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In the beginning was the Word [logos], and the Word [logos] was with God, and the Word

Breaking Traditions - Logos vs Rhema

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word [logos], and the Word [logos] was with God, and the Word

[logos] was God. (NKJV)

Jesus is the Word. He is the same yesterday, today and forever, and since He isn’t changing, neither is the Word. Almost every cult and other religion were started by hearing a voice. It is a great privilege to hear the audible voice of God, but remember that even the voice

of God has to, and is always going to line up with scripture anyway. I don’t want to diminish hearing His voice either, for I hear Him speak to me every day and treasure it, I only want to stop the separation of His voice from His Word. They are the same thing and since any voice needs to line up with scripture before action is taken, that makes scripture a ‘higher’ authority (1 John 4:1). Since Jesus is the Word and He has all authority, it is obvious that the Word carries that same authority. If you do hear a voice, go to the Word and see if it lines up.

Just make sure you go to the right scriptures in the right contexts.

Deceiving voices will also line up with the Word, but they will line up with the old covenant, not the new.

2 Tim 2:15-17 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word [logos] of truth. 16 But shun profane and idle babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness. 17 And their message will spread like cancer. (NKJV)

Paul writes to Timothy and tells him to rightly divide the word of truth. You have to divide the word rightly between the old and New Covenant, and not according to the little white page that the Bible Society put in between Matthew and Malachi. Paul says in verse 17 that messages which do not divide rightly between the two covenants, are merely profane and idle babblings and they spread like cancer.

Cancer can spread fast or slowly, sometimes undetected for a very long time. It never kills anybody suddenly like a heart attack does. It slowly drains the life out of people and they usually only notice it when it is already too late.

Matt 7:24-27 "Therefore whoever hears these sayings [logos]

of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise

man who built his house on the rock: 25 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these sayings [logos] of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: 27 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall." (NKJV)

Jesus told us in order to be wise and for our houses to stand, we are to do, or act upon the logos word. I will explain more about this statement in a later chapter. So is there any difference between the words logos and rhema? Yes, they are spelled differently. So what is the point of this chapter? The point is to get you to stop breaking your head over whether a word is logos or rhema before you receive it or act on it. That you don’t even have to receive a rhema word for it to be specific for you in your situation, and you don’t have to regard logos as an ‘inferior’ word that carries an option to receive it or act upon it either. Both the logos and the rhema will work if it is believed and acted on in faith. Both are the voice of God, and both carry the same inspiration, power and authority since both are spoken by the same Spirit. The ‘difference’ between the two is that a rhema word is a logos word which you act on. As soon as you act on a logos, it becomes a rhema. So if you are looking for more rhema words, start acting on some logos.

Now I am sure some of you might think, “But the Bible doesn’t tell me which job to take, which country to live in, which person to marry.” That will depend on how you look at it. Your ‘job’ might not be what you think it is. According to God, you are Christ’s ambassador, as if He was making His appeal to the world through you (2 Cor 5:20).

If you are a teacher by profession, that is not your job. That might

merely be the mission field you are to be an ambassador to. It is the same with any other job. “But I will lose my job if I talk about Jesus at work.” 2 Timothy 4:2 says to preach the word in season and out, when it is appropriate and when it is not. If you do lose your job, you can always get another, and you can wear the dismissal proudly since you have then been persecuted on Christ’s behalf. Matthew 5:10 says you are blessed if you get persecuted for righteousness’ sake. “If you haven’t found a gospel worth dying for, you haven’t found a gospel worth living for.” – Curry Blake.

Which country should you live in? Jesus said to go into all the world. You don’t even have to leave your home city to do that in this day and age. You can go into all the banking word, into all the health-care world, into all the retail world, into all the housewives’ world, into all the any world that is open before you to go into. It doesn’t really matter what ‘job’ you have, but preach the Gospel, heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers. Freely you have received, freely give. It doesn’t matter where you live, but preach the Gospel, heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers. Freely you have received, freely give. As for who you are going to marry, God never spoke to me and told me, “Behold, I give unto thee Rensia, for she is the one whom I have prepared in advance for thee.” If God did say something to that effect to any couple, awesome! But I just went to God and said, “Dad, I love this woman, I am going to marry her. And I thank You that You bless my marriage and that You are my provider.” He has not disappointed us once. Sure we fight sometimes, sure we go through tough times, but our marriage is a covenant relationship and we entrust it to God day by day, every day. God’s Word works. If you start acting on it, you will soon find it will work for you too. You also don’t need to know the whole Bible before you act on something. Start acting on the little you think you have and watch God reveal how much He has actually given to you!

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