YOU ARE A WORD FROM GOD

YOU ARE A WORD FROM GOD

Before the Creator formed you, He knew you. You were chosen in Him before He shaped the universe. The Almighty spoke to you about His plan for your life before any of your bones began to grow in the womb of your mother. You were a special, one-of-a-kind word out of the mouth of God before you ever had a body!

"According as He hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love" (Eph. 1:4 KJV).

"Even as (in His love) He chose us (actually picked us out for Himself as His own) in Christ before..." (Eph. 1:4 AMP).

Never doubt this reality for a moment. God could never make another person just like you--you are too special!

You existed in and with Him before the appearing of the worlds, but now you have been manifested in time and in a body. He has prepared a very unique and precious body in which to show His love in this time-space world.

You are an integral part of His sovereign purposes in the earth. Father God knew you before you existed and created you for this extraordinary time in history (Esther 4:14). Sucha time as this!!God knew you before your parents did! The Creator pre-selected you as an integral facet of His plan before you were fully formed in your mother's womb, before the beginning began.

YOU ARE CHOSEN FOR GREATNESS!

PICTURE OF THE CHURCH/BODY OF CHRIST

Picture of the Church/ Body of Christ

A beautiful picture of the Body of Christ is presented in Peter’s dream in Acts 10.

(Act 10:11-16) And he saw the heaven opened and a certain vessel like a sheet coming down to him, being bound at the four corners and let down to the earth; in which were all the four-footed animals of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the reptiles, and the birds of the heaven. And a voice came to him, saying, Rise, Peter! Kill and eat! But Peter said, Not so, Lord, for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean. And the voice spoke to him again the second time, What God has made clean, you do not call common. This happened three times, and the vessel was received up again into the heaven.


• Heavens opened, veil rest to Holy of Holies

• Vessel- implement, contributing to the usefulness of

• Knit at 4 corners (universal north, south , east and west) Unity
• Different animals- All manner of customs and habits
• All kind of people
• Made clean by the blood of Jesus
• All common, no one lording over another

The universal Body of Christ is One. WE ARE BOUND TOGETHER IN LOVE.

Note Rev. 2:6 “But this you have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

The deeds of the Nicolaitans was this: Men in the priestly role began 'lord over' the people, stand in the stead of Christ, and became lords unto THEMSELVES thereby giving rise to Nicolaitanism, which means "to be victorious over the laity (people)".

There were a select group of people in the Church of Ephesus that God commended because they hated "the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate" (Rev. 2:6). The scripture does not say they hated the Nicolaitans, but that they hated the DEEDS of them, as did God. Apostle Paul as a leader in the Church never used his authority to usurp the position of Christ in the lives of people. The doctrines of the Nicolaitans were throughout the church world but the Church of Ephesus recognized it as ungodly and hated it.

We are the Body of Christ having access to the Holy Of Holies, God’s very Presence. We are knit together in unity. There are many differences in us, all kind of people made clean by the blood of Jesus. We prefer one another having all things in common not lording over another. This may be an ideal picture but true.

Biblical Prosperity

The word prosperity, prosper, prospered, prospering, prosperous and prospers is mentioned in the Bible 98 times. In the Old Testament three words are used for prosperity in the Hebrew Language. The first word is tsalech which means: to push forward, break out, come mightily, go over, be good, be profitable, and to prosper. These describe outward sociopolitical and bodily prosperity. The second word is sakel, which means: expert, deal intelligently, skill, have good success, wise. This describes the prosperity of the soul - of mind, will, emotion and intellect. The third word is shalah, which means: to be tranquil, be happy, be in safety, prosperity. These describe the prosperity of the spirit. Thus prosperity in the Old Testament was not simply the financial or economic prosperity. Most modern prosperity teachers make their mistakes here. God’s concern is not limited to man’s basic needs. It encompasses the totality of man. When God prospers it is the balance that is His concern, probably and often at the pain of some other area. It is the man as a whole who prospers, not his wealth. Wealth comes as a part of the package, and if and only if it prospers the total man. It is this that is echoed in 3 John 2:3. Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health (prospers in body --KJV echo)) and that all may go well with you, even as your (you prosper in soul and spirit-- KJV echo) soul is getting along well.
3 John 2:3 Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.3 For I rejoiced greatly when brethren came and testified of the truth that is in you, just as you walk in the truth. (NKJ)

The Bible

The Bible is a Book of words, phrases and sentences which, as it was originally written contained no errors. It was written by more than 40 different men over a span of 1,550 years.
Here is a Timeline of Bible Translation History:1,400 BC: The first written Word of God: The Ten Commandments delivered to Moses.==500 BC: Completion of All Original Hebrew Manuscripts which make up The 39 Books of the Old Testament.==200 BC: Completion of the Septuagint Greek Manuscripts which contain The 39 Old Testament Books AND 14 Apocrypha Books.==1st Century AD: Completion of All Original Greek Manuscripts which make up The 27 Books of the New Testament.==315 AD: Athenasius, the Bishop of Alexandria, identifies the 27 books of the New Testament which are today recognized as the canon of scripture.==382 AD: Jerome's Latin Vulgate Manuscripts Produced which contain All 80 Books (39 Old Test. + 14 Apocrypha + 27 New Test).==500 AD: Scriptures have been Translated into Over 500 Languages.==600 AD: LATIN was the Only Language Allowed for Scripture.==995 AD: Anglo-Saxon (Early Roots of English Language) Translations of The New Testament Produced.==1384 AD: Wycliffe is the First Person to Produce a (Hand-Written) manuscript Copy of the Complete Bible; All 80 Books.==1455 AD: Gutenberg Invents the Printing Press; Books May Now be mass-Produced Instead of Individually Hand-Written. The First Book Ever Printed is Gutenberg's Bible in Latin.==1516 AD: Erasmus Produces a Greek/Latin Parallel New Testament.==1522 AD: Martin Luther's German New Testament.==1526 AD: William Tyndale's New Testament; The First New Testament printed in the English Language.==1535 AD: Myles Coverdale's Bible; The First Complete Bible printed in the English Language (80 Books: O.T. & N.T. & Apocrypha).==1537 AD: Tyndale-Matthews Bible; The Second Complete Bible printed in English. Done by John "Thomas Matthew" Rogers (80 Books).==1539 AD: The "Great Bible" Printed; The First English Language Bible Authorized for Public Use (80 Books).==1560 AD: The Geneva Bible Printed; The First English Language Bible to add Numbered Verses to Each Chapter (80 Books).==1568 AD: The Bishops Bible Printed; The Bible of which the King James was a Revision (80 Books).==1609 AD: The Douay Old Testament is added to the Rheims New Testament (of 1582) Making the First Complete English Catholic Bible; Translated from the Latin Vulgate (80 Books).==1611 AD: The King James Bible Printed; Originally with All 80 Books. The Apocrypha was Officially Removed in 1885 Leaving Only 66 Books.==1782 AD: Robert Aitken's Bible; The First English Language Bible (KJV) Printed in America==1791 AD: Isaac Collins and Isaiah Thomas Respectively Produce the First Family Bible and First Illustrated Bible Printed in America. Both were King James Versions, with All 80 Books.==1808 AD: Jane Aitken's Bible (Daughter of Robert Aitken); The First Bible to be Printed by a Woman.==1833 AD: Noah Webster's Bible; After Producing his Famous Dictionary, Webster Printed his Own Revision of the King James Bible.==1841 AD: English Hexapla New Testament; an Early Textual Comparison showing the Greek and 6 Famous English Translations in Parallel Columns.==1846 AD: The Illuminated Bible; The Most Lavishly Illustrated Bible printed in America. A King James Version, with All 80 Books.==1885 AD: The "English Revised Version" Bible; The First Major English Revision of the KJV.==1901 AD: The "American Standard Version"; The First Major American Revision of the KJV.==1971 AD: The "New American Standard Bible" (NASB) is Published as a "Modern and Accurate Word for Word English Translation" of the Bible.==1973 AD: The "New International Version" (NIV) is Published as a "Modern and Accurate Phrase for Phrase English Translation" of the Bible.==1982 AD: The "New King James Version" (NKJV) is Published as a "Modern English Version Maintaining the Original Style of the King James."==2002 AD: The English Standard Version (ESV) is Published as a translation to bridge the gap between the accuracy of the NASB and the readability of the NIV.
I agree that there has been much mistranslation and much misinterpretation. Men are fallible.However,The Bible reveals the source of its magnificence: “All scripture is God-breathed.” It was written to lead us to Christ and it must be spiritually discerned.
JESUS IS THE LIVING WORD."The Word" (John 1:1 ). The Greek word is "logos", Jesus Christ is the Word. As such He is the essential revealer of His Divine Being. As the logos Jesus is the one through whom God expressed Himself. Jesus the living Word unveiled God's hidden glory. In Him the Father becomes known, because God has in these last days spoken fully and completely in His Son (Hebrews 1:2 ).

We commonly think of Logos as being the whole canon of the Bible, the written word of God where rhema refers to the spokenor revealed word of God.

Holy Spirit, Spirit of Christ, guides us into all truth. The Christ in us reveals the Word of God to us.

The Scripture is not a systematic treatise on Theology, History, Science or any other topic. It is a REVELATION from God . As I said it must be spiritually discerned and bear witness with the Christ in us.
We do not worship the Book but the Lord of the Book.
The Word of God is our plumbline. Any revelation we receive must not add to the spiritually discerned Word of God or take something away from it, or alter or distort its meaning.