Watching Daily At Wisdom's Gates

 “ For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. ” Hebrews 4:12 ESV Gods word is powerful. When wielded by the Holy Spirit, it is 'the sword that makes the wounded whole' in the words of the hymn writer. Interestingly, the writer to the Hebrews emphasises how the Bible divides, rather than makes whole. I've heard soul and spirit explained as following. Our souls are our personalities and emotions. We all have eternal souls. Our spirits are our spiritual sides. We are naturally spiritually dead, but we can be made alive in Christ. Even if we feel bad in our souls, we can be secure in our spirits. God knows our thoughts and intentions. He knows if we take his word seriously or not. He knows whether we have any intention to obey. 'God, may we obey your word. Please help us to think and to intend to honour you with o...

 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ” John 1:1 ESV John purposefully referenced Genesis 1:1 here. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. God is Father, Son/the Word and Holy Spirit. Apparently even the Hebrew word for God 'Elohim' contains within it a sense of trinitarian plurality within it. Yet here John starts to unpack what that triunity looks like. Jesus is the Word of God: if we want to know what God would have to say to us, we need look no further than Jesus. Jesus wasn't just born a baby in Bethlehem. He has always been with the Father in glory. He's not a Son in the sense that he had a beginning. We are made in his image and likeness, not the other way round. Christ isn't just a prophet or an angel. He is God who became flesh to reconcile sinful flesh back to God. He's the only Way of salvation back to God. 'Father in heaven, thank you for your Word become flesh for us. May we trust in h...