Sermon
#1045 Miscellaneous Sermons
Title: CHRIST
– THE WORD OF GOD
Text:
Revelation 19:13 “His name is called The Word of God.”
Scripture Reading:
Subject: Christ
The Word of God
Date: Tuesday Evening – October 6, 1992
Introduction:
The doctrine declared by this name is of immense importance. All our knowledge of God, all our hopes of grace and life, all our salvation depends upon it. If Christ is not the very Word of God, then we have no Savior, and we have no hope. “His name is called The Word of God!” Realizing the immense importance of this subject, I ask for your careful attention. My message will not be lengthy, but it is very, very important. So give me your attention.
In the New Testament, our Lord Jesus Christ is
frequently referred to as the Word of God.
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John 1:1-3
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Hebrews 4:12-13
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II Peter 3:5
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I John 1:1-3; 5:7
Proposition:
Jesus Christ our Lord is the Word of God.
Some, seeking to undermine the Scriptures, have
suggested that the Apostles got their idea of the eternal Logos, the eternal
Word, from the writings of Plato. But that is not accurate. Plato got his idea
of the eternal Word from the Old Testament Scriptures and from the writings of
the ancient Jewish theologians (Ps. 138:2).
One reason for using this name for Christ is the fact that the ancient Jewish writers frequently referred to Messiah as the Word of God. So the Apostles, especially when writing to Jewish believers, used this name to refer to Christ. But what is the significance of this name? Why is the Lord Jesus Christ, our Savior called “The Word of God”? That is the question I want to answer tonight from the Scriptures.
I. First,
let’s look at John 1:1. Christ is called the Word of God Because
He Is The Son of God.
As the Word, whether silent or expressed, is the
birth of the mind, the image of it, and equal to it, so Christ is the only
begotten of the Father. He is the express image of the invisible God. Indeed,
he is God, in all things equal with the Father. This is John’s doctrine in John
1:1-2.
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“The Word was God!”
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“The same was in the beginning with God!” Face to face with,
equal to God.
Yet, as the Word and the mind are distinct from one
another so the Father and the Son are distinct Persons within the triune
Godhead. This is John’s doctrine in I John 5:7.
So when the Scriptures declare that Christ is the
Word of God they are telling us that…
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He is God.
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He is the Only Begotten of the Father.
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He is a Distinct Person from the Father.
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He is One with the Father.
Jesus Christ
is God revealed, so much so that he says, “He that hath seen me hath seen
the Father” (John 14:4-11).
II. Christ is
called the Word of God Because He Is The Living Word of Whom The Written
Word Speaks – (Luke 24:27, 44, 45).
Everything recorded in Holy Scripture speaks of Christ Jesus. Christ is “all the counsel of God” (Acts 20:27; I Cor. 2:2). We preach “all the counsel of God” when we proclaim to men the Person and Work of Christ.
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All the Old Testament Scriptures Promise Him.
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The Four Gospels Present Him.
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Acts, the Epistles of the New Testament, and Revelation Proclaim Him.
The written word is like a gold chest. Christ is the
Jewel it contains. The Bible is not a book of morality, a book of politics, a
book of science, or even a book of religious dogma. It is a Book about Christ!
Cherish the Bible. It is the inspired Word of God, infallible and without
error. But it is to be cherished because of the Person revealed in it. Take
Christ out of the Book and you have nothing left but processed wood with
leather bindings and gold edges.
III. Christ
Is Called the Word of God Because of The Works Ascribed To Him.
A. He
is the Word of God who spoke for God’s elect in the council of peace and
covenant of grace before the world began (Ps. 40:6-8; Heb. 10:5-10).
In the council chambers of the Triune God Christ
spoke for us, as our Surety, agreeing to do his Father’s will for the
accomplishment of our salvation.
1. His blood is the blood of
the everlasting covenant (Heb. 12:20).
2. His blessings are covenant
blessings (Eph. 1:3; II Tim. 1:9).
B. Christ
is The Word of God by whom all things were created (John 1:3; II Pet.
3:5).
1. He spoke all things into
being out of nothing.
2. He upholds all things by the
Word of his power – (Heb. 1:3).
C. As
the Word of God, Christ is the Revelation of God’s Being and the Interpreter of
His Will (John 1:18).
It is not possible for man to know God except in and
through the Lord Jesus Christ!
D.
Moreover, as the Word of God, Christ is our Advocate with the Father
(I John 2:1-2).
He speaks to God on our behalf. He makes
intercession for us in the presence of God.
1. Who is our Advocate? –
“Jesus Christ the Righteous!”
2. What does he ask for? – The
non-imputation of sin!
3. What is the basis of his
intercession? – “He is the propitiation for our sin!”
4. For whom does he make
intercession? His people (John 17:9, 20).
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His Chosen, Redeemed People.
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His Called, Believing People.
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His Tempted, Tried People.
E. It
is Christ, the Word of God, by whom we are granted and preserved in Eternal
Life (Heb. 4:12-13).
As in the old creation, so in the new creation of
grace, all things have their being by Christ, the Word of God. Notice what Paul
tells us in this passage. Christ, The Word of God, is…
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Living!
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Powerful!
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Dividing!
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Discerning! (vv. 12-13).
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Encouraging! (v. 14).
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Sympathizing! (v. 15).
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Helping (v. 16).
Application:
Christ is The Word of God because…
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He is the Son of God.
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He is the One of Whom the Scriptures speak.
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He is the One by whom God is known to us and in whom we are known of
God.
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Christ is God’s Exalted Word. (Ps. 38:2)
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Christ is the One Exalted in The Word.
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Let us ever Exalt Him as The Word.