Word of God
POWER OF THE GOSPEL • Sermon • Submitted
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· 5 viewsThe utterances of God, especially as revealed in Scripture. This may take the form of commands or promises. The term can also refer to Jesus Christ as the incarnate Word of God.
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The word of God has power
The word of God has power
It is active
It is active
Is 55:11 The Hebrew for “word” can also mean “action” or “deed”. This indicates that God’s word is active.
It brings about creation
It brings about creation
By the word of the Lord were the heavens made;
And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
See also 2 Pe 3:5
It governs and maintains the created order
It governs and maintains the created order
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
See also Ps 147:18
It gives life
It gives life
And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.
See also Is 55:2–3; Mt 4:4
It consecrates secular things
It consecrates secular things
1 Ti 4:5 “the word of God and prayer” probably means “scriptural prayer”; i.e., on the basis of scriptural teaching the believer offers thanksgiving and prayer.
It restrains from evil
It restrains from evil
Ps 17:4; Ps 119:11
It heals and rescues
It heals and rescues
He sent his word, and healed them,
And delivered them from their destructions.
It has power to save
It has power to save
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
See also 2 Ti 3:15; 1 Pe 1:23
It brings about the growth of the kingdom of God
It brings about the growth of the kingdom of God
But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
It builds up the saints
It builds up the saints
And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
