Among major problems besetting the church today--and without the church noticing it--is that very few really understand what the Spoken Word is. Even a lot of pastors and church leaders don't. What they know and invest time and money in is merely the printed Word--understanding the bible through their human theology. The letter kills; it is the Spirit that gives life (2 Cor.3.6).
The Spirit, according to Jesus, is the spoken Word. He says in John 6, "The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are Spirit and they are life." Spoken Word is Spirit, and "THEY ARE LIFE." Without the spoken Word, churches are weak and powerless. In fact, they are dead.
What most church people know are their denominational doctrines, policies, manuals, programs, and human theology. All that is the printed Word or the "letter" that kills. They do not know how to get the spoken Word of God, which is Jesus Christ. Denominations do not and cannot teach about the spoken or "rhema" Word. Jesus said, "You shut the kingdom of heaven in men's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to," (Matt.23).
Church programs and being active in them will never produce life. In fact, the church, as it is today, can never give life because majority of churches are dead--and many of them are what they term as "mega" churches. Only the spoken Word that proceeds straight from the mouth of God can produce life in us--because the spoken Word is Jesus Christ. The spoken Word created the universe with its billions of galaxies. Imagine what would happen if churches were fed this Word that comes direct from God's own mouth, everyday!
The reason why even pastors fall easily to sin--especially sexual immorality--is that they have never tasted the Rhema or Dabar Word. All they get all their spiritual lives is the printed Word. It keeps you breathing but it does not empower you for life. It's like a dying patient in the ICU that respiratory machines help breathe but never give power for life.
The spoken Word cannot be read. It is always "heard." You must hear God speaking it to your heart and mind, daily, each moment. "(True) faith comes by hearing, and hearing the Word of God," (Rom.10). The sign that someone really hears God's spoken Word is that he radically changes, gives up everything, has tremendous Holy Spirit power, and exhibits the life and character of Jesus--the spoken Word--without effort. He's not just a nice evangelical who speaks softly and gently; he becomes a radical revolutionary in spirit like his Master--gentle yet tough, like an innocent dove and a fierce serpent.
The Spirit, according to Jesus, is the spoken Word. He says in John 6, "The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are Spirit and they are life." Spoken Word is Spirit, and "THEY ARE LIFE." Without the spoken Word, churches are weak and powerless. In fact, they are dead.
What most church people know are their denominational doctrines, policies, manuals, programs, and human theology. All that is the printed Word or the "letter" that kills. They do not know how to get the spoken Word of God, which is Jesus Christ. Denominations do not and cannot teach about the spoken or "rhema" Word. Jesus said, "You shut the kingdom of heaven in men's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to," (Matt.23).
Church programs and being active in them will never produce life. In fact, the church, as it is today, can never give life because majority of churches are dead--and many of them are what they term as "mega" churches. Only the spoken Word that proceeds straight from the mouth of God can produce life in us--because the spoken Word is Jesus Christ. The spoken Word created the universe with its billions of galaxies. Imagine what would happen if churches were fed this Word that comes direct from God's own mouth, everyday!
The reason why even pastors fall easily to sin--especially sexual immorality--is that they have never tasted the Rhema or Dabar Word. All they get all their spiritual lives is the printed Word. It keeps you breathing but it does not empower you for life. It's like a dying patient in the ICU that respiratory machines help breathe but never give power for life.
The spoken Word cannot be read. It is always "heard." You must hear God speaking it to your heart and mind, daily, each moment. "(True) faith comes by hearing, and hearing the Word of God," (Rom.10). The sign that someone really hears God's spoken Word is that he radically changes, gives up everything, has tremendous Holy Spirit power, and exhibits the life and character of Jesus--the spoken Word--without effort. He's not just a nice evangelical who speaks softly and gently; he becomes a radical revolutionary in spirit like his Master--gentle yet tough, like an innocent dove and a fierce serpent.
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