The Word of God. What is it, and what about it?

[1joseph]

Can we say that Jesus is the word of God?
Can we say that the Word of God is God?
Can we say that the Word of God is the power of God?
Can we say that the Word of God is the truth of God?
Can we say that the Word of God is alive?
Can we say that the word of God is a seed of God?
Can we say that the Word of God is life, light, and salt?
Can we say that the Word of God is the sure rock and strong foundation on which we build our foundation and stand.
Can we say that the Word of God never fails?
Can we say that the Word of God is exalted above all of God's Names?
Can we say that we are healed, delivered, and saved by the Word of God?
Can we say that if we exalt God's Word we exalt Him and if we speak evil of God's Word we speak evil of Him?
What do you say God's Word is, what about it, and what good is it?
Scripture is always welcome.

Yes. We can say all of those things. Hallelujah!

John 1 New International Version (NIV)1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. [SUP]2 [/SUP]He was with God in the beginning. [SUP]3 [/SUP]Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. [SUP]4 [/SUP]In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. [SUP]5 [/SUP]The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
[SUP]6 [/SUP]There was a man sent from God whose name was John. [SUP]7 [/SUP]He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. [SUP]8 [/SUP]He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.
[SUP]9 [/SUP]The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. [SUP]10 [/SUP]He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. [SUP]11 [/SUP]He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. [SUP]12 [/SUP]Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— [SUP]13 [/SUP]children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
[SUP]14 [/SUP]The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

 

[Bowman]

Every word written from Genesis to the Revelation reveals Who God is and is called "The Word of God" that was from the beginning and was made flesh.

And...

The Word is NOT The Father.

 

[jeff_peacemkr]

i think you missed the whole point and purpose. Jesus told directly the bible scholars/teachers "you study the scriptures because you think that in them you will find life. here I AM. and you reject ME".

and HE thanked the Father in Heaven for revealing Life/Salvation/TRuth to the UNeducated. read HIS WORDS to see. simple.

 

[ChristIsGod]

Yes. We can say all of those things. Hallelujah!

John 1 New International Version (NIV)1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. [SUP]2 [/SUP]He was with God in the beginning. [SUP]3 [/SUP]Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. [SUP]4 [/SUP]In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. [SUP]5 [/SUP]The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
[SUP]6 [/SUP]There was a man sent from God whose name was John. [SUP]7 [/SUP]He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. [SUP]8 [/SUP]He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.
[SUP]9 [/SUP]The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. [SUP]10 [/SUP]He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. [SUP]11 [/SUP]He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. [SUP]12 [/SUP]Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— [SUP]13 [/SUP]children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
[SUP]14 [/SUP]The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Amen and to our friend that said that basically only Jesus' Words count, here is His Words ~

Matthew 4:4 But He answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by EVERY word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

As Brother Joseph posted above and quoted the OP above and combined with this Scripture verse from Jesus' Own mouth ... we must realize that Jesus IS God and that He is the same God that wrote the whole of the Word of God, from Genesis to Revelation.

He's called by Every Name that is attributed to GOD from Genesis to Revelation. He is described in what Joseph posted from John 1 -- and Who we read of in Isaiah 9:6 a very familiar verse that we hear this time of the year of 'Christmas' but don't seem to grasp, fully.

The Three in One are One GOD. "I and the father are One." from the beginning of which there is no beginning but from all of eternity past & future.

Jesus told His disciples that "if you have seen Me, you have seen the Father" because He is the heart of God - in the bosom of the Father.

Neither God's Words nor His heart is anything but The Word of God - making Him One with The Father - from Genesis to the Revelation. He's not a 'different' God!

Everything written 'about' the Word of God or documents what God has done, is called the Word of God, whether in O.T. or New, it is about or from Jesus.

Jesus created all things and all things have happened 'through' Him - from Genesis on and is recorded for us so that we might know The One True God and His heart.

God Bless you by His Words in their entirety, that we call our Bible.
Amen!

 

[1joseph]

The first time the Word of God is encountered in Scripture, it's in Genesis 1:3, as God speaks for creation. The Word of God is, from the beginning, portrayed as an active, creating thing. It's not something that is created, but something that causes creation.

John 1 tells us that the Word became flesh (that is, the Christ), but also that the Word itself is God. This word existed long before taking on physical flesh. John 1 continued to tells us that life is within this Word, as well as verifies the fact that the Word is a creative being.

If the Word of God existed since the beginning, it only makes sense that this Word interacted with people throughout history. In Genesis 15:1, we find that the Word of the Lord came to Abram, and also again in 12:22, we see the Word of God come to someone.

There are many more things that could be said, or studied concerning the Word of God as a being. One of the greatest misconceptions I see in modern theology, is that many get the idea that the Word always existed as Jesus. The Word did not become Jesus until Jesus was born, but rather took other forms. (Such as the angel of the Lord, etc.) Christ was the ultimate incarnation of this Word, which is eternal and always pleading our case, as Christians, to the Father.

BehindBlueEyes,

I agree with all that you have said. And, very well put.

It fills my heart with joy to see one so young wise in the Lord. Stay humble and keep soaking up His goodness.

Your brother in His household,
Joseph