God's Word Is A Sword!
"And take the helmet of salvation,
and the sword of the Spirit, which
is the
word of God."
Ephesians 6: 17
There are two Greek words in the New
Testament
that are translated into English as “word.” One is
logos—“word, message, speech, argument, book.”
The other is rhema—“word,
saying, thing, remark.”
Generally speaking, we think of logos as
the Bible
and rhema as a verse in the Bible.
Both are the Word of God—one the whole,
the other a specific part of the whole.
When Paul describes the Christian’s spiritual armor
and notes the “sword of the Spirit, which is the word
of God,” the Greek word he uses for “word of God”
is rhema, not logos. Think of how Jesus defended
Himself against Satan’s temptations in the
wilderness (Matthew 4:1-11).
Three times Satan tempted Him, and
three times
Jesus rebuffed the temptation by quoting a verse
from Deuteronomy. That’s the way to use the
sword of the Spirit, the rhema of God.
Take the sword of the Spirit everywhere
you go by committing the promises and
teachings of Scripture to memory.
"The Bible is a disturbing book,
a hammer, a fire, and a sword."
Vance Havner
