:4 | but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. | |
| Matt 12:36 | account for • every careless word • they speak, | |
| Luke 3:2 | during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word | |
| John 3:34 | words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure. | |
| John 6:63 | The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and • life. | |
| John 6:68 | Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words | |
| John 8:47 | Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The | |
| John 10:21 | Others said, “These are not the words of one who | |
| John 14:10 | words that I say to you I do not speak on my own | |
| John 17:8 | For I have given them the words that you gave me, | |
| Acts 5:20 | speak to the people all the words of this Life. | |
| Acts 6:11 | him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God. | |
| Acts 6:13 | speak words against this holy place and the law, | |
| Acts 11:16 | And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, | |
| Acts 26:25 | but I am speaking true and rational words. | |
| Rom 10:8 | But what does it say? “The word is near you, | |
| Rom 10:8 | (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); | |
| Rom 10:17 | and hearing through the word of Christ. | |
| Eph 5:26 | having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, | |
| Eph 6:17 | and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, | |
| Heb 1:3 | and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. | |
| Heb 6:5 | word of God and the powers of • the age to come, | |
| Heb 11:3 | that the universe was created by the word of God, | |
| Heb 12:19 | and the sound of a trumpet and a voice whose words | |
| 1 Pet 1:25 | but the word of the Lord remains forever. |
ὁ ῥῆμα (14 / 281)
| Luke 1:38 | to your word.” And the angel departed from her. | |
| Luke 2:29 | servant depart in peace, according to your word; | |
| Luke 5:5 | But at your word I will let down the nets. | |
| Luke 24:8 | And they remembered his words, | |
| Luke 24:11 | but these words seemed to them • an idle tale, | |
| John 5:47 | believe his writings, how will you believe my words? | |
| John 8:20 | These words he spoke in the treasury, as he taught in the temple; | |
| John 12:47 | If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, | |
| John 12:48 | words has a judge; • the word that I have spoken • | |
| John 15:7 | and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, | |
| Acts 2:14 | let this be known to you, and give ear to my words. | |
| Acts 16:38 | The police reported these words to the magistrates, | |
| Rom 10:18 | and their words to the ends of the world. | |
| 1 Pet 1:25 | And this word is the good news that was preached to you. |
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[1] The Everyday Bible : New Century Version. Nashville, TN. : Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2005, S. Heb 4:11
[2] Spirit Filled Life Study Bible. electronic ed. Nashville : Thomas Nelson, 1997, c1991, S. Heb 4:10
n ‘A person … says.’ Quotation from Deuteronomy 8:3.
e.g. exempli gratia, for example
i.e. id est, that is
[3]Kittel, Gerhard ; Friedrich, Gerhard ; Bromiley, Geoffrey William: Theological Dictionary of the New Testament. Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans, 1995, c1985, S. 505
[4] The Everyday Bible : New Century Version. Nashville, TN. : Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2005, S. Lk 3:1
[5] The Everyday Bible : New Century Version. Nashville, TN. : Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2005, S. Ac 11:16
[6] The Everyday Bible : New Century Version. Nashville, TN. : Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2005, S. Eph 6:17
[7] The Everyday Bible : New Century Version. Nashville, TN. : Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2005, S. Heb 1:3
[8] The Everyday Bible : New Century Version. Nashville, TN. : Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2005, S. Heb 11:3