#The deity and the sword pdf to word full

It is the word as seed that gets people born again, not the word as bread. The word as seed needs a ready heart to receive and incubate it so that it can bear fruit. The bible says the (spiritual) sower sows the word of God (Mark 4:1-9).

#The deity and the sword pdf to word full

He said to him: this book of the law shall not depart from your mouth but you shall mediate on it day and night that you may prosper, to grow into the full success I have for you (Joshua 1:8). To Joshua, God said, for him to experience success, he needs to meditate on the word of God. Psalm one says that it is the one who meditates day and night on the word of God that will flourish like a tree planted by the river of waters. This is a process which takes place in the mind. We need to meditate on the word, (which is the вЂњdigestive processвЂќ). Moreover, the bible says that the law came through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ (John 1:17) both corresponding to the two-fold growth that is mentioned by Peter. Also the knowledge that Peter is talking about is the knowledge of the truth (Jesus is the truth) and the bible says that the word of God is truth. Paul wrote in a place that we should let our words be seasoned with salt, ministering grace to the hearers ( Ephesians 4:29). The word of God is called the word of His grace (Acts 14:3, 20:22). Peter wrote that we should grow in knowledge and grow in grace (2Peter 3:18) and both are manifested by the word. You can occupy yourself with various activities but until you occupy yourself with the word, everything means nothing. It is taken for granted that spiritual growth and strength cannot be gained without the word.

Talking about the word as food, the word is also described as milk (1Peter 2:2) and meat in the bible (Hebrews 5:11-14). In the bible the analogy of bread is used to describe the word of God, among other symbols, like the seed, sword and water.ДЄs bread, the word of God is spiritual food. He added that he is the true bread sent from heaven (John 6:31-35). Jesus told the people that Moses did not give their ancestors bread from heaven but this father in heaven. Exodus 16:4: Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.