The Revelation Series - Two-Edged Sword III

Two-Edged Sword III

John 6:53-63 “It is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, and are life.”

Out of His mouth comes a sharp two-edged sword, John writes in Revelation 1:16.  This two-edged sword is the Word of God.  This two-edged sword is Spirit and Life.  When we say it is the Word of God, does it simply mean it is the written word?  Does it mean it is the words of the Law of Moses?  What do we actually mean?  Maybe all the above but fulfilled and brought to life in Jesus Christ our Lord.

What I mean by this is He makes the Word alive.  For example the prophet Joel writes, “And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered:”  While this was written in Joel’s time it was not in force until after Jesus raised from the dead.  He made it alive.  What was in the Book become personalized in the Person of Jesus Christ, and through His resurrection from the dead is made alive in the Spirit.

Jesus made the comment many times that Whosoever believes in me shall be saved, not perish, shall have the Spirit coming from their inner being, etc.  Jesus said these things, and they are recorded in John’s Gospel.  Now through the Spirit they are made alive.  We can receive them, experience them, and even give them.  We can go to our neighbor next door and declare that Whosoever calls on the name of Jesus Christ shall be saved.  Our neighbor can receive this word, believer and take it into their heart, and it is so.  Why is that, because it is Spirit and Life.  The Word we declare from the truth of Christ, as He is made real in us, is filled with His Spirit and Life. 

I believe that is what John saw in Revelation Chapter 1; the Son of Man in the Church, with the two-edged sword coming out of His Mouth declaring the Word of God in the Church.  I believe this is the first order by the Spirit of God, the Word revealed in us by the Holy Spirit.  “Hear what the Spirit saith to the Churches.”  Then as He is revealed, He is declared through the Church.  “The Spirit and the Bride say come.” 

This is exciting!  We can hear and know the Word of God, Christ Jesus the Lord, through the Spirit.  Then we can declare Him.  We can declare Him from a position of knowing, of having seen and experienced this Living Word in our hearts.  This is ongoing in our walk in the Lord.  We hear and see Him in our hearts by the Spirit.  We handle the Word of God as John says in His Epistle and we make known this Word of Life that we are handling.  Glory to God.