In the Scriptures we read that Jesus Christ is the Word of God. Rev 19:13 tells us "The Word of God" is His name. John started of his gospel message by using "The Word" for the name of Him - "In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. …. and the Word took on flesh. Gen 15:1 has the word being seen in a vision and speaking to Abram. So the Word is a person and that spoke to Abram, took on flesh, and a revelation of Him reveals He is named "The Word of God".
He is called that for a reason, and the reason is that like Abram we can hear from Him in words!
Indeed, those that wrote the writings we like to call the Word of God, did so by hearing from Him whose name is called the Word of God. My point is that they knew Him who talked to them personally as "The Word of God" where as too many Christians know what others heard and wrote down as "The Word of God".
So if you want a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ you need to understand that He is the Word of God!
Which is to say that you need to seek Him and what He personally has to say to you. Then you would personally hear from Him and come to know Him as the words He personally speaks to you!
That doesn't mean you would stop reading and studying the Scriptures, because you would still want to know what He said to others! But it would mean that you would understand there is a difference between Him being the Word of God to you and the Holy Scriptures being the Word of God to you. The difference is the personal relationship you would come to have with Him.
For example - another person and myself by both write that the Word of God says that God loves me, but the meaning might be quite different. Because is know Jesus Christ as the Word of God I mean that I hear Him tell me personally the words "I love you." A person that considers the Bible the Word of God to them, reads in the Bible that God loves them. That is fine but they don't hear the words 'I love you" directly spoken from the Lord to them personally.
The difference is huge. The first time I heard Him personally tell me those words it brought so many tears to my eyes that I had trouble seeing the stop sign that I was approaching, because I was driving at the time and talking to Him.
When the relationship with God becomes personal it really hits you hard - that God would actually take the time to talk to you personally just shakes you up. That He would actually tell you personally that He love you specifically is just incredible. So isn't it worth the time and energy to develop a real personal relationship with Him by getting to know Him as the Word of God?
He is called that for a reason, and the reason is that like Abram we can hear from Him in words!
Indeed, those that wrote the writings we like to call the Word of God, did so by hearing from Him whose name is called the Word of God. My point is that they knew Him who talked to them personally as "The Word of God" where as too many Christians know what others heard and wrote down as "The Word of God".
So if you want a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ you need to understand that He is the Word of God!
Which is to say that you need to seek Him and what He personally has to say to you. Then you would personally hear from Him and come to know Him as the words He personally speaks to you!
That doesn't mean you would stop reading and studying the Scriptures, because you would still want to know what He said to others! But it would mean that you would understand there is a difference between Him being the Word of God to you and the Holy Scriptures being the Word of God to you. The difference is the personal relationship you would come to have with Him.
For example - another person and myself by both write that the Word of God says that God loves me, but the meaning might be quite different. Because is know Jesus Christ as the Word of God I mean that I hear Him tell me personally the words "I love you." A person that considers the Bible the Word of God to them, reads in the Bible that God loves them. That is fine but they don't hear the words 'I love you" directly spoken from the Lord to them personally.
The difference is huge. The first time I heard Him personally tell me those words it brought so many tears to my eyes that I had trouble seeing the stop sign that I was approaching, because I was driving at the time and talking to Him.
When the relationship with God becomes personal it really hits you hard - that God would actually take the time to talk to you personally just shakes you up. That He would actually tell you personally that He love you specifically is just incredible. So isn't it worth the time and energy to develop a real personal relationship with Him by getting to know Him as the Word of God?