THE WORD CONT'D

                                                       
               Yesterday, I introduced us to the Word, we were made to understand that Jesus Christ is Logos/the word. Today, i  want us to look at the importance or works of the Word, in today's lesson, we shall all see how important Logos is to all believers.
                                                               
                                                     
               THE WORKS OF THE WORD

Word is our contact with God

 The word is our contact with God the Father. It is His contact with us. Though Jesus Christ is no longer here with us physically, he has given himself to us in Holy Spirit and His word. A time with the scripture is a time with Jesus Christ Himself. Anytime we use our time to read and meditate on God’s word will have fellowship with Jesus Christ because He himself his the word.

We are convicted by the Word

 Conviction come from no other source than the Word. It is a threefold conviction.
First, He convicts of our union with Satan
                                                                      John 8:44
 "Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it."
The above text made us understand the union of unbelievers with Satan, every unbeliever is a child of Satan as Christians are God’s children.

Second, He convicts of Righteousness, showing that although we are children of the Devil, Righteousness is available and belongs to us.

And third, He convicts of sin because we believe not on Him. There is only one sin for which the sinner will be judged; that is the rejection of Jesus Christ.

We are recreated by the Word
                                                         James 1:18
18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
1 peter 1:23, “being born again, not of corruptible seed, but ofg incorruptible, by the word Of God, which liveth and abideth for ever”
The word made us born again because the word imparts to us Eternal life. Were it not for the Word, we would not know that there was a Redemption or a substitution or a new Creation.

Our minds are renewed by the Word
                                                                 Rom 12:2
 "And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."
Our mind is renewed by studying the word and by acting upon it. One may study the word for years, but if he does not act it, live it, is not a doer, the mind is not renewed. Many bible students are deceiving themselves because they are not acting, living, doing the Word.

We are indwelt by the Word
                                                               col 3:16
 “let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another….” What does He mean by letting the Word dwell in us richly? This is one of the most striking sentences in this epistle.
John 15:7, “if ye abide in me, and My words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.” The Word here is dwelling in us, producing prayer fruit, it is the Word bringing forth its own kind in the believer’s life.
It is not only committing the Word to memory, which is valuable, but it is letting that Word become an integral part of our beings. It lives in us.
Ephesians 3:17, ‘”that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love….”
Christ and the Word are one. It is the Word dwelling in you which is equivalent to Christ Personally being in you. Letting the word have a right-of-way in your life is letting Christ have right-of-way. The word dominating you is the Lordship of Christ in you.

We are built up with the Word

Acts 20:32 "and now I commend you to God, and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you the inheritance among all them that are sanctified.”
He commends us to the Word of His grace. This Word builds the Christ nature and the love nature of the Father into the individual. In other words, God is building Himself into us, making Himself a part of us as the word dominates, rules and satisfies our spirit nature.
We are only made spiritual by living in the word and by the Word living in us.

We are healed by the Word

Psalm 107:20, “he sent His Word and healed them.” How few of us have realized that it is the word that heals us. We talk about faith in the Word, there is nothing wrong in that but it is when Isaiah 53:4 becomes a reality in our spirit, “Surely he hath borne our sicknesses and carried our diseases and we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of God and Afflicted,” that it operates in our physical bodies. He was stricken and smitten with our diseases and sins. And then the Word declares in the fifth verse, “By His stripes we are healed.” It is the Word that has made us know this. It is the Word that has saved us, recreated us, and it is the Word that heals us now. It is the Word that makes masters of Satan.
Mark 16:17, “in my Name ye shall cast out demons.” It is the Word that has taught us the value of the Name, the authority of the Name, and our legal right to the use of the Name. so it is the Word in reality that has healed us.

Faith comes through the Word

Romans 10:8 “The Word of Faith which we preach”
Hebrews 12:2, “Looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith.”
Do you wonder how we could look unto Jesus? Jesus and the Word are one, by looking into the Word and acting on it you bring Jesus on the scene instantly. And when you know how faith is perfected by our acting on the Word, letting the Word loose in us, to live in us, dominate us, rule us, you found the secret.
Mark 16:18 “They shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover.” This means nothing until we act on it. The scripture means nothing until we act on it. This scripture is useless, dead, until we act on it. It is acting on the Word that builds faith in the believer. You may have all the promises; you may have the mighty Spirit dwelling in you. Acting on the word makes Jesus vitally real to the believer.

In summary, the Word/Logos  is everything to Christians, any christian who does not value the Word has lost his/her faith. The Word is our heritage in Christ Jesus, dont ever play with the Word/Logos/Scripture.