Continue in My Word

September 20-22, 2013 - Continue in My Word – Manna by Dorothy Callies

John 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on Him, “If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples” [KJV].

It is not enough to put confidence in our past faith or our past experience. It is not enough just to believe on Him. Jesus had spoken to his disciples to continue in His Word. He also speaks to us to continue in His Word. Come to think of it … hum … I am thinking of John first chapter and the first verse. Let’s take a look.

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God” [John 1:1-2 KJV]. John begins his Gospel by calling Jesus “the Word.” The Greek word is “logos,” meaning any kind of communication. Here, it means Christ, because Christ was the way God told people about Himself. [Note: New Century Version]

John gave us three main characteristics of Jesus Christ as “the Word.”

1) The Word’s relation to the Father. Christ was with His Father before the creation of the world. Christ was not created; He is eternal and He has always been in loving fellowship with the Father and the Holy Spirit. Christ was divine (“the Word was God”), having the same nature and the same quality as the Father. 

2) The Word’s relation to the world. It was through Christ that God the Father created the world. “For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth …” [Col.1:16]. “… God has chosen his Son to own all things, and through him he made the world” [Heb.1:2 NCV].

3) The Word’s relation to humanity. “The Word was made flesh” (Jn.1:14). In Jesus, God became a human being, having the same nature as man but without sin. John said, “The Word became a human and lived among us. We saw his glory …” [Jn.1:14a NCV]. John witnessed that Jesus was truly the Son of God. Now we have the Bible so Christ revealed Himself from Genesis through Revelation. So let’s read and study “The Word,” the Bible.

So let us continue “The Word” in our hearts and keep Jesus alive!

Song: Wonderful Words of Life

1. Sing them over again to me, Wonderful words of life;

Let me more of their beauty see, Wonderful words of life;

Words of life and beauty, Teach me faith and duty;

Chorus:

Beautiful words, wonderful words,

Wonderful words of life;

Beautiful words, wonderful words,

Wonderful words of life.

(Philip Paul Bliss, Sing His Praise)