THE WORD
Sunday, February 7, 2016
“Quick…piecing to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit…discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart” Hebrews 4:12
The above are three major characteristics of the word. Beyond the mere descriptions they are mysteries and hence must be spiritually discerned. What does it mean by the word is quick, having the ability to recklessly divide spirit and soul; what is the mystery of its discerning ability?
The word of God is quick. Scriptures says “the entrance of your word giveth light” Ps 119:130 The word of God is as quick as the instance of light in darkness, and even quicker. A light does not conquer darkness gradually it conquers it at once. By word here I mean the rhema word released in absolute faith.
The word of God has the ability to divide the soul from the spirit. If you understand the mystery of the tripartite being you would realise that the soul and spirit is about the strongest bond (not even physical marriage), for the soul and spirit would live eternally together in heaven or hell
Ordinarily the spirit without a soul is helpless. It is the mind, intellect, will and emotion of man, and without it neither spirit nor body can survive. The soul unites the body and the spirit. In essence, the body and the spirit share the soul, one soul.
Now because of the law of sin and death, and because the flesh lusts after temporal things, the flesh has the first hold on the soul until the spirit receives strength from Jesus’ finished works. Now scriptures is saying that the word has the ability to expunge a flesh infested soul and release a spirit controlled soul.
So the fleshly soul is taken away, and the spirit is empowered. This is what it means to walk in the spirit, and it is a function of the word of God. So it actually divides the flesh from the spirit. Now the last part is the ability of the word to discern the intents of the heart.
There is no place in the universe deeper than the word. The word is the foundation/base of everything. If the word can descend to the bottomless pit of hell and make an open show of ALL the demons therein there is no situation so deep rooted that the word cannot dig out…
SELAH: Engage the word today by meditation that leads to conviction, prayer that inspires strategies and obedience that releases the power.
Shalom!
