WORD BECOMING FLESH

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God... And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” (John 1:1,14) 

Spiritually the Word being made flesh...  It is the engrafted living Word that is able to bring salvation to our mind, will and emotions- our soul, our flesh. (5 senses)

and receive with meekness the engrafted Word, which is able to save your souls.” (James 1:18, 21)

(Col 3:16)  Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

(2Co 3:2)  You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men,

WE ARE LIVING EPISTLES ( THE LIVING WORD BEING REFLECTED TO THE WORLD)

If then, the Word being made flesh is so central, let us explore HOW this happens. 

We are going to look at three things: the EAR canal, the VOICE canal, and the BIRTH canal; or said another way, perception, proclamation, and procreation. 

Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy WORD.” (Luke 1:30-31, 34-35, 37-38) 

(Prov.23:7) So, by definition, we understand that the Word is the AUDIBLE expression of Who God is. 

The EAR GATE-Perception 

In the spiritual sense, we are also surrounded by the Word Who was in the beginning (John 1:1), 

When we focus on and listen to those other ‘sound waves’, we loose sensitivity to the HIGHER frequency of the Word, the AUDIBLE expression of Who God is. 

Just a few verses previous to the messenger bringing the Word of the Lord to Mary, there is a very similar message for Zacharias concerning the birthing of John. If you remember the account, it would seem that Zacharias had been listening to those other ‘sound waves’- opinions of men, fear and unbelief, prejudice and ignorance


(Luke 1:11-18)  And an angel of the Lord appeared to him as he was standing on the right of the altar of incense.

  And seeing this, Zacharias was troubled, and fear fell on him.

  But the angel said to him, Do not fear, Zacharias. For your prayer is heard, and your wife Elizabeth shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

  And you shall have joy and gladness, and many shall rejoice at his birth.

  For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall neither drink wine nor strong drink. And he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

 And he shall turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God.

 And he shall go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

(Luk 1:18)  And Zacharias said to the angel, By what shall I know this? For I am old, and my wife is advanced in her days.

Take note of the vast difference in Mary’s response to the Word, “be it unto me according to thy WORD.” (Luke 1:38) 

The VOICE GATE- Proclamation 

As we just saw, Mary’s proclamation was “be it unto me according to thy WORD.” (Luke 1:38) 

So as with Mary, we see the same process with Jesus, He HEARD the Word of the Father, and joined His VOICE with the Word, therefore establishing it as a reality. 

2 Cor. 13:1 states this principle so clearly; “In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every WORD be established.” 

RHEMA- the God-breathed, living, NOW-Word of God. 

RHEMA, God-breathed, living, NOW-Word be established!” This is ruling and reigning in Christ. This is bringing the Kingdom of heaven to bear upon the earth. 

The BIRTH GATE- Procreation 

Perhaps you are thinking about now, “How can this be?” Well don’t worry, Mary asked the same question in Luke 1:34. The angel’s answer to Mary rings just as true for us today, “For with God NOTHING shall be impossible.” (Luke 1:37) I believe also that there is much to be gleaned from the proclamation of the messenger; “The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.” (Luke 1:35) 

Notice first that the holy thing being birthed is called “the Son of God.” Of course Jesus Christ was uniquely the only begotten Son of God, but John 1:12-14 tells us that “as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the SONS OF GOD, even to them that believe on his name: Indeed, as the Word is made flesh and He encamps IN us, we become the SONS OF GOD. 

Now, 2 Cor. 6:17 is quite clear when it says, "he who is joined to the Lord becomes ONE SPIRIT with Him..." (Amplified Bible) Yes, you read that correctly, our human SPIRIT is joined in ONENESS to the SPIRIT of God. 

“The Holy Spirit shall come upon you...” From these definitions we see that there first has to be a supervening, a super imposition of the Spirit of God upon us- giving us a NEW SPIRIT (Ezek. 36:26). Here is the reason why: in order for a ‘Holy Thing’, a Manchild, to be birthed, it must proceed from a ‘womb’ that is holy, a NEW SPIRIT, fertilized by ‘seed’ that is holy. 1 Peter 1:23 in the Amplified Bible says, “...you have been regenerated - born again - not from a mortal origin (seed, sperm) but from one that is immortal by the ever living and lasting WORD of God.” 

You’re in the delivery room of the Word being made flesh.