![]() ![]() ![]() The word logos is not only a spoken word but it is a word that refers to thoughts reasoning and expressions of what is being communicated, and not always by spoken words. “ From G3004 something said (including the thought) by implication a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive by extension a computation specifically (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (that is, Christ): It is Strong’s number G3056 and is defined as follows In our first verse the phrase “the Word” is “the Logos”. Rom 10:17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Here are a couple of verses that will be the setting and illustration for this study. I apologize for the long introduction so let’s move on to the words at hand. I have a cliché that I use a lot, “Words are important!”, especially God’s words, and of course I am referring to the understanding of God’s words as inspired by the Holy Spirit. Ok, you say “What’s the big deal?” and I say, much, humongous much! By not having a true and proper understanding of these words the church is being robbed of one of the greatest blessings taught in the scriptures. ![]() However, quite a few years later in my study on these words I found that what was being taught was only partially true in that the word ‘rhema” did refer to a spoken word, however the word “logos” never referred to a word that was written, and also not one that was always spoken with voice. My professors as well as most preachers taught that the word “logos” was the written word and “rhema” was the spoken word. They were the Greek words “logos” and “rhema”. I would like to share what I feel is the proper interpretation of some mistranslated and misunderstood passages in the near future, but before I do that I would like to build a foundation with the proper understanding of some key Greek words used in the scriptures.Īs a young believer in Bible College I was taught that there were two key words used in the scriptures translated “word” or “the word”. ![]()
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