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by K E N N E T H E. H A G I N
MATTHEW 1:23
23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and
shall bring forth a son, and they shallcall
his name Emmanuel, which being interpre
ted is, God with us.
John 1:14
14 And the Word was made flesh and dwelt
among us...
T A
his C h r i s t m a s season let us
hi
consider the subject of the In
T h i s Being, c a l l e d Emmanuel
(God with u s ) , Jesus the Christ,
carnation—the birth of Jesus, the W o r d — t h i s Being who b e
the p r e e x i s t e n c e of Jesus, the c a m e Incarnate, had a separate
D e i t y of Jesus, the humanity of e x i s t e n c e p r e v i o u s to His c o m
Jesus, the object of His c o m i n g . ing to the e a r t h . He existed f r o m
T o o many t i m e s , folks s i m p l y the beginning—in eternity. T h i s
look at the physical side of it Eternal One was with God, with
and talk about His being born as Him in fellowship and purpose,
a little babe when actually He working with H i m . God made the
p r e e x i s t e d with the Father f r o m w o r l d s through Him ( H e b r e w s
the beginning. 1:2).
C h r i s t , while He is facing
HIS P R E E X I S T E N C E c r u c i f i x i o n , r e c a l l s the g l o r y
which He had with the Father b e
JOHN 1:1 f o r e the w o r l d was (John 17:3-5).
1 In the beginning was the W o r d , and the
The Bible plainly teaches us that
Word was with God, and the Word was God. He e x i s t e d f r o m all e t e r n i t y .
The e n t i r e Gospel of John i s (Rev. 19:16) . . . LORD AND SAVIOUR (II off and laid a s i d e . He became
Peter 3:2) . . . WORD OF GOD (Rev. 19:13).
based upon the fact that Jesus man to be a man f o r e v e r . Today
had a p r e v i o u s e x i s t e n c e with Divine attributes a r e a s c r i b e d at the F a t h e r ' s right hand there
the Father and that while He was is a man in heaven as a result of
to H i m . T h i s i s c l e a r in P h i l i p -
walking the earth He r e m e m the Incarnation.
pians 2:5-11 w h e r e Paul speaks
bered His e x p e r i e n c e s in the
of C h r i s t being in G o d ' s f o r m I TIMOTHY 2:5
other w o r l d and spoke to the F a
and that He laid aside this f o r m 5 For there is one God, and one mediator
ther of these e x p e r i e n c e s and of
and l i m i t e d His attributes and between God and men, the man Christ
when He would go back and take Jesus.
p o w e r s as God to b e c o m e a man.
up life again with the F a t h e r .
Then after His earthly l i m i t a
In M i c a h we read a r e m a r k The fact that it was possible for
tions , He had these p o w e r s given
able prophetic utterance of the Deity and Humanity to b e c o m e
back to H i m .
p r e e x i s t e n c e of C h r i s t and of united in one individual for e t e r
His coming to the earth. nity r e v e a l s the place the f i r s t
Divine offices a r e a s c r i b e d to man, A d a m , held in God the F a
MICAH 5:2 Him: t h e r ' s plan. He had c r e a t e d
2 But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though
CREATOR (Col. 1:16) . . . MEDIATOR (I Adam in His own i m a g e - - j u s t a
thou be little among the thousands of Judah,
yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me Tim. 2:4,5) . . . HEAD OF THE CHURCH shade l o w e r than H i m s e l f . Man
that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings (Col. 1:16-24) . . . SAVIOUR (n Peter 3:2) had been c r e a t e d so nearly like
forth have been from of old, from ever . . . JUDGE (II Tim. 4:1).. . PRESERVER God that it was p o s s i b l e for God
lasting. (Heb. 1:1-3) . . . L I F E - G I V E R (John 10:28)
and man to b e c o m e united e t e r
. . . LORD AND CHRIST (Acts 2:36) . . .
RESURRECTION AND LIFE (John 11:25). nally in one individual. God can
H e r e One is going to be born of
dwell in these human bodies of
the f a m i l y of Judah to be r u l e r
Divine c h a r a c t e r i s a s c r i b e d to ours. God can impart His life
in I s r a e l and His goings forth
H i m . A l l o r d i n a r y men a r e s i n and nature to our spirits and
have been f r o m old, f r o m e v e r
n e r s by nature, but Christ i s not dwell in our human b o d i e s .
lasting. He has t r a v e l e d up and
down through the e t e r n i t i e s and an o r d i n a r y man.
T H E O B J E C T OF HIS COMING
has left His footprints on the HOLY BY BIRTH (Luke 1:35) . . . RIGHT
ages. EOUS (Isa. 53:11) . . . FAITHFUL (Isa. 11:5)
MATTHEW 1:21
. . . TRUTH (John 14:6) . . . JUST (John
21 And she shall bring forth a son and
HIS D E I T Y 5:30) . . . GUILELESS (I Peter 2:22) . . .
thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he
SINLESS (II Cor. 5:21) . . . SPOTLESS (I
shall save his people from their sins.
PHILIPPIANS 2:6 Peter 1:19) . . . INNOCENT (Matt. 27:4). . .
6 Who, being in the form of God, thought HARMLESS (Heb. 7:26) . . . OBEDIENT TO
it not robbery to be equal with God. GOD (Heb. 5:8-10) . . . OBEDIENT TO HIS It has been our tendency, when
E A R T H L Y PARENTS (Luke 2:51) . . . we think of Christ coming to the
T h i s eternal Being, who was in ZEALOUS (John 2:17) . . . MEEK (Matt. earth as a man, to d w e l l upon His
11:29) . . . L O W L Y IN HEART (Matt. 11:29) s e l f - d e n i a l — H i s sufferings in
fellowship and companionship
. . . M E R C I F U L (Heb. 2:17) . . . P A T I E N T
with God, was God. He p o s coming to earth f r o m G l o r y . Y e t
(Isa. 53:7) . . . LONG SUFFERING (I Tim.
sessed the same nature as G o d . 1:16) . . . COMPASSIONATE (Matt. 15:32) as we know H i m better, we b e
He existed in the same f o r m and . . . B E N E V O L E N T (Acts 10:38) . . . L O V l i e v e that it was a joy to Him who
on an equality with G o d . ING (John 15:13) . . . S E L F - D E N Y I N G (H so loved man and so d e s i r e d his
Cor. 8:9) . . . HUMBLE (Phil. 2:5-11) . . . fellowship to dwell on earth a-
I want to g i v e you a number RESIGNED (Luke 22:42) . . . FORGIVING
of divine names and t i t l e s a s mong men that He might g i v e to
(Luke 23:34).
c r i b e d to Him which p r o v e that alienated man, who had never
He is by nature divine and a known his C r e a t o r , a true con
HIS H U M A N I T Y ception of H i m .
m e m b e r of the Godhead:
JOHN 1:14
How c l e a r l y C h r i s t r e v e a l e d
E M M A N U E L (Matt. 1:23) . . . GOD (John and appreciated this phase of
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt
1:1) . . . LORD (Luke 19:34) . . . LORD OF
among us. His m i s s i o n . John said of H i m ,
A L L (Acts 10:36) . . . LORD OF GLORY
(I Cor. 2:8) . . . W O N D E R F U L , C O U N S E L
" N o man has seen God at any
LOR, MIGHTY GOD, EVERLASTING F A T h i s Being b e c a m e f l e s h . He t i m e ; the only begotten Son,
THER, PRINCE OF PEACE (Isaiah 9:6,7) b e c a m e man and dwelt among which is in the bosom of the F a
. . . THE LORD'S CHRIST (Luke 2:26). . . us. He made His home among us ther, he hath d e c l a r e d him."
SON OF GOD (Rom. 1:4)... HIS SON (John
and we beheld the g l o r y of G o d . (John 1:18)
3:16-18) . . . MY SON (Matt. 3:17). . . O N L Y
B E G O T T E N SON (John 1:18) . . . A L P H A C o l o s s i a n s 1:15 says that He was How different was His life
AND OMEGA, BEGINNING AND THE E N D , the i m a g e of the i n v i s i b l e God. f r o m the l i v e s of the greatest
FIRST AND LAST (Rev. 22:13,16) . . . T H E When Christ became man in philosophers and t e a c h e r s of
LORD (Acts 9:17) . . . S O N O F T H E HIGH r e l i g i o n who c a m e before H i m .
the Incarnation, He became man
EST (Luke 1:32) . . . BREAD OF GOD (John
6:33) . . . HOLY ONE OF GOD (Mark 1:24) for e t e r n i t y . He did not assume T h e y had c o m e as s e e k e r s of the
. . . THY HOLY CHILD JESUS (Acts 4:30) humanity as a garment to be truth, He c a m e as the revelation
. . . KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS worn for 33 y e a r s and then cast of the truth. He said, " I am the
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edged sword, piercing even to the dividing W . E. V i n e s a y s , "utterance,
asunder of soul and spirit, and of the
commands, sayings; same as
joints and marrow, and is a discerner of
the thoughts and intents of the heart.
pouring forth the individual say
ings of G o d . "
THE SPOKEN WORD It is logos—the combined s a y C l a r k ' s c o m m e n t a r y says,
by R o y Hicks ings—the total sum of that which "It is an ability to quote the
We borrowed this teaching from a session has been r e v e a l e d — a l l the W o r d W o r d of God on p r o p e r o c c a
at RBTC which was open to the public as of God is quick and powerful, sions."
well as the students. Those of you in Hous
not just one saying. I was t h r i l l e d in my study
ton are in for a treat--see page 7.
when I saw how v e r y careful the
JOHN 1:1 Holy Spirit was to make a c l o s e
T h e r e are two words in the o r 1 In the beginning was the Word (Logos), distinction between the usage of
iginal G r e e k of the N e w T e s t a and the Word (Logos) was with God, and
the w o r d s l o g o s and rhema.
the Word (Logos) was God.
ment which w e r e translated into S o m e t i m e s " w o r d " means all
English as the w o r d " W o r d . " the combined sayings—all the
One of them is " l o g o s , " a beau Jesus is the R e v e l a t i o n of God! whole concept. And s o m e t i m e s
tiful w o r d - - a n d the other is You don't bypass Jesus to get to " w o r d " means the individual
"rhema." God. Jesus is the L o g o s of God— sayings of God which need to be
After a t r i a l in my l i f e , the the Sum T o t a l — G o d ' s R e v e a l e d said again.
L o r d led me to do a study on the Son! A f t e r I began to d i s c o v e r
word "rhema." I started with W h e r e then, does " R H E M A " some of these truths, it was with
s e v e r a l G r e e k r e f e r e n c e books, fit in? great excitement that I turned in
about 15, and soon d i s c o v e r e d It is so beautiful! And many my r e f e r e n c e s to find out wheth
that at least 75% of these books have m i s s e d it. Both logos and e r " l o g o s " o r "rhema" was used
m i s s e d it a hundred m i l e s . T h e y rhema mean the " w o r d , " both in Romans 10:17. I had known
didn't even know what "rhema" could mean a saying. But when many people who read their B i
meant. T h e y made the two D r . Ironsides c a m e to "rhema" b l e s , enjoyed reading their B i
words v e r y s i m i l a r in meaning. he read back in the c o n t e m p o r b l e s , but s e e m e d to lack faith.
But I knew that if two different a r y w r i t i n g s of the day in which T h i s had p r o v o k e d m e to think
G r e e k w o r d s w e r e used, logos that w o r d was in use. He read ing. Why was it they lacked
and rhema, then t h e r e must be of their s o c i a l l i f e , and many of faith? Didn't the Bible say,
a difference between them. I their secular w r i t i n g s . He found "Faith cometh by hearing and
kept searching until I c a m e a- out how it was used and he s u m hearing by the w o r d of God"?
c r o s s some folks who knew. m a r i z e d it by saying, "Rhema i s
One of these was D r . I r o n not a picture of a man throwing ROMANS 10:17
sides, a brilliant man of the the Bible at the d e v i l , but quot 17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and
W o r d who loved God with all his hearing by the word (rhema) of God.
ing individual sayings.
heart. W . E. V i n e ' s E x p o s i t o r y Rhema means the individual
Dictionary of G r e e k W o r d s e x sayings of God, quoted, spoken. Faith c o m e s by hearing! H e a r -
plained the d i f f e r e n c e , as did
the Dake Annotated R e f e r e n c e
Bible on page 212.
Of the w o r d " L o g o s " W . E.
Vine says that it is not the name
of an object but an e x p r e s s i o n
embodying a conception or idea
of r e v e l a t i o n , as the R E V E A L
ED W I L L OF GOD; the sum t o
tal of all the sayings of God.
L o g o s means everything r e
vealed: the sum total of all r e v
elation. If logos is the sum t o
tal of all the sayings of God,
then it is logos I hold in my hand
when I hold the B i b l e . T h e Bible
is L o g o s .
HEBREWS 4:12
12 For the word (logos) of God is quick,
and powerful, and sharper than any two-
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ing what? T h e w o r d of God! T h e to our B i b l e s . And that's all is held tnere by the power of the
whole book? N o ! T h e Rhema— right, but i t ' s not actually t r u e . spoken W o r d of God—the Rhema
speaking the W o r d of G o d . It is not a s w o r d for you until of God, which is the sharp t w o -
Faith doesn't c o m e by just you take it and speak it! You edged s w o r d , not in your hand
reading the W o r d . Of c o u r s e you don't c a r r y it! You speak it! folks, but in your mouth. That
have to r e a d the W o r d , to feed 1 would to God people would i s why in the book of Revelation
on it, or you cannot speak it. learn that s i m p l e l e s s o n . the Holy Spirit put the sword
But faith doesn't c o m e by just w h e r e it ought to be:
reading it. Faith c o m e s by JOHN 15:7
speaking it! 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide REVELATION 1:16
in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it 16 And he (the Son of man) had in his right
Faith c o m e s by your speak
shall be done unto you. hand seven stars: and out of his mouth
ing the W o r d . Faith c o m e s by went a sharp two-edged sword....
your hearing y o u r s e l f speak it.
When you speak it you hear it Do you know why it isn't a W e need to i n c r e a s e our v o
with your inner e a r . It isn't e - sword in most p e o p l e ' s hands? cabulary in the W o r d of God. It
nough to hear somebody e l s e I t ' s because they don't know it w i l l make a new person out of
say. "by His s t r i p e s I am h e a l well enough to speak it. you. It w i l l change your l i f e . It
ed." T h a t ' s good. But what a r e P e o p l e go to church all their w i l l make you a different person
you hearing y o u r s e l f say? If l i v e s and c a r r y their B i b l e s , f r o m what your parents made
y o u ' r e not saying, "with His some even teach Sunday School, you. You a r e a product of four
stripes I am healed," then faith they hear what the p r e a c h e r generations of genes in your
isn't c o m i n g from that portion p r e a c h e s - - b u t the W o r d of God s y s t e m . Some of those genes
of God's W o r d to you. Y o u ' v e is not r e a l l y abiding in them. a r e working against you bringing
got to speak it so you can hear And they can't ask what they w i l l p r e m a t u r e death. When you b e
it. T h a t ' s why the w o r d rhema and it shall be done unto them. gin to speak G o d ' s W o r d and to
is h e r e . Faith c o m e s by your And they don't have the abiding quote any portion of God's W o r d
hearing y o u r s e l f say, "with His w o r d . T h e abiding word is not — i f y o u ' l l say it and b e l i e v e it
s t r i p e s I am healed." l o g o s - - i t is rhema. long enough—you w i l l r e l e a s e
T h e Christian i s clothed with within your bloodstream, within
EPHESIANS 6:17 defensive a r m o r . But the only your physical body C R E A T I V E
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and O F F E N S I V E W E A P O N that the P O W E R . And that c r e a t i v e p o w
the sword of the Spirit, which is the word
(rhema) of God:
Christian has is the s w o r d of the e r w i l l , if n e c e s s a r y , r e a r r a n g e
Spirit, which is the W o r d (the the g e n e s .
Rhema) of God. (See Eph. 6:17.) You don't need to die p r e m a
Rhema is the s w o r d of the
W e know about the Book, e - turely like grandma, o r m o m . o r
Spirit in Ephesians 6:17! It's
nough to argue about it, and to dad, o r great grandpa did. You
not enough just to c a r r y the
debate i t . But we don't k n o w e - don't need all the things you in
book. Through the y e a r s w e ' v e
nough to quote it and speak i t . herited--because you've been
said, " B e sure to bring your
A s a result you see v e r y few born again! But the reason it
sword next Sunday," r e f e r r i n g
Christians with o p e r a t i v e faith. doesn't work for most people is
And Jesus said, "When the Son they don't talk like their new
of man cometh shall he find Father talks. T h e y don't c a r r y
faith on the earth?" (Luke 18:18). on the conversation of their new
Heavenly Father. T h e y ' r e still
talking like their mom and dad
HEBREWS l:2-3a
and grandpa did--and if they
2 (God) hath in these last days spoken unto
us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir keep talking like they talked,
of all things, by whom also he made the t h e y ' l l die like they died, and
worlds; suffer like they suffered. But
3 Who being the brightness of his glory, when we begin to speak the
and the express image of his person, and
upholding all things by the word (rhema) of
rhema of God. we r e l e a s e in and
his power, through us C R E A T I V E P O W E R !
Be careful not to defeat e v
HEBREWS 11:3 erything you b e l i e v e by letting
3 Through faith we understand that the
worlds were framed by the word (rhema)
your mouth speak unbelief. B e
of God, so that things which are seen were gin to r e l e a s e the word of faith--
not made of things which do appear. the R H E M A ! j _
Sunday, January 5, 1975 through Sunday, January 12, 1975 JACKSON, MS, at 10:30 A M over W S L I -
FM 96.3.
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FRED PRICE
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When Fred Price comes to teach at
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SWINGS
A B A L A N C E ON:
Submission
Elders
Coverings
A woman's place
Husbands and wives.