February 8, 2010

• The Word by Callin

  Notes from Callin’s Bible study on 12-4

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

  The Word is a living force, it brings balance into our lives and helps us discern.

  Psalm 119 is a wonderful Psalm that shows us the value of the Word. He highly recommends that we read this Psalm.

  We don’t understand the importance of the Word, but we need to be prophets of the Word, speaking forth the truth of God’s Word. God gave His Word to the believer, and we were to share it with others. If we don’t speak His Word, those that don’t know His Word won’t have a chance to hear it from us.

  God’s Word helps us get into focus, and we can look at the Word quickly or zero into a deeper meaning of a passage.  Callin used the example of a dial on a radio as you seek a channel – if you are not on the right setting the sound can be fuzzy or full of static; but as you come closer to the frequency there is a clarity of sound.

  We were created in the image of God. God blew the breath of life into us. We are a body that has a soul (mind, will, emotions) and a spirit. Everything that is around us is created by the Word.

  Hebrews 1:1-2  God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets,  has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;

  This is speaking of Jesus. Jesus existed before the earth was created and manifested. Jesus is the WORD OF GOD.

  John 1:1  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

  We are programmed from the world to look at the physical, but the physical is not the whole reality.

  Energy is not destroyed. We are created by a designer and He transforms us to new levels. We can be transformed in the twinkling of an eye to be like Jesus who is the Word of God.

  Cal asked us a question:  If your words had an image what would they look like?

  Cal then told us of a fairy tale he heard when he was a child. A young girl helped a deer out of a problem and in return whenever she spoke, precious stones came out of her mouth. Her older, mean sister went out looking for that deer and came across a rabbit in a trap. She passed the rabbit by looking for that deer. Because she didn’t help the rabbit when she got home snakes and ugly things came out of her mouth.

  We were created with the same characteristics that God has. God exhibits love and other emotions in the Word. Yes, God got angry but it was not anger like our anger, but a righteous anger – think of Jesus and the moneychangers. We need to examine ourselves to see if we are portraying Godly characteristics and emotions, or worldly ones.

  Romans 15:4 For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.

  The Bible tells us that the power of life and death is in our tongue. This is true for our past, present and future.We can get stuck in our past, or dreaming of the future. But we need to begin speaking God’s truth in the present.

  God sees our past, present and future simultaneously. God knew our sin and the sins of the World before the World was created. He knew that we would be polluting our generations, and He set about providing a remedy for that in the form of His Son, the Word, who would come and die for our sins, be resurrected, and make it again possible for us to fellowship with God.

  We get caught up in the corruption of the world and base our opinions on what we see.

  2 Kings 6:16  So he answered, “Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”

  The King of Syria was disturbed that Elisha knew his every movement and was telling the Israelites. He surrounded the place where Elisha and his servant were staying. Elisha’s servant saw all the armies of Syria and came in concerned to tell Elisha. Elisha prays that the servant’s eyes would be opened for surrounding the enemies of Syria there was a vast army of God. The army of God was far greater than the earthly army.

  There is so much more than what we see with our physical eyes. There is angelic activity in the background. The Bible tells us that the weapons of our warfare are not carnal. 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

  There are things going on in the background of our lives that we did not perceive, that caused us to be receptive to the call of God on our lives. God wanted us. Before we could be delivered, we needed to forgive. Unforgiveness binds us, holds us down. If you do not forgive a person, you are held down by the grudge that you carry toward them.  When you forgive them, it is not absolution. They are still answerable to God and will receive God’s judgment. Forgiveness frees us from carrying them around with us. God is fair – and if you are holding them in unforgiveness, He can’t act in their lives. Don’t forget, satan is the accuser of the brethren, and he likes to keep us judging others.

  We need to remember that we are nothing but for the grace of God.

  We looked at some scriptures about the WORD:

  Proverbs 18:20 A man’s stomach shall be satisfied from the fruit of his mouth; from the produce of his lips he shall be filled.

  Matthew 12:34 Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

  Numbers 14:28 Say to them, ‘As I live,’ says the LORD, ‘just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you:

  Proverbs 12:13  The wicked is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the righteous will come through trouble.

  It is with our mouth that we speak words, we want to be careful what words come out of our mouths.

  The classic example of things going on in the heavenlies that we do not perceive is Job.  All the angels had to present themselves before God, including satan. We find that satan is wandering the earth looking for whom he could accuse. God says, “Have you considered my servant Job?”

  Job 1:6-12 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan^{groovy_djsunny}