It says, there is a word of God somewhere. "That is your affair," I replied. "For ever!" It shows the moral nature of what is interior and hidden in mental operations.2. of Scripture. S. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. It is a terrible thought that men have to do with God in all that they have, and abuse, and prostrate to their own destruction; it is all from God, and they cannot say in one thing they have that it is not from Him. The speech of the man to his God must presuppose and proceed upon the speech of God to the man. And to a two-edged sword. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point the man dropped the bag in a fright, and said, "Which way, child? " Our Master's eye is always resting upon us. A remarkable instance of its quick and mighty operation is recorded in the conversion of Paul. H. The characteristics of this Divine Word are manifested in the effects of it upon the heart, in producing sanctification. If we mean to do good we must come unto men's hearts, not in word only, but with power. I tell you no. When the Word thus dwells in us, we give glory to God, and we are spiritually-minded. The characteristics of the Divine Word, as "quick and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword," are illustrated by its effects upon the intellect of man. No one can for ever despise it with impunity.(L. Whatever affects you physically, will also affect you emotionally, and ultimately spiritually. "The Word of God is quick," or, "living." When the Word thus dwells in us, we give glory to God, and we are spiritually-minded. Till then it is suggestive, it is contributory, it is evidential, it is not the verdict, nor the judgment, nor the sentence, nor the "Word.'" The Word of God enters into my inmost soul and heart-life, and as a judge both unveils and condemns; what hitherto was hidden, is uncovered; what was disguised, unveiled; what was falsely called good and spiritual, appears now in the bright light of God's countenance; the thoughts and intents of the hearts are discerned. It leads you into the lower Christian life (John 3:30); it discerns the thoughts and intents of the heart, the hidden self-complacency, the hidden ambition and self-will; it enters into the very joints and marrow, the energies and sentiments, the motives and springs of our actions, the true character of our rejoicing and mourning, our elevations and depressions; and then you say with the apostle: I have no confidence in the flesh, in my old nature, in me, body, soul, and spirit, as I am of Adam. But I do not. b. Its doctrines, how heavenly! The revelation of God given us in Holy Scripture is edge all over. It is common to view sin, even when it is acknowledged and condemned by the transgressor, in the light simply of its effects on society, or the injury it inflicts on a man's own reputation, property, or health; but when the Divine Word penetrates the soul with a convertine power, it is no longer regarded with reference only to its personal or temporal consequences, but as an atrocious violation of the law and an insult to the glory of God. And yet all these are external, as such, to the very "spirit of the man that is in him." It any man would know the human heart, he must read the human heart in God's Book.". Melvill, B. D.We may affirm of the Bible, that he who reads it with attention, will find his own portrait given with so much accuracy, his heart so dissected and laid bare for his inspection, that there will be nothing left for him but to confess that the Author of the Bible knew him better than he knew himself; knew him better than he would have been known by any being who could not read the thoughts and search the spirit. Does any man suppose that, because we talk of laws, there is no lawgiver? H. Spurgeon.I. Close attention is required to follow the steps of it. It shows the moral nature of what is revolving in desire, and forming itself into volition and action.IV. For all flesh is as grass," etc. It comes not to flatter and to soothe; it comes not to encourage us with half-true, half-false encomiums; it does not call the flesh Spirit, but condemns it as flesh and enmity against God. They sometimes begin to question if God loves them. And what account do we give of this phenomenon? The representation of the text ought to enhance our estimation of the Divine Word. And though it may seem somewhat extraordinary that notwithstanding the confessed diversity in human character, we should thus make a simple description serve as the moral portrait of countless individuals, you will remember, that practically, all men are alike; the differences are only superficial, so that Solomon could affirm that — "as in water face answers to face, so the heart of man to man." THERE IS " NO CREATURE THAT IS NOT MANIFEST IN HIS SIGHT"; yea, "all things are naked and open to His eyes." You will think that I speak of some political or national crisis. I speak of a crisis greater even than these — greater (shall I dare the paradox?) Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year. The words "manifest," "naked," "opened," express the intensity and clearness of the vision which He exerts throughout the vast and varied sphere. There is a Word of God in Providence. This morning this dear old woman told me that in two neighbouring families the Holy Bible is read, "And," says she, "it has absolutely had the same effect with them as with us. He did not become simply the Son of man, but the Son of men — the Son of mankind. "That is your affair," I replied. And clearly it relates to an operation upon the soul of man, to some new state of being generated and produced. The Gospels Ah! He is the Saviour of all men, and especially of them that belong " to the household of faith." Like the sword, it searches out evil and destroys it; but it is sharper than the sword, because it penetrates into the region of spiritual life, whereas the sword can only divide joints and marrow, and its power is limited to the animal life. It is not perhaps the most beautiful or the most attractive. Thus it is that the Word of God, as it at last reaches the spirit and soul of the man, is the net result of a thousand separate sayings, no one of which by itself is the absolute arbiter of the being. Suppose that a messenger of God, an angel, were now standing at your right hand and fixing his eyes upon you, would you not take care to abstain from every word or action that you knew would offend him? With what vigilance should we guard our hearts! That we do greatly reverence the Word, as truly spoken of God.2. Stowell, M. St. Paul likens the Word of God to the sword of the warrior, used as a weapon of the faith (Ephesians 6:17); the Book of Wisdom compares the almighty Word of God to a sharp sword, but uses a different word for "sword," evidently designating the sword of the destroying am, of, which executed God's mandate on the first-born of Egypt (Wisd. And, therefore, with all the differences which there may be amongst men, differences in dispositions and tempers, partly from nature and partly from education, we still take the Scriptural characteristic as actually belonging to every one; and holding up this characteristic, we affirm that we hold up the perfect image or likeness of each man or each woman, without a solitary exception; and we boldly make our appeal to every hearer of the Word, and demand of him whether the preacher do not morally affect such an exhibition of him to himself, that that Word may most justly be described as — "a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart"? The two "words" of which the texts tell are not independent words. 5. I cannot call my "holy things" holy, for they are full of sin. Slade, M. He would often go to this window with a powerful telescope, and about five minutes every day he would spend in this way, examining what his work people were doing, and whether the work of the farm was being carried on properly or not. Was it not mighty by twelve men, over all the world, when it subdued by their ministry all nations to Christ? why don't you say God? GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point Then again, with regard to the conscience, the Word of God is quick and powerful, for it annihilates the spirit of self-defence, extenuation, and apology, together with those self-righteous principles which exist in the unregenerate man.3. I lost sight of her for three weeks. I wish Him to live in me. The Word and its accompanying grace, with its doctrines, and promise, and ordinances, with the manifold ministrations of the Spirit, brings the mind altogether into a new condition. Just to carry to God Himself, in the nightly confessional where we meet the one Judge, just the very thing itself which we did wrong, which we said wrong, just in so many words, that very day which is now being gathered to its parent days — ""hat is the Christian evensong. Thus am I brought into God's presence, as when I first was convinced of my sin and my guilt; but I feel more abased, and with a deeper knowledge and sorrow I exclaim: I am vile, and abhor myself in dust and ashes. Menu Skip to content Welcome! "The Word of God is quick." This is only because the hearers are utterly inattentive; because they give no heed whatever to the statements of the preacher; but go through the business of the sanctuary as a matter of form, in which they have no interest. It is thus a "discerner of the thoughts."II. It opens a man to himself, so that he may know himself in his moral actions and accountability.4. Scriptures: Hebrews 12:1-3 The Christian life is a race. in the resource materials are not necessarily affirmed, in total, by this ministry. But in their books it means only the air we breathe. Without the Divine and mighty Ruler of all, what would take place? Johannine Writings It will move upon the mass of corruption; it will convince of sin; it will change the love of sin into the love of holiness; and will, if applied and carried out by the Church's wisdom, bring the wayward and ungodly affections into a stale of self-denying discipline, into humble submission to the Divine will.2. S. Patterson.I. It is no marvel if to such as these the Word of God should not be as a "sword." The Word cannot be living and energetic without being also a sword, dividing and separating, with piercing and often painful sharpness, that which in our natural state lies together mixed and confused. Its adaptation to all ages and all peoples. Minor Prophets Who made us? Saphir. That we come to it for cutting force to kill our own sins and to help us in destroying the evils of the day.5. I believe in a personal God. The images are borrowed from a court of justice, where the guilty is brought before his judge, convicted, and executed:(F. Rendall, M. a. I see societies castoffs, men and women who were considered hopeless, I see them as they have become leaders in the community, as their lives were transformed by the power of the word of God. How this should make us reconciled, however He may deprive us; how we should be grateful for anything we have, for anything short of hell is the gift of his grace, to us who are deserving of hell; and, therefore, we ought to say, oh! How much more guarded and serious should our deportment be, seeing that we are ever watched by Him whose eyes are like a flame of fire!(C. It searches out what has hitherto lain buried in the heart, and uncovers the false and transient from what is true and eternal.3. Thus it is that the Word of God, as it at last reaches the spirit and soul of the man, is the net result of a thousand separate sayings, no one of which by itself is the absolute arbiter of the being. The characteristics of the Divine Word, as "quick and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword," are illustrated by its effects upon the intellect of man. Are there not some who would be ready to own that sermons have occasionally had on them a mighty and almost overcoming effect; so that they have felt constrained to give full assent to the truths uttered in their hearing, though these truths have convicted them of heinous offences, and proved them placed in terrible danger. Not only so, judgment has begun in this world in present punishment, often in present comfort and joy and peace.VII. It cannot become this till it has made itself audible to the conscience. And clearly it relates to an operation upon the soul of man, to some new state of being generated and produced. On the contrary, it addresses itself to man's reason and conscience, in order to erect the supernatural upon nature. Once more, the Word of God pierces to the marrow. said the child; he leaned his head, and drawing closer to his mother, murmured, "I am frightened! Hebrews 12:1 tells us to “run with endurance” the race set before us. It is a living and incorruptible seed. There is a Word of God in Nature. And judgment is not all in a future world — it begins here; the conscience of a man passes a kind of judgment upon him as long as he reads it until he blots it out, or drowns it in mirth, in unbelief, in crime, in debauchery, in drunkenness, and so seals it. Major Prophets Hebrews 4:12-16New International Version (NIV) 12 For the word of Godis aliveand active. This active vigour and efficacy is illustrated by a similitude. Lawson.The latter word explains the former; for those things that are living are said to be active in opposition to such things which are dead, which have lost their power; and to be lively and very active are many times the same; and this signifies the efficacy and active power of this law. I wish Him to live in me. You can discern the face of the earth and of the sky; you can infer from certain indications the approach of shower or heat. That we come to it for power when fighting the battles of truth. Writing to the Thessalonians Paul said. The life is such as to exert a perpetual energy within us: we might say, powerfully alive. He did not become simply the Son of man, but the Son of men — the Son of mankind. Our word of account is to God. we have to do with Him as our LAWGIVER. 18:16). The Word of God came, and the word of man made reply on the strength of it. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation. )Conviction by the WordD. It has the power because it has life. When Scripture insists on the radical corruption of the heart, on its native enmity to God, and on all its deceitfulness, is there any one of us who will fail to allow that the affirmations are every way just, supposing his own heart to be that of which the affirmations are made? The lines made by sin were erased, and God gave them a new countenance. "With whom we have to do." a. The Whole Bible I speak not now of that more limited sense of conscience in which it is the guiding and warning voice within, saying, "This is the way of duty, walk thou in it." And well I remember, when attending the deathbed of one who died of that most fearful disease, hydrophobia, as, in the agony of the spasms of disease, she grasped my hind until it ached, I repeated to her many of those beautiful prayers of ours, in one of which you have, or ought to have been joining, the thanksgiving, "We bless Time for our creation, preservation"; and she said, with a shriek, "Oh preservation, preservation, how we forget it; look at me, and let none who know it ever forget it again!" )Tile living Word of GodT. If he could heal the sick; if he could hush the elements; if he could raise the dead; then, indeed, the wild denizens of the distant land might be expected to give ear to him as a messenger from heaven; but just standing as a defenceless stranger on their shores, what probability is there of success when he proceeds to denounce their ancestral superstitions, summoning them away from idols that they had invested with all the sacredness of Divine, and declaring as the alone Saviour of mankind, a Being who died centuries back as a malefactor? )The Word self-revealingM. 2. It is compared to the seed which possesses vitality and power. Since its powers are so peculiar, let us not resist the Word of God. It searches the whole of man's nature most rigorously. -------------------- But it is not the only one. "You forgot to look up to the sky to see if God was noticing you " The father felt this reproof of the child so much, that he left the corn, returned home, and never again ventured to steal, remembering the truth his child had taught him, that the eye of God always beholds us.God seeing all thingsW. Do we know that, in possessing, reading, and knowing the Scripture, we are under a mighty, solemn, and decisive influence, and that this Word judges us now, and will judge us at the last day? It was situated on the side of a hill, and from his attic window he could get a view of every portion of the land. What is this but to give to the life itself a new Christian name, at the font of a spiritual baptism, and to send it forth afresh into all the relationships and all the occupations of the being, having this for its title — Conversation with God? It cannot become this till it has made itself audible to the conscience. It is common to view sin, even when it is acknowledged and condemned by the transgressor, in the light simply of its effects on society, or the injury it inflicts on a man's own reputation, property, or health; but when the Divine Word penetrates the soul with a convertine power, it is no longer regarded with reference only to its personal or temporal consequences, but as an atrocious violation of the law and an insult to the glory of God. They may be said to clothe themselves in that thick armour, the armour of indifference, and though dissection may be going on all around, they ward off from themselves the knife of the anatomist. Order diversified, which is a true description of Nature, tells of a power which is no brute force; in other words, of a mind at work in its exercise. 4. With what reverence should we think of Him whose eyes are ever fixed on us, and with whom, far more than with father, husband, brother, bosom-friend, "we have to do!" S. e. All that is necessary is to place the seed in fertile soil, and in 2000 years you could have another giant tree standing 280 feet tall. Let us all acknowledge the power of this wonderful Word. Then again, with regard to the conscience, the Word of God is quick and powerful, for it annihilates the spirit of self-defence, extenuation, and apology, together with those self-righteous principles which exist in the unregenerate man. Since its powers are so peculiar, let us not resist the Word of God.5. We have to do with God as our RULER AND GOVERNOR. It carries with it undoubtable credence, and forces the reluctant will and judgment. The phrase "all things" indicates the universal range which the eye of Jehovah takes. The Word is "quick and powerful": energetic, active. The effect of this Word upon the conscience, in convincing of sin and producing godly sorrow, is an illustration of the description in this passage. We have to do with Him as our bounteous BENEFACTOR, our gracious Attender, and the Fatherly Provider of all we have. The "Word" itself, to be audible as such, must have become the Spirit's voice; then it takes of the things of God and speaks them into the conscience, which is the consciousness of the man.II. There is a rest of God which is the goal of the long race of the human creation. That we come to it, for piercing force when men's consciences and hearts are hard to reach.6. But if he contents himself with having heard, and do not immediately and intently strive to act on its requirements, what is to be looked for, but that he will speedily lose all those feelings which have been excited within him, as the process went forward of dissecting the inner man? He would often go to this window with a powerful telescope, and about five minutes every day he would spend in this way, examining what his work people were doing, and whether the work of the farm was being carried on properly or not. The man stared, and said, "I cannot say that I ever did." Yet there is a patience that I believe to be harder—the patience that can run. But in their books it means only the air we breathe. It was enough to cause the ancient Roman to be circumspect, if the words" Cato sees you "were whispered in his ear. Not only so, judgment has begun in this world in present punishment, often in present comfort and joy and peace.VII. "And is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." The Word of God is a personal word — it speaks to the personal being, as God made and as God sees him. This figure seems to be borrowed from the prophets (Isaiah 49:2; Hosea 6:5). Verse 12 begins a new paragraph according to the UBS Greek text. Pentateuch )The mighty power of the WordW. O. By the former he is related to the brute creation; by the latter he is related to angels and to God himself, who is the "Father of spirits." No one is going to explain away their bad behavior by making excuses before God. It is not that on equal terms and with equal rights God and the man meet together to think out and to talk out the thing that was, and that is, and that shall be. Here, in the Old and New Testaments, we have at once the oldest and the newest of books. John 3:16, Jesus faith love), The Whole Bible The crisis of which I speak is that life-long trial, in which each one of us is standing before God's judgment-seat, and upon the decision of which depends for each one a future not to be measured by years, and not to be told in terms of human speech. He is our Creator, Proprietor, Governor, Benefactor, and Judge, and therefore has claims upon us manifold and mighty. You would think there was no chance of his making any way with these barbarians. The Word speaks in con-science — speaks to the consciousness — but who speaks it? If on thy soul,As thou dost read, a ray of purer lightBreak in - oh, cheek it not; give it full scope!Admitted, it will break the clouds which longHave dimmed thy sight, and lead thee, till at last,Convictions, like the sun's meridian beams,Illuminate thy mind. If we mean to do good we must come unto men's hearts, not in word only, but with power. This Word was a voice before it was a Book. The incommensureableness, in nature and dignity, of the two speakers, while it forbids not freedom in the inferior, forbids presumption; nay, precludes it as a tone and a feeling which would jar upon, and jangle out of tune, the very melody and harmony of the converse. What a weight, what an influence, what a sanctity, what an inspiration, would be given to our common words, to our every-day remarks and comments upon men and things, if we carried about us that indefinable something, which says, in tones more persuasive in proportion as they are less obtrusive, "This man knows" and feels that he has to do with God! " Living.3. 3. Like Israel, we possess this treasure in our country, in our families. She said, "I shall sell it." 4. We have all of us to do with God as SAVIOUR — "a just God and a Saviour." But if he contents himself with having heard, and do not immediately and intently strive to act on its requirements, what is to be looked for, but that he will speedily lose all those feelings which have been excited within him, as the process went forward of dissecting the inner man? C. Miller, D. D.)The cry of the human heart for a personal GodC. We have to do with Him in anticipation, that we may be like Him for ever.(H. Poetical Books "The world by its wisdom knew not God." "You forgot to look up to the sky to see if God was noticing you " The father felt this reproof of the child so much, that he left the corn, returned home, and never again ventured to steal, remembering the truth his child had taught him, that the eye of God always beholds us.God seeing all thingsW. Who is able to stand before this might, Word? And when they find that won't do they rush out of the church and run with all their might, crying as if the hand of death were behind them.(D. The men happened to know this, and it often quickened them in their various duties to know that the master's eye from the little attic window might possibly at that very moment be resting upon them. No one is going to talk their way out of judgment. Stowell, M. A.I. A parent has a claim upon a child as long as it lives. In clotting out a tumour, an inch in diameter, they sit and talk as if they felt nothing. Wesley.— If you believe that God is about your bed, and about your path, and spieth out all your ways, then take care not to do the least thing, nor to speak the least word, nor to indulge the least thought, which you have reason to think would offend Him. To the humble, pious, faithful disciple also the Word of God is a sharp instructor, a penetrating sword; often bringing truths to remembrance, which in mortal weakness had been forgotten; often giving a new colour and force to truths already in the mind. You can discern the face of the earth and of the sky; you can infer from certain indications the approach of shower or heat. 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