God's Word Above His Own Name

Ps 138:2
2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
(KJV)

Think of how powerful the name of the Lord is. At the name of Jesus, every knee will bow and every tongue confess that He is Lord (Php 2:10-11). Yet God has exalted His Word above His name. A man's name is only as good as his word. This gives us tremendous comfort that the Word of the Lord is sure (Ps 19).

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

The word "quick" means "to live." The Greek word ENERGES from which "powerful" was translated means "active, operative." The NIV translates this as, "For the word of God is living and active."

The Greek word TOMOTEROS from which "sharper" was translated means "comparative of a derivative of the primary temo (to cut; more comprehensive or decisive than 2875, as if by a single stroke; whereas that implies repeated blows, like hacking); more keen." This word is stressing the ability of God's Word to cut through the hardest heart in a single stroke.

Only the extreme sharpness of God's Word can separate between soul and spirit. Our souls and spirits comprise our hearts, and they function as one. Only under the intense scrutiny of the Word of God can we distinguish between them.

The relationship between soul and spirit is like the relationship between joints and marrow. The marrow of the bone is where blood (the life-giving force) is produced. But all the bones of the body are joined together by joints. Without joints, our bodies would not be able to function the way they do.

Likewise, our born-again spirits are the life-giving parts of us. But our spirits are connected to our bodies by our souls. The life that is in our born-again spirits cannot reach our bodies except through our souls. Therefore, the renewing of our minds is essential to release the life that is in our spirits.

John 1:1 (KJV)
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:14 (KJV)
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Jesus is the Word of God. The Greek word that was used here is "LOGOS" denoting "the expression of thought--not the mere name of an object" (W.E. Vine). Jesus totally expressed the thoughts of the Father and was manifest in a physical form so all the world could read them. Heb 1:3 says Jesus was "the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person."

It is also appropriate for Jesus to be called the Word of God because the physical body of Jesus was produced by God's spoken word, not the usual means of a physical relationship between man and woman (Lu 1:38).

The Greek word used here for God is "THEOS" and denotes deity as an object of worship. This word is used 1,338 times in the New Covenant. Only 13 times is the word used to express anything but eternal deity. Here, the word reveals Jesus as God in the flesh (Joh 1:14 and 1Ti 3:16). The Scripture attests to Jesus' divinity (Isa 9:6-7, Mt 1:23, and 1Jo 5:20). God the Father called Jesus God (Heb 1:8). Jesus forgave sins (Mr 2:5 and Lu 7:48), which is a power that God alone has (Mr 2:6-7). Jesus received worship (Mt 2:11; 14:33; 28:9, and 17), which is reserved for God alone (Mt 4:10 and Re 22:9). The term "Christ," which is used 569 times in the New Testament, further establishes the divinity of Jesus (Mt 16:16).

Words are important, it has made the heavens and the earth, society though says that sticks and stones may break your bones and names will never hurt you. Society is wrong, names do hurt, negative words tear down. Positive words help and builds up.

Your words are important, God has made us in His image. Since God uses the word to accomplish History, so must we. It starts with your thoughts which turn into your words which turns into faith actions. It's up to you!