The WORD of God ..the Word of God..where God's WORD lives

Colossians 3:16
The WORD of God . . . the Word of God . . . where God's Word Lives . . .

"It has become a family story..."
Ben went to the doctor who lifted his shirt and listened to his heart
with a stethoscope.
"What are you doing?" asked little Ben.
"I'm listening to your heart," was the reply.
"Jesus is in there, " said Ben, matter-of-factly.
"I think I hear Him," said the doctor with a smile.

My young grandson Ben's statement to the doctor: "God is in
there!" comes close to summing up what genuine Christian faith can be:
God in US! … incarnational faith!
Paul says in Colosians: Let the word dwell in you richly!

WHAT IS THE WORD OF GOD ??
The Bible? The Bible is God's WRITTEN Word. It is probably the first thing
that comes to mind, especially for those of us brought up in the
Christian church. We believe that the Bible is God's revealed Word on
salvation. It is a great and good thing to have the words of the
Bible hidden in our hearts. But the Bible is the written Word that tells us of the WORD.

JESUS CHRIST is God's WORD. He is the LIVING Word. John in the
Prologue to his Gospel says, "In the beginning was the WORD!" The
text says "Let the WORD dwell in you!" To have the WORD in us is more
than Bible memorization: the living WORD can come and live within us!
In Ephesians 3:17, a similar passage, instead of saying "Let the Word
dwell in you.." Paul says "That Christ may dwell in your hearts by
faith.."

But with Jesus Christ LIVING-- ALIVE in you and in me... WE the CHURCH-- become THE WORD INCARNATE!
Three great miracles of INCARNATION
-- the Bible, which exists to testify of
the WORD,
and the Church (made up of born-again believers)-- speak to a world that
is hungry for God.

It is our task to abide in Jesus, the WORD, and to let His WORDS
abide in us-- and then we can share in His mission to let the world
come to know God:
We are called to be HOLY; not simply so that we can bask in our
goodness, but so that Christ can indwell us, and speak of His love and
righteousness and grace to a world that wants to know God!
We are given what is necessary for us to live this CHOSEN life:
God's peace; His Word; and His great name-- the name of Jesus!
Into the Privilege of Christ’s Presence in the Sacrament of Communion
As we Invite the Living WORD to abide in us!