So many Christians are struggling with their personal identities in this generation, and the Holy Spirit is the only One Who can really tell us who we are and why we’re here.
You may wonder why the Holy Spirit is the only One Who can tell us that, but the answer is really simple. He doesn’t speak His Own message (John 16:13), but He will tell only what He hears from the Father.
In the natural realm it is usually your Dad or your Mom who are the ones to attempt to show you who you are in the Natural world, so it stands to reason that it would be your Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit Who will relay to you who you really are in the Spirit realm.
As I was studying about the identity of Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit took me to John 1:1, and while I have read this verse 100s of times before, this time the Holy Spirit showed me something that I had never seen before.
“In the beginning [before all time] was the Word ([a]Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself.” John 1:1
In the Greek, the word “WORD” here is “Logos” which is written Word or “something said” previously, so when I read this, I was confused because I always thought that Jesus Christ, (which is Who’s being talked about here), was the “Rhema Word” or “Inspired (Living) Word.”
What I didn’t understand was that Jesus Christ was placed into Mary’s womb as the “Logos”, but when the Holy Spirit came upon Mary and Overshadowed her, that “Logos Word” was Transformed into “Rhema Word” by the Quickening Power of the Holy Spirit!
“Then the angel said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you [like a shining cloud]; and so the holy (pure, sinless) Thing (Offspring) which shall be born of you will be called the Son of God.” Luke 1:35
In much the same way that Jesus Christ was transformed by the Holy Spirit from “Logos” into “Rhema”, that’s also happening in each of us as the Lord is continuing to Inscribe His Word upon our hearts and minds!
That’s why each of us should be able to say, “For me to Live is Jesus Christ Living in me and the life that I now live is by the faith of the Son of God!”
You and I are being Transformed into A Living Word or a message from Heaven, not written on tablets of Stone, but upon human hearts to be read of all men (2 Corinthians 3:3)!
This Word isn’t legalism, and it isn’t religious do’s and don’ts. It is an example of the very relationship that the Lord desires for us to have with Him, for the Letter (legslism) kills, but the Holy Spirit gives life (2 Corinthians 3:6).
While anyone can teach doctrine, not just anyone can connect you with the Living God, except for those Who have encountered Him firsthand and been Transformed by His Presence and Power.
Allow the Lord Jesus Christ to continually touch your life! Let Him Transform you by the Renovation of your mind, and watch as the Holy Spirit transforms that Logos Word within the pages of your Bible into a Living Rhema Word that He writes upon the tablet of your heart!
Don’t just Preach the Message; BE THE MESSAGE!
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