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1 | Word of Christ? | Rom 10:17 | Mommapbs | 151098 | ||
Can we say that the word of Christ enables us to hear and hearing enables our faith? (The word of Christ demands a response? 1 Peter 4:5,6; Romans 14:12) What then is the "word of Christ"? Might it be that Jesus is God? (John 1:1-2;14) I'm also considering these references: Mt 4:4; Heb 1:2; Mt 7:24; and Col 3:16. Any input would be appreciated. |
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2 | Word of Christ? | Rom 10:17 | Aixen7z4 | 151450 | ||
“What is the word of Christ?”? This forum is really a blessing because, as people share, one is forced to think of things that one would probably not have thought of otherwise. The phrase “word of Christ” appears only one time in Scripture, that I am aware of, and it is in Colossians 3:16. There: “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom”. I would have assumed that “the word of Christ” refers to all that Jesus said, just as “the word of God” refers to all that God has said, that is, to all of the Bible. Is there some other meaning? And I suppose we should keep it simple (2 Corinthians 11:3). “For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity …”; that is the way that Paul and Timothy had spoken to them (2 Corinthians 1:12). “Can we say that the word of Christ enables us to hear?” Enables. Does it give us the ability? Does it wake us up? Does it force its way into our consciousness? I suppose the word of Christ does have that power. For God commanded the light to shine out of darkness, and he has shined in our hearts (1 Corinthians 4). When Jesus spoke, dead Lazarus heard. He speaks with a voice that wakes the dead, and makes the people hear. The word of Christ is alive and powerful (Hebrews 4). It is a hammer breaking rocks (Jeremiah 23). It is a fire that gets into the bones (Jeremiah 20). It is a sword that pricks (Acts 2) and pierces Hebrews 4). To hear. Certainly we can say it enables us to hear the Gospel, for in the word of Christ is the message of the Gospel. Faith comes by hearing. But surely it does no refer to hearing without specifying the stimulus. It does not refer to hearing birds sing or to hearing the thunder roar. The hearing that is required requires that the word of God be preached (Romans 10). Hearing comes by the word of God. Does the word of Christ cause us to hear? To really hear? To hear at a deep level? With the heart and not just the ear? To hear and understand? For that we need not only the word of Christ but also the agency of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 2). Jesus said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear”. It suggests a certain predisposition, as in John 7:17. We must be wanting to know the truth, to respond to it in obedience (1 Peter 4). “What is the word of Christ?” What is the summary of it? What is the gist of the message? This is the message we have heard from him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin. |
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3 | Word of Christ? | Rom 10:17 | DocTrinsograce | 151452 | ||
Dear Dr. Aixen, Because of the following verses, we may deem Christ as the Word of God. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. (John 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... (Hebrews 1:1-2a) When Christ spoke it was the Word of God: So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear the word of God... (Luke 5:1a) The word spoken by Christ are the words by which men will be judged: "He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him; the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day." (John 12:48) His words are also eternal life: And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. (Acts 13:48) It is the means of our justification: "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life." (John 5:24) It is also that which "cleans" us "You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you." (John 15:3) By it our discipleship is affirmed: Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed." (John 8:31) (See also John 8:37, 43 and Rev 3:8) It is the means by which we demonstate our love: Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him." (John 14:23) It is the means by which we bring glory to God: "If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples." (John 15:7-8) The words of Christ offer the believer comfort, encouragement, hope, and wisdom. They are the very words of life! In Him, Doc |
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4 | Word of Christ? | Rom 10:17 | Aixen7z4 | 151458 | ||
Christ is the Word of God (John 1, Revelation 19:13, etc.). That, like everything else that you have said, is true. It is fully documented with scripture. What then is the word of Christ? Shall we say that the word of Christ is the word of the Word of God? I fear that we are making an obfuscation out of a simple statement, though profound. The word of Christ is the word of God. He did not speak by himself; but the Father which sent him, he gave him a commandment, what he should say, and what he should speak (John 12:49). He gave them the words which the Father had given him (John 17:8). Any way you look at it, the word of Christ is the word of God. There are a thousand things we can say about the word of Christ, what it is like and what it does. But there is no difficulty in understanding what it is. The word of Christ is the word of God. |
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