Heb 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Heb 4:13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
soul -- (life) and spirit -- (mind)
joints -- (bones) and marrow -- (muscle)
The word of God is so precise, so knowing, that to think it could divide the very life from the mind two things so closely united is just mind boggling. We might say that the life and mind are divided all the time in the brain dead and maybe that's true but we're talking about something that is so exacting and discerning that it can do this while we live our lives not lay in a bed in a deep coma kept alive by machines. The whole point of this example is to show the precision of the word of God, the power of the word of God. Dividing bone from muscle- something that is easy? Some might say yes, with a very sharp knife and that's the entire point. The word of God is sharper than any two-edged sword. The word of God is that sharp, exacting, powerful dividing instrument. The word of God is a discerner of thoughts and intents of heart. Think about it! Something that can discern your thoughts, something that can know that intents of your heart. God can do this. Jesus, the word made flesh, the written word of God are all so powerful and yet so often not even considered as such.
Heb 4:13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
God knows all. People might think they are hiding their thoughts, their intents but nothing is hid from God, nothing! Some mock this fact that God knows them and they set out to defy Him, challenging Him. God is so far above our human pettiness and anything that stems from deception and lies that our challenges, our defiance only hurts us and our lives not Him. He's saddened by our consistent backsliding away from Him and His pure love and that is why forgiveness is such an unfathomable gift. Yes, His anger is shown throughout the Bible and it's justified. His love overwhelms it all because with a word we could have been taken out of existence altogether. By the grace and mercy of God we are alive and we can live for Him.
No, our thoughts and the intents of our hearts aren't always something God would approve of and we need to fall at the feet of Jesus daily asking for forgiveness for all the sin in us. Thousands of years of sin is a heavy weight upon the worlds people and soon by the grace of God it will all be over, sin will be no more. Please Lord help us to be ready for Your return, loving You, knowing You and You knowing us all by Your grace, Your forgiveness, Your righteousness.
Amen.
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