WORD BECAME 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)
The essence of
Christianity is the Word being made flesh... the engrafted living Word that is
able to bring salvation to our mind, will and emotions- our soul, our
flesh.
OUR SPIRIT IS ALREADY SAVED. WE ARE WORKING OUT OUR SALVATION.
Word made
flesh (Heb. 1:3)
His desire is
that the engrafted Word find expression in US,
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;
Since we know that the Word was made flesh in
the womb of Mary, and brought to fruition in the body of Jesus Christ, perhaps
there is a prototype we can glean from. “And the angel said unto her, Fear not,
Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in
thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus... Then said
Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? And the angel
answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power
of the Highest shall overshadow thee... For with God nothing shall be
impossible. And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me
according to thy WORD.” (Luke 1:30-31, 34-35, 37-38)
Here we see
that the WORD, Who was in the beginning (John 1:1), ‘sent word’ to Mary through
a messenger.
The EAR Canal/Gate-
Perception
Hearing the Voice
of God
Fear and unbelief, prejudice and ignorance is when you
are dull of hearing.
Some had ‘ears
to hear’, some were ‘dull of hearing’.
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.
Take note of the vast difference in Mary’s
response to the Word, “be it unto me according to thy WORD.” (Luke 1:38) Even
today, no have ‘ears to hear’ the message that the Father desires to
spiritually ‘impregnate’ us, in order that we may give ‘birth’ to a holy thing,
The VOICE
Canal/Gate- Proclamation
As we just
saw, Mary’s proclamation was “be it unto me according to thy WORD.” (Luke 1:38)
She not only
had ears to hear, she also joined HER VOICE with the Word, therefore
establishing it as a reality in her life. Keep in mind that this was no light
thing for her to proclaim, for to be pregnant and unmarried in that culture and
period in history was absolutely devastating.
For Mary, any
thought of being socially acceptable or living the ‘American dream’ so to
speak, was entirely out of the question now. In fact, under the letter of the
Law, she could be stoned to death. She had to entirely ‘die’ to self to make
that proclamation, “be it unto me according to thy WORD.”
Jesus makes an
interesting statement in John 5:30, “I can of mine own self do nothing: as I
HEAR, I JUDGE: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but
the will of the Father which hath sent me.”
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.”
Mary was
dead to the desires of self, to be able to say “be it unto me according
to thy WORD.”
Jesus was a
living martyr, dead to the desires of self, to be able to say “I seek not mine
own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.”
RHEMA- the
God-breathed, living, NOW-Word of God.
Man shall not live by bread alone but by
every Rhema /now word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.
Shall every RHEMA, God-breathed, living, NOW-Word be established!”
My friend,
this is not ‘Kingdomized’ name it and claim it, blab it and grab it! This is
ruling and reigning in Christ. This is bringing the Kingdom of heaven to bear
upon the earth. This is the ‘real thing’!
The BIRTH
Canal/ 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
Birthing Process
There was certainly no ‘extra room’ in the birth canal,
the baby was pressed on all sides. “We are pressed on every side, yet not
straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair; pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten
down, yet not destroyed...” (2 Cor. 4:7-9)
Let us press
forward in understanding the EAR canal, the VOICE canal, and the BIRTH canal.
Let us advance in our perception,
proclamation, and procreation. Let us grasp the essence of Christianity, which
is the Word being made flesh... the engrafted living Word that is bringing
salvation to our mind, will and emotions- our soul, our flesh.
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