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You Can’t Imagine

God allowed the fall in the Garden for His glorious purpose. God is calling you much higher. Eye has not seen, nor has ear heard, nor has it entered into the heart of any person. You can’t imagine.

Don’t Be Deceived

Don’t be deceived by a fake resistance controlled by the same demonic powers that control the rest of the multi-faceted false-prophet media-education system. The Holy Spirit will guide you.

Man’s chief difficulty

Man’s chief difficulty seems to be simply this:

in his limited and finite understanding he does not have the vision

of greater and vaster and higher and deeper and broader expanses of God’s Truth.

~ “Feast of Tabernacles”

What’s the Difference Between Rhema and Logos?

What’s the difference between rhema and logos? If you look around the Internet, you will find many opinions. Some think there is a difference and others think there is no difference. Here are some of the popular opinions. Don’t take them too seriously. Don’t let them make your head spin. They are just opinions. Although most of those who seek to answer this question assert that they have the final answer, when you read their reasoning, you can’t get down to true premises that actually prove their claim.

Quotes from random webpages:

Rhema is what flows from one person to another as a personal communication. Logos is what God wants; rhema is what God wants of me. Logos is the right way to act; rhema is the right thing for me to do in this specific situation. Logos is education; rhema is revelation.

Rhema is taken as the spoken word or the teachings of the Christ himself, Logos refers to Jesus himself.

Logos as a concept in Greek means a written word. Thus, bible itself is Logos.

When you hear a sermon in the church coming straight from the mouth of a minister, this is the Rhema.

Rhema is the right now word, word from HIM that gives you a sense of direction and joy and excitement of knowledge.

Rhema word is the word for your current situation telling you what to do.

Logos is the uttering of Christ himself; it is the spoken word communicated through Bible. Thus, Bible is an example of Logos.

Logos is the entire communication process.

The Spirit’s voice in our hearts is one example of rhema.

In the Bible, rhema refers to speaking, regardless of who is doing the speaking.

Rhema means (spoken) word, whereas logos includes thought (hence logic)

Rhema is not just the spoken word, but any means by which the Logos (the substance of what is being communicated) is conveyed. Written text, spoken text, text in Hebrew, Greek, English, etc are Rhema. Logos is discerned from Rhema.

Rhema is expression only versus logos as the thought from which expression springs.

A rhema is a verse or portion of Scripture that the Holy Spirit brings to our attention.

Logos refers to the total inspired Word of God and to Jesus.

Rhema occurs as words leave one’s lips.

That was a listing of what various theologians think. It could make you a little dizzy. Most of that doesn’t hold up when you look at the definitions of the two words or when you look at how the words are used in Scripture.

Here are the actual translations of the two words:

4487 ῥῆμα rhema [hray’-mah]

from 4483; n n; TDNT-4:69,505;  [{See TDNT 431 }]

AV-word 56, saying 9, thing 3, no thing + 3756 1, not tr 1; 70

1) that which is or has been uttered by the living voice, thing spoken, word

1a) any sound produced by the voice and having definite meaning

1b) speech, discourse

1b1) what one has said

1c) a series of words joined together into a sentence (a declaration of one’s mind made in words)

1c1) an utterance

1c2) a saying of any sort as a message, a narrative

1c2a) concerning some occurrence

2) subject matter of speech, thing spoken of

2a) so far forth as it is a matter of narration

2b) so far as it is a matter of command

2c) a matter of dispute, case at law

 

3056 λόγος logos [log’-os]

from 3004; n m; TDNT-4:69,505;  [{See TDNT 431 }]

AV-word 218, saying 50, account 8, speech 8, Word (Christ) 7, thing 5, not tr 2, misc 32; 330

1) of speech

1a) a word, uttered by a living voice, embodies a conception or idea

1b) what someone has said

1b1) a word

1b2) the sayings of God

1b3) decree, mandate or order

1b4) of the moral precepts given by God

1b5) Old Testament prophecy given by the prophets

1b6) what is declared, a thought, declaration, aphorism, a weighty saying, a dictum, a maxim

1c) discourse

1c1) the act of speaking, speech

1c2) the faculty of speech, skill and practice in speaking

1c3) a kind or style of speaking

1c4) a continuous speaking discourse-instruction

1d) doctrine, teaching

1e) anything reported in speech; a narration, narrative

1f) matter under discussion, thing spoken of, affair, a matter in dispute, case, suit at law

1g) the thing spoken of or talked about; event, deed

2) its use as respect to the MIND alone

2a) reason, the mental faculty of thinking, meditating, reasoning, calculating

2b) account, i.e. regard, consideration

2c) account, i.e. reckoning, score

2d) account, i.e. answer or explanation in reference to judgment

2e) relation, i.e. with whom as judge we stand in relation

2e1) reason would

2f) reason, cause, ground

 

Looking at both words as they are used in Scripture, they refer to the spoken word of God in most cases, but sometimes they refer to other words spoken that were not from God.

Here’s an example where Jesus is talking about words the people speak. He uses both the word “rhema” and the word “logos.”

Matthew 12:36-37  But I say unto you, That every idle word <rhema> that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.  For by thy words <logos> thou shalt be justified, and by thy words <logos> thou shalt be condemned.

There may be a difference, but I don’t see it. When I sought the Lord on the matter, it seemed to be something not to be concerned about. Both words mean speech. Mostly, they refer to a word from God. Those words may be spoken by God directly or through a person.

Here’s what God has emphasized to me. He knows how to communicate with His people. We hear His voice. We know His voice. We can discern it from other voices.

The way God showed it to me, God speaks through the Bible and every means of divine revelation mentioned in the Bible. In the Old Testament, where the translations say “word” the original text is saying “spoken word.” When preachers read “the word of God,” they often assume the passage is speaking of the Bible. It is a much more general term. If you have the Bible, you have the word of God because God speaks through the Bible. That doesn’t mean you hear the word of God since you may just hear your preconceived ideas and never listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit.

God also speaks through the things He does. Here are two examples where God speaks through what He does.

Acts 5:30-32  The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. Him hath God exalted with his right hand [to be] a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. And we are his witnesses of these things (rhema); and [so is] also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.

Luke 1:37 For with God nothing <rhema> shall be impossible.

He also gave us the first chapter of Romans in which He says He has revealed everything that can be known about God and the Godhead. And then, He indicates that these things can be seen through the things God has created. Also, God refers to the gifts of the Spirit as the manifestation in 1 Corinthians 12.

We’re Learning to Lean on Jesus

I’m learning to lean, learning to lean, learning to lean on Jesus. Finding more power than I’ve ever dreamed. I’m learning to lean on Jesus.

You might think you already know some things. if so, you will have trouble hearing Christ. Learn to lean on Him rather than your own understanding.

Don’t Get Ahead of God’s Leading

Christ leads, teaches, and corrects all who follow Him. We need to make sure we are following Him and not leading Him. If we are following Christ, He may command us to command something in the world around us. He may command us to say to a sick person, “Be healed.” When we yield our mouths to the Holy Spirit, Christ can say, “Be healed.” through us. If we get out ahead of God, we can start commanding things God never asked us to command. We need to live in His teaching. We need to live in His leading. We need to live in His correcting word when we get confused or get ahead of Him.

Is Evolution a Fact?

Is evolution a fact? It depends on how you define evolution. If evolution is simple life forms changing over time until you have all the variety of life we can observe today, then evolution is a story. It’s an explanation of the observable universe that fits a certain philosophy. If evolution is the changes we observe from one generation to another, then evolution is a fact. We can observe scientific facts over and over. We can’t observe the story about millions of years. That story is one of the explanations of things like changes we observe from one generation to another.

Why Are Things So Crazy?

Here’s why things are so crazy. (TWO MEMES)

And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness more than light, because their deeds were evil. John 3:19

And They All Get Put in Boxes and They All Come Out the Same

And they all get put in boxes, and they all come out the same. Don’t let the world squeeze you into its mold. Break free. Realize who you are in Jesus Christ. Christ wants to transfigure into His image and likeness as a powerful instrument of His glory. If you look to Him, He will show you the way. If you allow the world to bind you, you may miss out on your destiny.

Avoid This Or It Will Lead You Into an Endless Problem.

Avoid this mistake. Here is the simple way of thinking that will make wisdom flow to you and bring knowledge to you. Most people can give a reason for what they think. Some people can’t even do that. They just make statements with nothing behind them. They are shallow thinkers making bare claims. If you ask them how they know, they can’t answer the question. Usually, they just change the subject and make another mindless bare claim. Deep godless thinkers can give a reason for their claims. They offer proof. However, they can’t prove their proof.

Example:

A man says, “Evolution happened over millions of years.” You ask, “What makes you think so?” The man says, “It’s science.” You ask, “What have scientists observed that proves evolution?” The man says, “Fossils! They have observed fossils?” You ask, “What makes you think the observed fossils prove evolution happened over millions of years?” And this can go on with an infinite regression of unproved proofs. On a subject like this, a well-educated evolutionist might be able to continue for an hour or longer before the evolutionist either runs out of things to say, circles back to circular reasoning, or just realizes it’s all made-up stuff.

That’s what the infinite regression fallacy is all about. Without truth, all claims end up in this mess of fallacies. A wise person will begin to question his or her reasoning and realize that ALL truth is hidden in Christ. Everyone already knows this. Some people are in denial and don’t want the righteousness that comes with Jesus Christ.