Syllabus:
John 1:1 & 2 "The Word" would be none other than God's Word.
It would be "the Word" that would take top priority over all
other words, would it not? Just like...1 John 1:2
Amp. - 2 And "the Life" [an aspect of His being] was revealed (made manifest,
demonstrated), and we saw [as eyewitnesses] and are testifying to and declare
to you "the Life", "the eternal Life" [in Him] Who already existed with the Father
and Who [actually] was made visible (was revealed) to us [His followers].
The only way you can know what is in a person's heart "is by what they say."
So "what is spoken" is a revelation of them. The "spoken word" is what brings forth,
where others can see, what is within a person's heart.
John 1:18 / Amp. -"18 No man has ever seen God at any time; the only unique Son,
or the only begotten God, Who is in the bosom [in the intimate presence] of the Father,
He has declared Him [He has revealed Him and brought Him out where He can be
seen; He has interpreted Him and He has made Him known].
Proverbs 8:22-25 Notice, not only was "the Word" brought forth but
"the Word" brought forth! 26-30
As we continue in Proverbs we can see who is doing the
talking.....the Word of God. Proverbs 8:31-32
Jesus confirms what is said here in Luke 11:27 & 28
Proverbs 8:33-35/ Deut. 30:20/Proverbs 8:35 & 36
Amp. "36 But he who misses me or sins against me wrongs and injures himself;
all who hate me love and court death.
... That is exactly what we will see happening, as we continue reading in the Book
of Genesis with Adam. They did what they did to themselves, as they
chose to let go of the Hand of the Word of God and grab ahold of
another's words.
John 1:1-3/Ephesians 3:9/ John 1:3 - 4 Without the Word of
God we would be walking without any life, any light, any hope...
subject to death....Ephes. 2: 11-13
John 1:4 & 5
Amplified B. "1 IN THE beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the
Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself.
2 He was present originally with God.
3 All things were made and came into existence through Him; and without Him was
not even one thing made that has come into being.
4 In Him was Life, and the Life was the Light of men.
5 And the Light shines on in the darkness, for the darkness has never overpowered it
[put it out or absorbed it or appropriated it, and is unreceptive to it].
The things of God are spiritually understood, not intellectually
understood. You must be born again and Spirit filled to see into
the things of God.
1 Corin. 2:9-14/ John 6:63
NLT - "63 The Spirit alone gives eternal life. Human effort accomplishes nothing.
And the very words I have spoken to you are spirit and life."
Mess. B. - "The Spirit can make life. Sheer muscle and willpower don't make
anything happen. Every word I've spoken to you is a Spirit-word, and so it is
life-making." So to create...one needs the spoken Word of God!
John 1:14
Amplified - "14 And the Word (Christ) became flesh (human, incarnate).."
How? How originally and how through Mary.
Let's look at God's ways of doing things ...for He never changes!
Isaiah 55:8-11
New Living trans. "8 “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord.
“And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.
9 For just as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so my ways are higher than your ways
and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.
10 “The rain and snow come down from the heavens
and stay on the ground to water the earth.
They cause the grain to grow,
producing seed for the farmer
and bread for the hungry.
11 It is the same with my word.
I send it out, and it always produces fruit. (how is fruit produced?)
It will accomplish all I want it to,
and it will prosper everywhere I send it.
12 You will live in joy and peace."
How do you get impossible situations to change? How do you create
life in an apparently dead situation? The same way God does! Through
the spoken Word. John 6:63 "My words are spirit and they are life-making."
Genesis 1-1 How did He create these places? The same way He re-created
them. Let's look at how God did that... Genesis 1:2-4a
1 Corin. 1:27 & 28
So the very thing that is not in your situation is what is needed
to bring about what you want. It's what God says will change
the things that are presently before you.
Genesis 1:2-3 What "was not" and "what was needed" here? This not only brought forth
Jesus into our world the first time....but through Mary as well. God had to speak, but this
time man had to receive what was spoken. The earth didn't belong to God anymore...
it was on lease (loan) to men.
Isaiah 7:14 The spoken Word was brought forth again into the earth.
It was spoken through the prophet but it had to be received through
the virgin: Luke 1:37 & 38
God's Word is with power - Luke 4:32 but it has to be received by you
until it becomes a "He said it, I agree or receive it and that settles it from
here on end.
At that point: The spoken word begins to manifest and take upon itself flesh
or reality in your life....like fruit growing from a seed...the seed of God's Word.
God can only do for you what you agree upon as far as "what He has already
said to you in His Word or through His Spirit."
Romans 4:16 & 17 The very last thing that Abram saw before him was the
very thing that needed to be spoken.....Abraham (Father of a multitude)..
which was what he wanted. That began to take upon shape through Isaac.
* Abraham understood where Isaac came from...through the spoken Word of God.
That's why he knew, if per chance, he truly had to sacrifice Isaac...that God could
bring him back again from the dead or recreate him. Notice verse 17
Hebrews 11:17-19/Genesis 22:5 and again in verse 8
Abraham's focus has to be our focus in a given situation -what does the Word (God)
say? 2 Corin. 4:18
NLT -"18 So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze
on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the
things we cannot see will last forever."
Contemp.Version: "18Things that are seen don't last forever, but things that are not
seen are eternal. That's why we keep our minds on the things that cannot be seen."
Amplified Version: "18Since we consider and look not to the things that are seen but
to the things that are unseen; for the things that are visible are temporal
(brief and fleeting), but the things that are invisible are deathless and everlasting."
Whatever you constantly focus upon will enlarged within you and that is what will be
brought forth before you.....Matthew 12:34 & 35
This is why God had to shut Zechariah's mouth and why God was so upset
with his unbelief.....Luke 1:20.....God could not produce the desire
of Zechariah and Elizabeth's hearts to bring forth a child through them in the
earth as long as Zechariah was in disbelief. He feels the same
way about you when you disagree with Him. He loves you, but is not pleased
with you, when you speak against His Word that is with power!
