The False Power of Knowledge

“let no one keep defrauding you of your prize by delighting himself a basement and the worship of angels, taking his stand on visions he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind…" Colossians 2:18

I've recently written a book by Benjamin Wicker which helped me to see how the Gnostic heresy of the first century has been rebirthed in the 21st century

The Gnostics believed that they had a divine spark of knowledge within themselves. This spark of knowledge enabled them to live in a spiritual realm, apart from common man. The apostles Paul and John continually battled against this heresy.  Man does not need a divine spark of knowledge, hidden from the rest, but rather, needs to receive the direct and clear revelation of God through Jesus Christ. "You shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free." The Truth is Jesus Christ.

The Gnostics believed that because they had this divine spark of knowledge they were completely redeemed. They now had a viewpoint which others could not see. They had knowledge which others did not possess.

In the same way, there are modern Gnostics who believe they are gifted from on high with a divine spark of knowledge. They would not use the term "divine" because they are, for all practical purposes, atheist. They neither look to nor expect a word from the Almighty. Instead, they believe that the forces of nature have so converged in the chemical makeup of their body and mind, that they are the anointed for this day.

As you make decisions about your world, go to the only source of divine knowledge available to us today – the Holy Bible. It will be "a light into your path, and a lamp unto your feet."

In His Grace –

Randy White

A Materialistic World

“In the beginning, God created…”   Genesis 1:1

Our world is dominated by one particular worldview – materialism. Materialism is the idea that matter has always existed, always will exist, and thus is all that matters. Materialism denies a transcendent (in a different realm) Creator.

We most often think of materialism in an economic sense. A "materialist" is one who "gets all he can, cans all he gets, and sits on the cam!" His behavior displays the fact that, for him, matter is what matters.

But a materialistic worldview goes beyond economics. The belief that abortion is acceptable grows out of a materialistic worldview. When life becomes a matter of chemical makeup rather than the creative work of an Almighty God, then it is not a problem to reconstitute those chemicals. In fact, all morality comes from your view on materialism. Materialists believe that right and wrong are determined based upon how one's behavior affects the matter around them. Thus, for a materialist, right and wrong can only be determined by the situation at hand.

Reject materialism! Adopt a theistic worldview that understands that a transcendent, Almighty God spoke matter into being. As the creator, he is also the sustainer. Morality is now based not on the matter at hand but on the character of the God created matter

In His Grace;

Randy White

The Cosmic Patriot

“But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you” (Matthew 6:33).

GK Chesterton, and amazing philosopher, theologian, author, and social commentator of England, born in 1874, used to refer to himself as a Cosmic Patriot. I love the phrase!

I love patriotic things. I feel good when I hang the flag on my front porch. There are few things better than a fireworks display along with patriotic music. Something about the love for country brings out the best in mankind. There is within us a natural desire to be patriotic. Everywhere I have ever traveled, I have found that people love their country, even when their country is far from lovable. Patriotism is a human trait.

But as Christians it is important for us to remember that we are really not citizens of any earthly nation. We are just pilgrims, passing through. Our real citizenship is in the Kingdom yet to come. Our real patriotism should be towards that Kingdom.

Years ago, we used to sing a lot of Cosmic Patriot songs. The songs are still memorable to many of us. Songs like "Onward Christian Soldiers "or "Marching to Zion."  But in these days our songs do not focus on the Kingdom to come.  Nor do our lives.

Will you join me in Mr. Chesterton in a quest to become a Cosmic Patriot?

In His Grace –

Randy White

Heavenly Father, may my focus today not be on "these things" but rather on the Kingdom that is to come. In Jesus’ name! Amen.

Temporarily Best

Why are the nations in an uproar And the peoples devising a vain thing? Psalm 2:1

Aristotle, one of the philosophers of ancient Greece, who 300 years before Christ, had some surprising words to say about democracy. He referred to a democracy as that government in which "the majority" makes the rules, but they do it for their own personal good. His preference was not a democracy, but rather a Republic (he called it a polity), in which the majority still makes the rules, but they do it for the common good.

When the Scripture speaks about a democracy, it refers to "the peoples devising a vain thing." I'm not sure that Aristotle ever read Psalm 2, but both King David and the Greek philosopher had the same idea. I think King David and Aristotle would also agree that it's not so much who rules, but how they rule!

Because of the depravity of man, a Republic provides the safest measure towards government for the common good than any other form of government. Even in a Republic, however, the common good is often overlooked for vain things. This is the reason why republics, along with all other forms of government, rise and fall.

While a Republic may be temporarily best for our time, the good news is that One is coming will receive the nations as His inheritance (Psalm 2:8). When his kingdom is established, "then all these things shall be added unto you."

In His Grace –

Randy White

Heavenly Father, help us to do our part to make the temporary best the best it can be. But help us never lose sight that the best is yet to be! In Jesus’ name. Amen.

An upside down world

2 Corinthians 12:14  Here for this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I do not seek what is yours, but you; for children are not responsible to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

Several years ago Hillary Clinton, currently serving as Secretary of State, wrote a book entitled "it takes a Village." Her premise was that society joins together to raise children. While it's true that each of us have been blessed by our communities and neighborhoods, Hillary Clinton got it all wrong!

But the former First Lady really was just repeating what society has been saying for years. There is a predominant worldview that places the "village" in a predominant position. Such a worldview is fundamental to the problems that we experience in our society today. We live in a world in which the state has become the provider. Our founding fathers had no such idea. They were convinced and convicted – even willing to give their "lives, fortunes, and sacred honor" – that the state was the "child" and thus was the servant of "We the people."

Let me propose an alternate worldview. It is a worldview that is foundational to the Christian life, and has been the understanding of conservative generations since the days of Adam and Eve. Here is the worldview: it doesn't take a village, IT TAKES A PARENT!

Men and women have a natural desire and a supernatural command to procreate. They do this so that they can eventually build a village! In the village they will have opportunity to fully express their individuality. All the needs of the body, soul, and spirit will have opportunity for expression within the village. But remember, at the bottom of it all is the family unit.

When we turn the world upside down and create a nanny state, with the state providing for the children rather than the children providing for the state, we are in for a rough ride!

In His Grace –

Randy White

Heavenly Father, give me the vision to see the attack on the modern family.  Give me the wisdom to know how to stand in defense. In Jesus’ name! Amen.

Former Glory, Coming Glory

“They sang, praising and giving thanks to the LORD, saying, “For He is good, for His lovingkindness is upon Israel forever.” And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the LORD because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid. Yet many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ households, the old men who had seen the first temple, wept with a loud voice when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, while many shouted aloud for joy…” Ezra 3:11-12 (NASB)


After two years of difficult work, the returned nation of Israel had been able to lay the foundation stone of the Temple of God, destroyed more than 70 years earlier by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. It was a moment of joy and unequalled importance for the nation. The Temple was the center point of Jewish life. The day had been prepared for not only in construction matters but in worship matters. The choirs, orchestras, and crowds gathered in unprecedented array for this monumental event in history. Absolutely nobody there would ever forget the second month of the second year, when the foundation stone was laid. Years later, they would remember every detail.


The young rejoiced. The old men cried. They were tears of joy, no doubt, but also tears of sadness for the loss of the former Temple. The tears said, "We remember how it was." To this day, those tears are shed by the Jewish people on the ninth day of the Hebrew month Av--the day that both the first and second Temples were destroyed.


On the 9th of Av the Jews mourn, but someday the Jewish nation will once again rejoice with the construction of the third Temple. We know this Temple will be rebuilt because it plays a prominent role in the prophecies about end-times. We also know that this Temple will be desecrated by the Antichrist (in an event called the Abomination of Desolation).


The Temple was formerly a place of glory, and is a coming place of glory. The ultimate glory will come when the Son of Man comes and establishes His throne in Jerusalem. For that glory I pray!


Our Father, as we pray for the peace of Jerusalem, we know that its ultimate peace is found in the coming Messiah. The coming rebuilding of the Temple is exciting, but our real prayer is "Thy Kingdom come!" In Jesus' Name! Amen

Properly Placed Fear

So they set up the altar on its foundation, for they were terrified because of the peoples of the lands; and they offered burnt offerings on it to the LORD, burnt offerings morning and evening. Ezra 3:3 (NASB).

When the Hebrew nation returned from exile in Babylon to rebuild the Temple, they faced local residents who had taken "squatters rights" over the 70 year period of absence.  As you can imagine, these local residents were not happy with the return of the rightful owners.  Regardless of length of absence, the ownership of the land had never been legally removed.  Having no legal basis, the only recourse for the locals was terrorism, not unlike today's situation in Israel.  The Hebrews feared the locals, who would continually be a problem in the building process (see Ezra 4:4, as well as the account of a later return in the book of Nehemiah).


In addition to their legal rights (they not only held title to the land but also had the decree of Cyrus the Great), the Hebrews had two things that helped them overcome their fear.

First, they had an internal unity among themselves.   Ezra 3:1 says "the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem."  In  Matthew 12:25 Jesus says that "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand."  This is an easy concept on the surface, but in the midst of conflict it is hard to recognize that "I" might be part of the problem!  Was it Pogo who said, "We have found the enemy, and it is I!"  Groups in conflict can overcome the external enemy only when they gather together as "one man."

Second, they had an overarching desire to please God over man.  In the verses following (vv. 4-6) we are given a clear picture that the people were unified under the banner of the Lord.  Under the Lord their individual differences began to disappear and their focus became obedience to the law and the celebration of the feasts and observances of the festivals and offerings as given in the law.  In other words, they had a properly placed fear, not in the local residents but in the Lord Himself.

Were they afraid of the local residents?  Yes, they were.  But this fear was overcome by internal unity and God-directed devotion.  May it be so with us!

"Our Father, help me to see what divides me from others, place in me a desire to honor You, and give me the courage to act when I am afraid.  In Jesus' Name!  Amen."

Helping the Jewish Remnant

 ‘Every survivor, at whatever place he may live, let the men of that place support him with silver and gold, with goods and cattle, together with a freewill offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.’ ”   (Ezra 1:4 NASB)

After Cyrus the Great recognized that God had placed him on the throne of Persia to help the Jewish people return to their homeland and restore the Temple [see the previous post], he gave two instructions:  First, the instruction to the remnant was to return to rebuild the Temple, but only if “God’s Spirit had stirred” within them (v. 5).  Second, the gentile neighbors of those who return were to help pay the bills!  This is the heart of verse 4, “let the men of that place support him.”

In today’s world, God is calling the Jewish people home a second time (Isaiah 11:11).  By the tens of thousands the Jewish population is returning to Israel to live out their lives in the Promised Land.  So, should the Christian population join as the neighbors of these Jews and help pay the bills for their return?  I believe so!

I believe so for several reasons—

• When God worked through the gentile Cyrus, this was the plan of finance that He used.
• the God worked through the gentile Artexerxes and sent Nehemiah back to rebuilt the walls, this is the plan He used.
• God's word compares the second return to the first, thus allowing us to make the connection of the plan of God for the first to the second.
• The Apostle Paul returned to jerusalem to "bring alms to my nation" (Acts 24:17).
• In Luke 7:1-5 Jesus healed a gentile's servant.  Those around Jesus used the argument that “he [the gentile] is worthy for you to grant this to him, for he loves our nation and has built us a synagogue.”  Jesus honored this by healing the servant.
• Corenelius, a gentile, was chosen to receive a special visitation from God.  The reason given is because his almsgiving to the Jewish people had risen as a memorial before God (Acts 10:1-4).

When Cyrus heard the heart of God that the Jewish people were to return, he not only took action himself, but he said, “let the men of that place support” those who return.  The “men of that place” were gentiles.  Now, in these days, God has called His people home a second time.  Those of us who are “the men of that place” should, a second time, financially support that return.

If you are interested in avenues of support, contact me!

God's Mysterious Choice

Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and He has appointed me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.  (Ezra 1:2 NASB)

The King of Persia (Iran) was used of God to release His people from captivity and rebuilt the Temple of Jerusalem.  If God can use an enemy King, He can use anyone!

It is fabulous how clearly Cyrus recognized the appointment he had from God.  I am afraid that few of us realize the fantastic and precise plan that God has developed for us.  We wander aimlessly, getting a glimpse of purpose from time to time, but rarely confident in our appointment from God.

Often our appointments from God can be seen in what God has given us, as was the case for Cyrus.  Because he had been given “all the kingdoms of the earth” (do a little research on Cyrus the Great and you will find the truth of this statement), Cyrus had a sacred obligation to build a temple for the God from whom he received his power.

What has God placed into your hands?  In those possessions lie your appointments.  Look over what God has given you and prayerfully ask how to fulfill the appointment that comes with the possession.

Lord, I have not gained resources apart from Your will.  Since you have willed these resources into my hands, I have an obligation to fulfill the purpose for which you gave them.  Today reveal the appointment of my possessions, and I will obey.

The Slide

Judges 19:30 All who saw it said, “Nothing like this has ever happened or been seen from the day when the sons of Israel came up from the land of Egypt to this day. Consider it, take counsel and speak up!”(NASB95)

Judges 19 is perhaps one of the oddest, most disgusting chapters in the entire Bible.  It is a story of infidelity, homosexuality, rape, and murder.  It is only comprehensible as you read the context.  In chapter 18 we see the tribe of Dan gladly bringing foreign gods and their priests into their camp.  Into chapter 19 then, in the tribe of Benjamin, we see the slide of society into moral degradation, to the point that the people come together in shame, saying “nothing like this has ever happened” in Israel.

When a society looses its spiritual compass, its moral compass will be lost as well.  Without spiritual values, there is no objective basis for moral values.  This is the reason that our society now suffers from rampant crime, sexual perversion, and other sure signs of advanced moral decay.  When the Ten Commandments become nothing more than a historical reference, society is in the advanced stages of the slide into moral degradation.

Do you know the Ten Commandments?  Could you easily name each of the Ten?  Could your children do the same?

If our society does not regain spiritual values, soon we will be saying (if we are not already) “nothing like this has ever happened” in America.  Moral sewage will permeate all of life.

Lord, you know what man is, that he is filled with wickedness.  Grant us the desire and the will to walk with You.  Without You we are on our way to moral degradation.  Amen. 

Clear Information

“…Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles   until the times of the Gentiles  are fulfilled. Then there will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars;  and there will be anguish on the earth..”  Luke 21:24-25

Everyone wants to know what is going to happen in the future.  How will the world end?

Some say the world will end in fire,

Some say in ice.

From what I've tasted of desire

I hold with those who favor fire.

But if it had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate

To say that for destruction ice

Is also great

And would suffice.

-Robert Frost

Though we may not know the times, we do have an amazing volume of information about the end of the world. 

We are currently in “the times of the Gentiles” spoken of by Jesus (and by Paul in Romans 11:25).  Soon, however, these times will be “fulfilled”, and the last years of history will begin, years in which there will be “anguish on the earth”. 

There is a way of escape!  The Bible is clear that Christian believers will not experience “the wrath to come.”  The rapture is the “blessed hope” for the believer.  If you are not a believer, there is no hope outside repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. 

Are you ready?

Father, thank you for the blessed hope I have in Christ.  He is my ark that shelters me from the flood, the blood of the unblemished lamb that saves me from the destroyer. Amen.

God Depends on Nothing

Then they burned the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its fortified buildings with fire and destroyed all its valuable articles. (2 Chronicles 36:19)

Solomon’s temple had been the hub of worship for the Jewish nation for 410 years.  Its importance was not only spiritual, but historic, political, and patriotic.  It was the representation of the heart and soul of Israel.  And with its fall, the nation was carried off to Babylon for 70 years.

The nation had become smug and self-satisfied.  God had sent word again and again, but each herald was mocked, each word was despised, each prophet was scoffed.  This took place until the anger of the Lord rose to the point of no return.

But the people of God felt that they were protected because the Temple was in Jerusalem.  They were the chosen ones!  God’s home was in their hometown!

 

For the next 70 years, the nation was reminded how little God depended on them!  They had 70 years to contemplate their need for God.  These 70 years were fulfilling the 70 Sabbath years that should have been observed over the previous 490 years—Sabbath years which the people had chosen to disregard.

God gets His way!  We must be humble ourselves before Him.  God does not need us, but we are in desperate need of Him!

In His Grace;

Dr. Randy White

Observing the Passover

Thus the sons of Israel who were present celebrated the Passover at that time, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days. There had not been celebrated a Passover like it in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet; nor had any of the kings of Israel celebrated such a Passover as Josiah did with the priests, the Levites, all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.  (2 Chronicles 35:17-18 NASB)

Josiah the King, having had a revival of the Word of God, came back to a complete obedience to the Torah.  This involved a cleansing of the temple as well as a cleansing of the heart.  It also involved coming back to a correct observance of the Feasts of the Lord.  In Josiah’s day, after revival, the people came together and celebrated the Passover in a manner that had not been observed since the days of Samuel—over 400 years earlier!  In this lengthy period of time the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread had become meaningless, the sacrificial lamb had been left unslain, and the heart of the matter had been forgotten.

In modern times, it has been nearly 2,000 years since the Jewish people have fully observed the Passover.  Without a Temple, which was destroyed in AD 70 by the Romans, it is impossible to carry out the sacrificial system required in the Passover.  For these thousands of years the Jews conclude their Passover with the prayer, “next year, in Jerusalem!” 

Since 1967 the Jews have been able to celebrate Passover in Jerusalem.  However, they still do not have a Temple and are thus unable to sacrifice the Passover Lamb in the manner prescribed in the Law.  The prayer, “Next year, in Jerusalem!” now has the meaning of praying for the rebuilding of the Temple.

Observant Jews are in a state of mind to rebuild the Temple.  This state of mind is stronger than at any time in the past 2,000 years.  The forces toward rebuilding are monumental.  The reconstruction of the Temple will open the door for the final days of mankind with the arrival of the Antichrist.  The temporary mosque will be removed and the next Temple will be reconstructed.  The end is near.

If you are a gentile, you can have a Josiah-like reformation of your own worship.  As you get back to church, get into the Word, or ask God to renew a right spirit, you will experience personal revival that may—as in Josiah’s day—spread beyond yourself and affect the entire community…or even nation!

In His Grace;

Dr. Randy White

Get it from the Book!

Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king saying, “Hilkiah the priest gave me a book.” And Shaphan read from it in the presence of the king. (2 Chronicles 34:18 NASB)

King Josiah was a good king!  He began his reign as a child, and did not walk in the evil ways of his fathers.  His desire was to serve the Lord with a whole heart.  In carrying out this desire, he began a cleansing of the temple and an attempt to get it back in order.  While cleansing the temple, Josiah’s servants found “a book” which had been neglected.  This book was the book of the Law.  When Josiah heard from its contents, he tore his clothes in grief, saying, “great is the wrath of the Lord which is poured out on us because our fathers have not observed the word of the Lord, to do according to all that is written in this book” (2 Chronicles 34:21).

How far we have gotten from “the Book” in so many ways!  We are more concerned about the way we’ve always done it or the way we want to do it than the way the Book tells us to do it.  We believe that the Book is open to our individual interpretation.  We pick and choose the parts of the Book we want to trust and obey.  We claim the “priesthood of the believer” or the “autonomy of the church” to override the teaching of the Book.  Or—most frequently—we are ignorant of the contents of the Book and the clear teachings of the Book.

We like to say we are a people of the Book more than we like to be a people of the Book.  Take the Book today, read a chapter looking for God’s clear Word, and obey!

In His Grace;

Dr. Randy White

The God of Second Chances

Thus Manasseh misled Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the sons of Israel. (2 Chronicles 33:9 NASB)

Manasseh was an evil king.  He reigned 55 years in Jerusalem, and committed every kind of despicable act that a King of Judah could possibly commit.  He rebuilt the pagan altars his dad had broken down, he built new altars to the Baals, he even built pagan altars in the temple itself.  He delivered his sons to the pagan Canaanite gods in the valley of Ben-hinnom (which became synonymous with hell in the New Testament).  He practiced witchcraft and sorcery.  He contacted the dead in séances.  He desecrated the temple.  He was as bad as it gets.  So bad, in fact, that God had enough.  In punishment, God sent the Babylonians who captured Manasseh and bound him in chains and carried him off to Babylon in utter humiliation.

It was there that Manasseh got religious!  Manasseh began to beg God for the return of his dignity and his kingdom.  Fat chance, right??!!

God heard the prayer.  God answered.  Manasseh was returned.  Manasseh had a second chance.

And if that isn't grace, there is no such thing.

So if God can forgive, renew, and restore Manasseh...don't you think that you should show a little grace as well?

Keep going…and going, and going!

Joshua 13:1 "…You are old and advanced in years, and very much of the land remains to be possessed." (NASB95)

Just because we've been at it a long time does not mean we're finished, or even about finished!

Joshua had been fighting in the Lord's army since his early adulthood, being drafted as a spy into the Promised Land. Having spent 40 years in the wilderness, watching a generation of faithless die, he now had experienced great years of conquest, watching the Lord fight for Israel like she had never before experienced.

But it was too soon to retire! The Lord still had great things in store for this man who was "old and advanced in years" (that's Bible talk for "Really, really, old!").

What about you? Has your journey been long? Don't retire too early! God may have His best work yet still in store.

In His Grace;

Dr. Randy White

When God is Not There

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Even in the matter of the envoys of the rulers of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of  the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone only to test him, that He might know all that was in his heart.  (2 Chronicles 32:31 NASB)

Hezekiah the King had some great stories to tell!  When the King of Assyria came to attack, having defeated all the surrounding nations, he taunted Hezekiah and the city of Jerusalem--but God gave a great victory to His people and Sennacherib went home in shame.  When Hezekiah came down with a terminal illness, he cried out to God and his life was spared.  God had been with him every step of the way and had given him every benefit for leading Judah.

The work of God in Jerusalem through Hezekiah was so amazing that the Babylonians (at this time a rather insignificant horde) took notice of what was happening.  The King of Babylon sent envoys to Jerusalem to see for themselves what God was doing.  As they began their journey, God did something unusual...He left!

That's right!  God left Hezekiah to handle this one on his own.  God wanted to see the heart of Hezekiah.  God had done so much for this man.  Now that He had an opportunity to give God the praise and glory, what would he do?  Would he honor God's Holy name?  Would He praise God for the bountiful blessings he had received from His hand?

Instead, Hezekiah proudly showed his treasure rooms and boasted of his own accomplishments.  God sat in the shadows and listened...never hearing mention of His name.

Perhaps it is mostly in times of victory that God leaves us alone to test us?  And when He does...do we praise Him for the blessings, or do we boast of our own ingenuity, strength, wisdom, and hard work?

In His Grace;
Dr. Randy White

Two Words

John 1:1 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

John 1:1 is a great verse of scripture teaching the diety of Jesus Christ.  Using the greek word logos, John describes Jesus as “in the beginning” and “with God” and, in fact, “was God”.  This verse tells us of the pre-existence of Jesus (that is, He existed before He was born as a baby in Bethlehem).  It teaches of the divine nature of Jesus (that is, He was and is God, and this is His eternal state).  It even teaches of the Trinity (He was both with God and was God, expressing the “one essence, three persons” of God).

Some mistakenly interpret this verse to combine Jesus and the Scriptures into one, eventually saying that the Bible, as truth, becomes equal to Jesus, the Truth.  This not only is a misunderstanding of the text (one that is prohibited in the Greek language but becomes available in English thinking), but removes the “personhood” of both Jesus and the Holy Spirit.

In this scripture, when John says that Jesus is “the Word”, there is no connection between that and the printed page of scripture.  While we might say “open the word to such and such a passage”, we do not mean that the word of God and the Word who is Jesus are one in the same.  In English printed word, spoken word, and figurative word are all the same “word”.  In Greek, logos means “expression” and graphe means “printed word” or scripture.

Jesus is the logos but not the graphe.  Jesus is one of three unique persons of the Trinity.  Jesus is the Son of God, the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity, and the scripture is the inerrant revelation of God in printed form.  Take care not to make any of them one and the same!

In His Grace;

Dr. Randy White