MIDWEEK BIBLE STUDIES
Wednesday in the Word
December 14, 2011
The Integrity of the Word
(Doing the Word Produces a Predictable Outcome)
FOUNDATIONAL TEXTS
- James 1:22
- The deception of your “own selves” is when your mind and body overrides the Word that has been downloaded in your spirit.
- I Thessalonians 5:23
- The real you is your spirit. This is the eternal part of you that is God.
- At the moment of salvation, God downloaded the fullness of who He is in your spirit. (Scripture reference – Hebrews 12:9)
- In your spirit, you are god. (Scripture references – Psalm 82; St. John 10:34)
- The mind and the body influence the spirit.
- Romans 12:1-2
- The body has no chance of being saved; however, you can immerse the mind in the Word to transform it.
- Whatever is natural can be altered by the words that created it.
- When the spirit is strong [by hearing and doing the Word], your spirit can take on the body and the mind.
- Romans 12:1-2
- Romans 2:13
- Just – to be made right or to be corrected by the Word. In other words, you are walking in the manifested reality of the Word.
- Ecclesiastes 10:7
- Sinners profiting and saints struggling is an unjust situation that need to be justified or corrected.
- Isaiah 48:17
- When the Lord is in the believer’s life, He teaches you how to profit.
- II Timothy 3:16-17
- You cannot remain poor or disadvantaged reading and doing the Word.
- Profiting is a byproduct of doing the Word.
- Life and health are in every Word.
- Ecclesiastes 10:7
- Just – to be made right or to be corrected by the Word. In other words, you are walking in the manifested reality of the Word.
- Hebrews 4:1-2
- God’s rest is the place of reigning in life. (Scripture references – Romans 5:17; I John 4:17b)
- You speaking to and moving the mountains in your life are the “us” referenced in Hebrews 4:2. (Scripture references – St. Mark 11:22; St. Matthew 21:19)
- I. The integrity of the Word
- Integrity – honesty, trust, soundness (God’s word can be trusted); God’s word testifies of His character, power, and faith.
- The universe is designed to be governed by the Word and words.
- St. John1:1
- The Word is Jesus.
- The Bible is your personal edition of God speaking to you to transform or change the world.
- A word is a unit of language that functions as a principle carrier of meaning and thought.
- God uses words to grasp His thoughts. In other words, you read God’s thoughts to gain concept of His intentions for His people.
- Jesus is God’s thoughts and intentions towards man.
- St. John1:1
- II. God’s word is a matter of His integrity.
- Either God is to be believed or nothing He has said or done can be trusted.
- In other words, God and His word are one. (Scripture reference – St. John 10:30)
- If you are not doing the Word, by implication you are saying you do not believe God.
- Psalm 12:6
- The purity of the Word means that the Word has not been diluted by circumstances or limited thinking.
- When you immerse yourself in the pure words of God, you transform your mind from natural limitations to the supernatural ability of God.
- For example, Daniel was transformed by renewing his mind to such a degree that when placed in a den of lions, the lion would not devour him.
- Circumstances cannot control you when you become a doer of the Word
- The word of God is seven times more powerful than any negative situation you face.
- III. The dynamics of how the Kingdom works
- Mark 4:26-27 – (Parallel passages – St. Luke 8 and St. Matthew 13)
- The kingdom of God works the same way a farmer plants seed and sees harvest.
- The word of God is seed; your heart is the ground. So then, seed in the hands of a skilled farmer is the same as the word of God in your heart [coming out of your mouth].
- In an apple seed is the apple tree and all its many apples; likewise, encrypted in the seed of the Word is your full harvest.
- In other words, God has placed everything you will ever need in the seed of His word… healing, prosperity, long life and health, employment and wealth and your heart [doing the Word] will cause the seed to produce.
- The pure Word will change the natural order of the things it created (water from a rock, bread from heaven; money in the mouth of a fish; an impotent man made to walk; 2 fish and 5 loaves feeding 5000+).
- The Word has capabilities beyond your imagination. (Scripture reference – Ephesians 3:20, KJV & The Amplified Bible)
- Mark 4:26-27 – (Parallel passages – St. Luke 8 and St. Matthew 13)
© 2011 George Matthews Ministries