The Living and Active Word of God!

“For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” – Hebrews 4:12 NIV

Some of us choose to apply the word of God into our hearts or act it out physically whenever we want to, or feel like some of the Gospel of Jesus Christ are fitting to us. However, all of us should live according to the every single word of God (2 Timothy 3:16-17), but with the Spirit of God (John 14:15-27) as well. “For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.” (Romans 1:17) This means that we cannot read the word of God without the power of the Holy Spirit that is working within us because one of the Holy Spirit’s job is making the word of God alive and active. Therefore, what we have to do, in order to make the Word alive and active is to believe, abide in the word of God and believe that God is literally speaking to us through His Word (2 Peter 1:19). “For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.” (2 Peter 1:21) Apostle Paul knew these very well, so he had declared,

Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in the one Spirit, striving together as one for the faith of the gospel without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them that they will be destroyed, but that you will be saved—and that by God. For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him. (Philippians 1:27-29)

Overall, our heavenly Father (Ephesians 4:6) wants us to abide in His Word with His Spirit and meditate on it, because the word of God is the best way to know how to become the righteousness of God (Psalm 1:1-3). Furthermore, the Psalmist has said, “Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the Lord. Blessed are those who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart—they do no wrong but follow his ways.” (Psalm 119:1-3) In addition to this, Jesus Christ has announced,

Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash. (Matthew 7:24-27)