August 17, 2025 · Pastor Jesse Stokes

     7 metaphors for God’s Word
     1. A sword that pierces
     2. A mirror that reveals
     3. A seed that reproduces
     4. Bread that satisfies
     5. A light that guides   
     6. Armor that protects
     7. Honey that sweetens
 

     "For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart." — Hebrews 4:12
 

     "And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account." — Hebrews 4:13
 

     "For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who            acts, he will be blessed in his doing." — James 1:23-25
 

      "Well then, am I suggesting that the law of God is sinful? Of course not! In fact, it was the law that showed me my sin. I would never have known that coveting is wrong if the law had not said, 'You must not covet.' But sin used this command to arouse all kinds of covetous desires within me! If there were no law, sin                would not have that power. At one time I lived without understanding the law. But when I learned the command not to covet, for instance, the power of sin came to life, and I died." — Romans 7:7–10
 

     “The seed is the Word of God.” — Luke 8:11
 

     "Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God." — Matthew 4:4
 

      A person can live: 40 days without food, 4 days without water, 4 minutes without air, but only 4 seconds without God
 

     "How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!" — Psalm 119:103
 

     How to read the Word

     1. Slowly

     2. Consistently

     3. Relationally

     4. Obediently

     5. Communally