The Spirit of God was there in the beginning. God is Father, Son, and Spirit. In the beginning, the Spirit was moving over the face of the waters, even before there was any light to the world.
God spoke, and the creation was accomplished. By His power was the creation brought into being.
God's spoken word contained in it the power of God, to do what He sent it forth to do.
God's written word came through the work of the Spirit of God, as He chose to speak to men to write down what He chose to have written. The written word did not come by the will of men, but by the will of God, as He moved upon them by His Spirit. The written word came from God by His Spirit.
When God first gave the covenant to the children of Israel, He spoke this covenant to the people with His voice. They were afraid and did not want to hear Him, and many only heard noise, not words. They were so afraid of God speaking to them with His voice, that they asked Moses to be their go between, to hear God's voice for them, and tell them what He had said. And so begin the written word.
In the fullness of time, Jesus came into the world, as the word of God, as His voice. As it is written, the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Here was the living word of God, in the world again, walking among men. Did they hear Him? Not hardly. Only a few could hear what He was saying. Only a few could hear God's voice. We know that He was crucified, and rose to heaven to be with His Father.
But He did not leave us without the spoken word of God. And by this spoken word, by the Spirit, He had the written word added to, completed, made full. But we have been made to hear His voice. His spoken word. By His Spirit. It is one of, maybe the greatest sign of our being His sheep. He wants us to hear His voice. He would not have spoken on the mountain if He did not want us to hear Him. He knows it is hard for us to hear Him, that His voice is at times hard to bear. But He has come to live in us and be the voice of God to us, to make us able to bear what His voice will do in us.
Are we going to be like those who did not want to hear?
God spoke, and the creation was accomplished. By His power was the creation brought into being.
God's spoken word contained in it the power of God, to do what He sent it forth to do.
God's written word came through the work of the Spirit of God, as He chose to speak to men to write down what He chose to have written. The written word did not come by the will of men, but by the will of God, as He moved upon them by His Spirit. The written word came from God by His Spirit.
When God first gave the covenant to the children of Israel, He spoke this covenant to the people with His voice. They were afraid and did not want to hear Him, and many only heard noise, not words. They were so afraid of God speaking to them with His voice, that they asked Moses to be their go between, to hear God's voice for them, and tell them what He had said. And so begin the written word.
In the fullness of time, Jesus came into the world, as the word of God, as His voice. As it is written, the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Here was the living word of God, in the world again, walking among men. Did they hear Him? Not hardly. Only a few could hear what He was saying. Only a few could hear God's voice. We know that He was crucified, and rose to heaven to be with His Father.
But He did not leave us without the spoken word of God. And by this spoken word, by the Spirit, He had the written word added to, completed, made full. But we have been made to hear His voice. His spoken word. By His Spirit. It is one of, maybe the greatest sign of our being His sheep. He wants us to hear His voice. He would not have spoken on the mountain if He did not want us to hear Him. He knows it is hard for us to hear Him, that His voice is at times hard to bear. But He has come to live in us and be the voice of God to us, to make us able to bear what His voice will do in us.
Are we going to be like those who did not want to hear?