The life of God is the Word of God. 1Peter 1:23-25 (Amplified) says, "You have been regenerate (born again) not from a mortal origin (seed, sperm) but from One that is immortal by the everliving and lasting Word of God." Verse 24 goes on, "For all flesh (mankind) is like grass, and all its glory (honor) like (the) flower of grass, the grass withers and the flowers drop off." Verse 25 says, "But the Word of the Lord (divine instruction, the gospel) endures forever. And this Word is the good news which was preached to you."
John 6:63 (Amplified) says, "It is the Spirit Who gives life (He is the life giver); the flesh conveys no benefits whatever (there is no profit in it). The Words (truths) that I have been speaking to you are Spirit and Life."
Jesus said in John 10:10 (Amplified) that, "The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows)." John 1"1-4 (Amplified) says, "In the beginning (before all time) was the Word (Christ) and the Word was with God; and the Word was God Himself. He was present originally with God. All things were made and came into existence through Him; and without Him was not even one thing made that has come into being. In Him was LIFE, and the Life was the light of men."
We learn from Proverbs 4:20-22 (Amplified) that says, "My son, attend to My Words; consent and submit to My sayings. Let them not depart from your sight; keep them in the center of your heart; for they are LIFE to those who find them, healing and health to all their flesh."
Jesus minister the Word of God to the people and those who heard it in their hearts, received healing and deliverance from the very life His Words contained. The Life that came from the Word of God, needed to be delivered from the Holy Spirit Who was now indwelling the Lord Jesus after His baptism in the Jordan River. When Jesus rose up out of the water, the Holy Spirit came upon Him in the form of a dove. Now we have the "Spirit and the Word" combined in us, according to John 6:63 (Amplified).
For so many years, we simply received the Bible from a religious viewpoint. Without the Holy Spirit, it was words to reign in and keep the flesh in line. 2Corinthians 3:6 (Amplified) says, "(It is He) Who has qualified us (making us to be fit and worthy and sufficient) as ministers and dispensers of a new covenant (of salvation through Christ), not (ministers) of the letter (of legally written code) but of the Spirit; for the code (of the law) kills, but the (Holy) Spirit makes alive."
When we tried reading a Spiritual Word with an unrenewed spirit, we always put the people back into bondage and Law. We tried keeping the people in line by ministering fear and dread for compliance failure. We knew very little about grace or the Holy Spirit. And, we mostly failed to minister abundant life and health, but death and misery to those we called Christians.
When we minister Life by His Word, like our Father does, we set at liberty those who were lost and all who are bound. The abundant Life that Jesus gave us, was overtaken by fear and Law. We've failed to see that the Life of God is in the Word of God. This is where we have life until it overflows. It's not that we have life through the new birth, but do we extend that Life into the maturity so that it overflows into the lives of others?
When we lay hands on other people, we're to impart Life into them, to the point of overcoming whatever sickness that holds them. If we only have enough Life (the Word) to sustain us, then how cane we have it overflow life into others? We don't just read the Word because it's a religious things to do, but because it is Life.
We find people in the flesh who exercise and eat properly in order to improve the quality of life within them. Others around them have life, but not to the full until it overflows. We all have the same amount of muscles in our body, but some people have exercise and developed their muscle mass. I truly believe that this is true of Christian people as well.
When you received Jesus, you received life everlasting. 1Peter 2:2 (Amplified) says, "Like newborn babies you should crave (thirst for, earnestly desire) the pure (unadulterated) spiritual milk, that by it you may be nurtured and grow into (completed) salvation." The more Word you take int by the Holy Spirit, the more Life you will have to overflow to others. A car with a strong battery can only jump life into so many other vehicles, without a strong alternator. We need to continually bring more and more Life into our own spirit by the Word of God.
Men and women who live "long and strong," are people who feed life into themselves by "meditating on the Word day and night." People who feed on God's Word seem to have fewer sicknesses (if any), fewer problems and always have enough leftover Life to feed those around them. As Christians, we've delegated the spending time in the Word and feeding others, to the pastors. It's true that pastors are supposed to study the Word in order to feed the sheep, but this doesn't take away the sheep's ability to eat for themselves. Many of the Christians I know, use a Promise box or a daily devotional to feed on. This is certainly better than nothing, but if we fed our natural bodies the way we feed our spiritual bodies, then we wouldn't need to worry about obesity today.
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