Allow the Word to penetrate into your soul and let God in. Christians don’t grow when they don’t want to know themselves. The Word will show you who are really are, your thoughts and what’s behind them, along with your heart attitudes and postures. It is both powerful and rare for someone to truly know themselves. The Word will read you through and through. #5 “it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” Perhaps the meaning is the same here, but in any case, a double-edged sword is more effective at laying open the heart to expose what is in it. Sometimes a double-edged sword refers figuratively to something with a positive and a negative consequence. #4 “Sharper than any double-edged sword,”Ĭhrist appears in Revelation with a two-edged sword from his mouth (Rev 1:16). It never changes, but the specific application and the audience change with each passing moment. Today is still today because the Word is for every day. “Today, if you hear his voice,” (Heb 3:8). By his Spirit and his warnings, the true believer will do what the Israelites had been unable to do and enter into his eternal rest. It is part of the grace of God for the eternal security of the true Christian that we would be admonished not to fall away as part of his plan to keep us from falling away. This case of usage refers to the revealed will of God, and the message to his people to persevere to the end. Therefore, because the Word is living and active, the promise still stands, as does the warning.Ĭhrist is the Word made flesh. They fell away and perished without the promise having been fulfilled. But they did not enter that rest because of their unbelief. The author has been explaining that the Israelites were saved out of slavery in Egypt and promised a great “rest” in the Promised Land as God’s children. Breaking Down the Key Parts of Hebrews 4:12 Our hearts are laid bare before his Word, his Truth, and his understanding. God is alive and active, so his Word is alive and active. Nothing about our own motives, our own desires, our own hearts, is hidden from the Word of God, though it is hidden from ourselves. It has been said that if we read the written Word with faith, then it begins to read us. It refers to the will of God (Gal 1:4), the truth of God (Jn 17:17), the good news of Jesus Christ (1 Pt 1:25), the decrees of God (Jer 22:29), the Holy Scriptures (Mt 15:6), and the Son of God (Jn 1:14). The Word is a mysterious and powerful force. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” Explanation and Commentary on Hebrews 4:22 “For the word of God is alive and active.
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