Colossians 3:16, “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom;”
1Thessalonians 2:13, “For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received [it] not [as] the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.”
Scriptures pertaining to the Word abiding in the believer: 1 John 2:14, 24, 27 and John 15:7
The Greek word for Word is logos. John 1:1, “In the beginning was the Logos, and the Logos was with God, and the Logos was God.”
Logos is revelatory or quickened Word. Rhema is revelatory or quickened Word put into action with speaking words or action. Perhaps rhema could be Logos in action. The action is because of the passive effect of the Word. Logos metabolizes and absorbs the recipient according to the blueprint of the Designer. Motivation unto godliness is created or brought into existence because of this Word! It is His motivation in us and our motivation in Him.
In 1Thessalonians 2:13 it mentions, “which effectually worketh also in you that believe.” Sounds like Romans 10:17, “So then faith [cometh] by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
As this faith grows by grace according to Logos in us, the Logos constantly ferments and churns in us. The Logos is alive, Hebrews 4:12. It is living and active all the time. The Logos or Word that is living and active all the time is in present tense. It is Now all the time. Now. The knowledge of this Word is eternal. Eternity does not exist in time, but outside of it.
Time and death have no power over Christ, the Logos or Unction in us. He is the Logos and Unction. 1 Peter 1:25, “But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.”
As the Word ferments and churns it propagates itself also. Acts 1:8 says, “You shall receive power after that the Hoy Ghost has come upon you.” Power is the Greek word dunamis. It is where we get the word dynamite. Dunamis is akin to the nature of a dynamo. In a dynamo, energy reproduces energy like the nuclear power of the sun. Revelation of the Logos expounds, compounds, multiplies, amplifies, and increases eternal depth (if that is possible) with other Logos!
Again, Colossians 3:16, “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom;” This in turn creates faith in the inner man. Ephesians 3:16, “That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;” The unveiled Word attaches and absorbs or imbibes other Word. The other Word that is being attached may have been non-quickened Word, but when revelatory logos touches the non-quickened word by grace through faith that Word is quickened and absorbed. So, the Word grows exponentially as described earlier. It also stretches the vessel in which it abides. It transforms the inner man. ‘Stretching’ could be similar to muscle growth or a plant seed sprouting from the earth, Romans 5:1-5.
As the Word grows in us by grace, we grow also in righteousness by faith unto holiness and eternal life. In Him, we recreate the pattern of the Last Adam as stated Romans 5:17, “”For if by one man’s offense death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)”
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