The Potency of God’s Word 2 – The Supreme Will and Weapon

“For the word of God is living, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12.

The Word of God can be termed as Light [Ps 119:105 & 130, Jn 12:35-37], promises [2 Pet 1:4], will [Psalm 40:8], law [Josh 1:8] and revelation [Ephesians 1:17].

Firstly, the Greek word for powerful in this verse is ‘ energés ’ which means active, operative and effectual. It also from this word we derive the word ‘energy’.

Secondly, the Word of God is described as ‘sharper than any two-edged sword. It is very important for one to stop ponder on Bible verses to analyse and identify the context in which each word is written. The Book of Hebrews was written 70 – 72 AD, at that point in time; the most lethal weapon was a two-edged sword. Let me paraphrase this verse in modern terms for further understanding. “For the Word of God is alive, active, operative and effectual; The Word is a weapon that is lethal than an AK-47, the Smith & Wesson 500 Magnum, the TOW anti-tank guided missile, the Lockheed AC-130 Spectre Gunship and even the Tsar Bomba, combined.” Oh my! Let me pulse right here and take a short praise and praying break...Halleluiah!!

How is the Word of God supreme and Lethal?
1.    The Word is the seal of authority recognised by any opposition [1 John 5:14, 2 Timothy 2:15]
Jesus despite His position and identity confronted and conquered the devil in Matthew 4:1-11 with 3 words, ”It is written”. It is the authority in the Word the devil and obstacles recognise not the person or prayer [Psalm 138:2]. God hears your cry and prayers but he answers by your confession of His Word.

2.    The secret of effective and answer-guaranteed prayer is prayer offered according to the Will of God [1 John 5:14]
A Pastor told me story of a woman who was seeking to get a fruit of the womb (pregnant) for several years after marriage. Desperate in prayers, she met the Pastor and asked him to pray for her. He looked at her and asked “What part of the Bible is it mentioned that you should be pregnant”, in disappointment she looked down in silence and left. The good part of the story is she searched the Bible and come across Exodus 23:26 and prayed on her own in reference to the Word. She later came back to the Pastor with a testimony. This is where many go wrong, we request without backing. Can a lawyer make or defend a case in court without quoting the constitution to shield his argument? How much more the courts of the darkness and the Supreme High Court of the Most High?

3.    The Word of God is creative. John 1:1 & Gen 1:1
When the Word of God is declared, desires are created. The world was created by the creative power of His Word. Look for relevant scriptures that relate to your needs, in faith confess it out loud and watch the Word create you desires into reality.

4.    The Word produces the strength and shield of Joy. [Jeremiah 15:16, Nehemiah 8:10].
One of the major targets of the enemy, hardship and other unpleasant situations is to attack your joy. Because when they succeed, they reduce your strength and by that they break your defence. Nothing brings people down like depression and anxiety [Prov. 12:25] even medical science has proven this very fact. Joy is an antidote of strength and strength is diffused by the Word of God

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"Your place of weakness and short comings is the perfect and needed ground for Grace (God at work) to function" - 2Corinthians 12:9 (paraphrased)

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The Potency of God's Word 1 - The Living Word

"For the word of God is living, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart"

Hebrews 4:12.

The above Bible verse is one of my favourite Bible verse, the word for word content of this Bible verse electrifies me every single time I read it. But before I get into this exciting verse let me share with you my experience in Bible School (Dunamis School of Ministry) a couple of years ago.

Before bible school in my own opinion I was a knowledgeable believer but as the Bible says “But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day. [Proverbs 4:18]”, I later discovered my path had indeed became explosively brighter. My understanding reached higher heights, my soul (my mind, will and emotions) was positively transformed, my enthusiasm reached sky high and my spirit was strengthened lecture by lecture. Up until date I am yet to recover from that impact. I believe what I experienced where benefits embedded in the above scripture.

Within the next few days, we will be going through s series titled “The Potency of God’s Word” as we trust that the Holy Spirit breaks down His Word for further understanding.

Ok, let me go straight into today’s message, in Heb. 4:12 the first word of description is “ALIVE”. This brings me to a sup-topic;

 The Living Word
As difficult as the world doesn’t seem to understand, the Holy Bible is not just some old book, He *yep! you heard that right, He* is not only the bestselling book of all time, He is not just an ancient book field with wise sayings and principles neither is He just an interesting story book, He is the Word of God and He is God [John 1:1]. The Holy Bible was, is and forever will be relevant to every time and season. [Psalm 119:89].

What makes the Bible the Living Word?
The Amplified version of Hebrews 4:12 say, “For the word of God is living and active”. In other words the Word of God is living, active, vigorous and animate.

How?

1. The Word of God is ever relevant.

Let me share with you 3 amazing facts of the Bible
A) The Bible actually contains principle and precept on every single issue of life. *You can test it by commenting on absolutely any issue and I will give you a Bible verse that relates to it*

b) The Bible was written by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit over a 1600 year period through approximately 40 men. The time of the writing was from 1500 BC to AD 100 and interestingly there are no contradictions in the Bible.

c) The Bible contains more than 3,200 prophetic verses which have been fulfilled during and after the period in which it was written, even till modern times.

So you see no experiment, research and theory can deny that the Bible is the Living Word.

2. The Word of God imparts strength
Last week Wednesday, I misplaced my driver’s license and my debt card, the following day I drove without the license on my way to the repairs to fix my phone, I was stopped by the police and I had to pay my way out. The next day been Thursday, on my return from repairs (which wasn’t successful) existing the parking lot, I broke the side mirror of a lady’s car and she demanded I repair it. So I had to compensate her which I did. After settling that mess heading to church again I was caught without the license and again I paid. Feeling all battered, sad and annoyed of myself for my acts of carelessness, I busted into tears and then I prayed a simple prayer, “Lord I am not happy and I don’t know how you’re going to do it, but use the Senior Pastor through your Word and heal this pain I feel inside now”. When the Word was ministered within a few minutes it hit straight into my heart and instantly I felt relieved and energized.

The Word of God energizes, as a matter of fact, I believe as you this you can feel a fresh sense of energy, isn’t that amazing! No wonder 2 words (Come forth) from Jesus restored, revived and energized a lifeless Lazarus [John 11:43].

Can you please at this moment appreciate God for His Living Word! Halleluiah!!

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