jt: Then how would you interpret
the following Caroline:
"The sower sows the Word" (Mark
4:14) What is this Word and who is the Sower?
Jesus said "My Word hath no place
in you" (John 8:37) so here He separates his Word from His
person.
"The Word of God grew and
multiplied" Acts 12:24 - Jesus is at the RH of the Father in Heaven so what is
growing and multiplying here?
"Receive with meekness the
engrafted Word" (James 1:21)
"Be ye doers of the Word and not
hearers only deceiving your own selves (James 1:22)
Caroline:
Spiritual time and space is different from
physical time and space. We are in Christ and He is in us. Those verses refer
to His life in us and for us. He is called the Word because we don't have a
good English translation for 'logos'. It's a Greek idea describing the "logic"
of the universe as well as the source of this governing principle. Grecian
Jews also thought of logos as the wisdom of God, his power in creation and his
communication with us. It's a huge idea :-)
When it comes to describing God, words and human
concepts are inadequate. We have to make do with poetry and metaphors as well
as propositional statement. Here are some of the best statements:
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the
truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through
me."
1 John 1:2 The life appeared; we have seen it and
testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the
Father and has appeared to us.
Jesus Christ is Word. He is Eternal
Life. He is Truth. He is the
Way.
