Logos The Word of God

Introduction:

Definition:

Top 4 senses of Logos

Message -Communication

Message - Content

Gospel <> Word

Word of God

top 4 senses cover about 78% of the translation of Logos

Message - communication

134 x’s

noun - a communication that is most often spoken, but can come through other means.

Mark 4:15 ESV

15 And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them.

1 Thessalonians 1:5 ESV

5 because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.

1 Thessalonians 2:13 ESV

13 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.

Hebrews 4:12 ESV

12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

1 John 1:1 ESV

1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life—

Message - content

67 x”s

noun - the contents of a communication

Luke 1:4 ESV

4 that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught.

Acts 6:5 ESV

5 And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch.

Titus 1:9 ESV

9 He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.

Hebrews 5:13 ESV

13 for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child.

1 John 2:15 ESV

15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Gospel - Word

60 x’s

noun - the content of what is preached about the good news of Jesus’ way of salvation (or the impending divine dominion and its King, Jesus).

Mark 4:14 ESV

14 The sower sows the word.

Acts 6:2 ESV

2 And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables.

1 Thessalonians 1:6 ESV

6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit,

James 1:21 ESV

21 Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

Word of God

52 x’s

noun - the content of the communications or documents produced by, and representative of , God and His mind; often of a specific portion or topic (like the Gospel).

Acts 4:29 ESV

29 And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness,

2 Timothy 4:2 ESV

2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.

Titus 1:3 ESV

3 and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior;

Why should we know and understand the Greek word, “Logos?”

Because it is God who is communicating His Logos

God is sending us

Messages

Sayings

Statements

An Account

A Word

A Gospel

A Matter

A Report

That we might do something with it...

Because it is God sending His Message/Content

That communication has powerful content

Words; things; sayings that can give us life

Not life in the ordinary sense

but life in the divine and everlasting sense

we must pay attention to the content

That content is Good News

It’s a message of deliverance

Content that can set you free

When we sit in our pews and miss the meaning of God’s communication we miss out on the content

This is why the Bible teaches...

2 Timothy 2:14–15 ESV

14 Remind them of these things, and charge them before God not to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers. 15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

Because the Son is the Logos

Jesus is the exact representation of God

what better message could we have?

Jesus and His life are our example

Hebrews 1:3 ESV

3 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,

John 1:14 ESV

14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 14:9–10 ESV

9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works.

Rhema <rhema>

appears 66 x’s

Mark 14:72 A second time the rooster crowed. Then Peter called to mind the word <rhema> that Jesus had said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And when he thought about it, he wept.

Luke 3:2 while Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word <rhema> of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness

John 14:10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words <rhema> that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works.

Acts 11:14 who will tell you words <rhema> by which you and all your household will be saved.

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

From the above examples, we can see a distinction:

Logos is a word (spoken/written) given generally

while Rhema <rhema> is a word (spoken/written) given specifically.