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" WHAT ABOUT WORDS "?

WORDS! - WORDS! - WORDS! - WORDS! - WORDS !

WHAT IS A WORD?
According to Webster's dictionary the definition of word is in part,
That which is said; that which is said, a brief remark or expression,
or promise.

What does a word mean?
Theologically speaking word is the Gospel, the Holy Scriptures,
the Revelation of Jesus Christ, the Divine Wisdom, the Logos,
the I Am, Jehovah, God, the Holy of the Ages.

What does a word do?
Webster again; an articulate sound which symbolizes an idea,
to express meaning, to state a fact.

When did words originate?
Not with Webster, Not with man, but with God.
"And the Word was made flesh (Jesus) and dwelt among us and
we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father
full of grace and truth."{John 1:1}

The meaning of Word;
speech, sound, to communicate, to make known. The Word Bible
makes known God! Bible comes from the Greek word meaning Book.
Books have not always been with us, but the Word was in the beginning.
Before man, the earth, the paper, printing, or anything else!
The Word Was..The Word Will Be..The Word Was With God..
And The Word Was God!

Jesus,
(the begotten of God, born of the Virgin Mary, conceived by the Holy
Ghost), was the Word in a body of flesh! The Word was made flesh
and God was made known to man...

God...
God's Love...God's Mercy...God Is...God Always Will Be!
Jesus (the Word) brought God down to man! As God in flesh,
He was revealed to man as never before!

Some of the first recorded words that Jesus spoke:
" I must be about my Fathers business." (Luke 2:49)

The first words spoken during the temptation in the wilderness :
"Get thee behind me Satan, for it is written thou shalt worship
the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve"! (Luke 4:4)

Jesus said : "The words that I speak unto you, they are Spirit
and they are Life. (John 6:3)

" While Jesus was on the Cross, people mocked Him, spit on Him,
plucked His beard, rammed a crown of thorns on His head, gave
Him vinegar and gall to drink, pierced His side, but He opened not
His Mouth.

He spoke every word! He performed every miracle! He wrought every deed!
And when he finished the work He came to do, He willingly laid down
His life for us! He had completed His task. "It is finished'"!

There are sweet words. bitter words, thousands of words.
But one Word is greater, more powerful, more precious,
and far sweeter than any Word ever spoken or set to print.
This word was not first spoken by man, nor was in printed in a book.

It was spoken by an angel in Heaven, heard on earth, and since that
first utterance it has been spoken by more men..in more languages...
in more places...more times...by more Authors...in more books than any
other Word in the world! The Word is JESUS!

Jesus left His Throne in Glory just to shed His blood on Calvary's Cross.
That blood still covers and washes away all sin! The man Christ Jesus,
(God manifested in the flesh) came into this world and paid the greatest
debt ever paid. He paid the sin debt for all mankind. He paid it once and
for all. That debt can never be charged again!
It is Paid ! I
t is settled !
It has been taken care of !
It is finished!

John the Baptist cried, "Behold the Lamb of GOD, which taketh away
the sins of the World."
Peter said "Who his ownself bare our sins in His own body on the tree."
(I Peter 2:24}
John said "And He (Jesus) is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours
only. but also the sins of the whole world". (I John 2:2)
Paul said "Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures".(I Cor. 15:3)

"Words", "Words"
There have been many great men, there has been and only will be...
One Jesus Christ "Thou shalt conceive in thy womb and bring forth a
son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus." {Luke 1:31)
"She shall bring forth a son and thou shalt call his name Jesus for he
shall save his people from their sins." (Matt.1:21)
"His name shall be called Jesus which was so names of the angel before
he was conceived in the womb."(Luke 2:21)
God (who made the world) simply would prepare Himself a body,
then get in that body, and become our Sin Offering.
“It is Finished" became the words of triumph!

"Words" , "Words", "Eternal Words".
One God and Only One! Jesus (robed in flesh) freely provided salvation
because He is Love, and He only could love a sinner as vile as you and me.
He laid down His life so we could be set free!

God commended His love toward us "While we were yet sinners,
Christ died for us". One name and only one! (Rom. 5:8)
"Neither is their salvation in any other for there is non other name
under Heaven given among men whereby we must be saved."
(Acts 4:12)

That Name Is JESUS !

READ and OBEY ACTS 2:38 -
We do everything else in the Name Of JESUS so why not be baptized today
in the Name of JESUS for the remission of sins.

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{II JOHN 1:10/11}

Bishop J Holland Back To The Bible Bible Study Series reprint #36}
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