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The Living WORD

by TerryLema February 7, 2022

Hebrews 4 opens with a passage on unbelief and the warning that we are not to let a pattern of disobedience govern our lives. The writer reminds us that the written Word of God is living and powerful.  It (notice that pronoun) is effective in discerning the things that are in our hearts and how different they are from our outward actions.

Then the writer of Hebrews suddenly switches pronouns in the following verse. “No creature is hidden from Him, but all things are naked and exposed to the eyes of Him to whom we must give an account.” [Hebrews 4:13 HCSB]

The pronoun shifts from the impersonal (it) to the personal (Him). Unbelief is not only detected by the written Living Word of God, but also by the Living LORD. Nothing escapes His notice.

Our Living LORD is omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent. He is constantly aware of all that is going on in the cosmos.  He knows our hearts. He knows if there is real faith there or if there is only an intellectual consent to facts. He knows if the heart matches the words and actions of our life.

It is to Him we will give an account of our lives one day. We may bluff our way through life now, but there will be nothing hidden from Him when we stand in His presence. The entire world may regard us as marvelous pillars of faith, but our LORD will not judge as the world judges. What we are will be made known.

I cannot imagine anything worse than trying to answer the question “Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do the things I say?”  [Luke 6:46 HCSB]

Thankfully, however, the writer of Hebrews does not leave us there, he goes on to provide two marvelous hopes. (Tomorrow)

 

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The Living Word

by TerryLema February 6, 2022

“For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the ideas and thoughts of the heart.” [Hebrews 4:12 HCSB]

That familiar verse comes at the end of a passage on unbelief. The writer of Hebrews spoke of the rest (in faith) promised by God that was left unappropriated by the Hebrew children because of their disobedience. That rest is available now in Christ Jesus and when we hear God’s invitation, we are not to harden our hearts through a pattern of disobedience as the Hebrew children did.

That verse, along with verse 13 which we will look at tomorrow, contains a solemn warning that unbelief never goes undetected. The Word of God (the Bible) is living and discerning. That means the Word of God has the power to read us and discern and judge the thoughts and intentions of our hearts.

I know that often as I read through my Bible, both Old and New Testaments, I feel it cut into my soul. I see through its power the things that are in my heart, and how different they often are from my outward actions. The Word sees my duplicity, the lies I have told myself, the arrogance and rebellion that often resides inside.

The Word knows me. Along with the convicting power of the Spirit of God, it moves me towards repentance and revival.

So I guess the question we need to ask today is “What am I doing with the Word of God?”

Am I allowing it to read me? (That means I have to be reading it too!) Am I allowing it, and the Holy Spirit to reveal my patterns of disobedience?

I pray I am!

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Pastor Terry Lema

Pastor Terry Lema has been married for 53 years, and has 3 children and 3 grandsons. Terry graduated from Trinity Bible College, and and recently retired as Lead Pastor at The Way Church in Middleton, Idaho.

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