Family of God: Re: [FamilyofGod] Experiencing the Power of the Word of God

Amen micheal, we read the word and we see the end result, then we have to learn what our part is, so we can get from one to the other.

On Mon May 9th, 2011 8:00 AM CDT Michael J. Knight wrote:

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>Experiencing the Power of the Word of God
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>In Revelation 10:8-11
><http://biblia.com/bible/nasb95/Revelation%2010.8-11> it is written:
>And the voice which I heard from heaven, I heard again speaking with me,
>and saying, `Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel
>who stands on the sea and on the land.' And I went to the angel, telling
>him to give me the little book. And he said to me, `Take it, and eat it;
>and it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet
>as honey.' And I took the little book out of the angel's hand and ate
>it, and it was in my mouth sweet as honey; and when I had eaten it, my
>stomach was made bitter. And they said to me, `You must prophesy again
>concerning many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.'
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>Here we see that when John ate the book, it was sweet as honey in his
>mouth. That is a picture of the grace of God that comes to us through
>His Word. But by the time that Word got inside him, it was bitter. This
>indicates that there is truth in the Word too - the truth that judges
>our sin. It is not just grace but truth too. In the Book of Revelation,
>we see alternate pictures of grace and of judgment. It is alternately
>sweet and bitter - right through the book.
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>We also see here the right way to prophesy (preach) God's Word. We have
>to receive the Word of God from the Lord and eat it and digest it
>ourselves first. Only then will God give us a prophetic word for others.
>This is so different from the way most preachers prepare their messages,
>who merely study books, listen to tapes and exercise their brains to
>produce an impressive sermon.
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>When we receive the Word of God, it is easy for us to be taken up with
>just the sweet part of it - "grace". We can keep that forever in our
>mouth without allowing the whole counsel of God to penetrate into our
>system. We don't relish this latter part, because then we have to judge
>the sin that we discover within us. "Judgment has to begin with us
>first" (1 Pet.4:17 <http://biblia.com/bible/nasb95/1%20Pet.4.17> ).
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>Most Christians chew God's Word like chewing gum. They keep chewing it
>and chewing it because it is sweet; and then they spit it out!! It never
>gets down into their hearts to be digested. They do not take the Word of
>God seriously to judge themselves.
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>It may be through many bitter experiences that God makes the Word we
>hear to be digested. But in all those bitter experiences, we will
>experience God's comfort too (2 Cor.1:4
><http://biblia.com/bible/nasb95/2%20Cor.1.4> ). Thus alone will we have
>a prophetic ministry to our generation.
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>"Now you must prophesy," the Lord told John, after he had digested the
>Word. Contrast this with what the Lord told him earlier - not to write
>down what he had heard. We must know what to share with others and what
>we should not.
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>Paul was once taken up to the third heaven. But for fourteen years he
>never even mentioned that to anyone and even when he did mention it, all
>he said was, "I heard inexpressible words which a man is not permitted
>to speak" (2 Cor.12:4 <http://biblia.com/bible/nasb95/2%20Cor.12.4> ).
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>John distinguished clearly between what God had spoken to him personally
>and what was meant for others.
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>He who has ears to hear let him hear.
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>Remember
>Only one life, will soon be past,
>Only what is done, for Christ will last.
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>The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the
>communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. (2 Corinthians
>13:14)
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>Love & Prayers,
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>Michael J. Knight.
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