The Divine Expression of God

 

If you look at the Greek definition of "Word" in the Bible, whether it is referencing Jesus as the word or the Bible as the word, they both translate into "The Divine Expression of God." 

The reason I looked up the Greek was because of a sermon I heard recently where they stated that the Bible was life and was the only authority we need to live by. There was a bunch of other stuff said but I almost lost it when He said that the Bible was more important than the author of it. This is a very big issue with a lot of churches where they exalt the written word over the living word. 

The written word of God is His divine expression. His word was written down so that we can be shown how to get back in a relationship with Him. In the beginning, the only word Noah, Abraham and all the early Old Testament people had was oral. They heard the voice of God calling them. There wasn't a Bible or text written down for them to follow. They were spoken to by God Himself. Later on, scribes wrote down oral stories that had been passed on from generation to generation so they could be retold by hundreds or used as teachings. As even more time passed, as Jesus came on the scene, written words became more important than oral or divinely spoken words.

When Jesus arrived, God now had two expressions of Himself. He had Jesus, a walking talking expression of God and the written word. When man however, wrongly interprets the written, Jesus is discounted as He doesn't line up like their interpretations did. There is the main issue with written word, interpretation. The Bible isn't a clear cut instruction manual that needs no interpreter, quite the opposite. The Bible was written by men who were divinely inspired to do so. So as God expressed Himself through them, the wrote what He expressed. Simple. Yet, because it was divinely inspired, it takes a divine interpreter. Hence, the role of the Holy Spirit in us. As we read, the Spirit is supposed to unlock the meanings and the heart of what God was saying. We as fleshly creatures look at the Bible with fleshly understanding and everything is taken at face value but the Creator of the book was divine in nature and He was revealing that nature to us through the book. 

As Jesus came, He disrupted generations of thinking. As those in high standing in the temple only interpreted the scripture literally, millions of people were led to follow the written word through laws and rituals without their heart being changed. The coming of Jesus was meant for God's people to finally have a relationship with Him in their hearts, yet they rejected Him. Now, two-thousand years later, we have the Spirit of God to interpret the Bible for us if we let Him. However, as they did back then, some have taken the written word and exalted it over the spoken word through the Spirit.

The problem with raising the written over the spoken is again the interpretation. If you are devoid of the possibility for the Spirit to translate scripture to you, then you will more than likely be interpreting it wrong. You'll instead listen to the blind guide standing with the microphone as he'll tell you how to think. It is also a matter of using the written word out of context as so many do. Even when they warn others not to do this, they themselves are guilty of it as they pick and choose pieces of scripture and mash them together to create a theme for their agenda. You can create any doctrine that you want by combining different verses together and yet we follow people that do so. 

The Divine Expression of God, which are the written word, the spoken word through the Spirit and the living word Jesus are all one and create a unified cohesive structure we are supposed to receive as they are not as we want. God has used all three to convey His message into our ears, mind and heart yet here we stand still not receiving the message clearly because we want to interject our own understanding or wisdom in there. If we would quit trying to be in charge and let our hearts be guided by the one who has expressed His love for us through all three of those means, well then God's Divine Expression would finally be fulfilled in us. We are the fourth expression of His love. We cannot be that expression when we exalt one of the other expressions and try and manipulate it to fit our agendas. 

As we are to be an Expression of God, we must understand the great calling He has placed in us. We, as the expression, fit into the same category as scripture, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. We are tools used to express God's love to the world. When you think of yourself in these contexts, the magnitude of our calling becomes weightier than first thought. We only thought we were to be good boys and girls until we go to heaven and live forever happy. Yet with this call on us to be the Expression of God, we can really let that change how we understand Him and His vision for the world. 

We are the final expression. The world runs the risk of being dragged into hell if we cannot let God use us as His word, His expression. Can we now lay down our selfish ambitions and let God have His way in us? Can we now stop fighting over interpretations and motives and become what we were created for? 

The world, without their knowledge is in pain and they are crying out for a savior to come and rescue them. If we cannot be that for them, if we cannot show them who God is, then they stay lost. His love must cover the world and we are chosen vessels to do that very thing. I implore you, empty yourself of all understanding and come to God as a child. Be His expression today. Fall on your knees and beg Him to use you for His will. 

We are the word of God. Created to be His hands and feet, to lead this world back to the Father. We have all the tools to be His Expression. We just need to let Him. 

Lord, I cry for your world as we fall deeper into darkness. I cry when I see the destruction the evil one has done. Lord use me to be your Expression. Let your love flow through me like a living spring and let those around me drink and be satisfied. To God be the Glory and may His Love spread like wildfire among His chosen.