The Purpose & Power Of Writing: From Logos to Rhema

Study The Word

John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Genesis 1:3
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

We’ve been taught a lot about the Word of God, and rightly so. But you need to understand there are different terms that are translated as “Word” in the Bible. The word in John 1:1 is logos, which refers to the written Word, the blueprint, the plan, the divine thought. All things were created by Him, by the logos. But there is another very important term you need to know about—rhema—which is the spoken Word.
This is where faith and writing come together to create a powerful, supernatural force in your life. You have a vision, a dream, a desire in your heart that God has given you. You write it down. And then you take that writing, and you begin to speak it out. When you do that, that logos, that written word, becomes rhema, the spoken word.
This is the process that brings about the changes you want to see!

The Bible says that through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the rhema, the spoken word of God. It’s not enough to have the written Word or to write down your vision. You must then take that written word, speak it out, and make it rhema. So you write, “This is my income for September.” Then you speak it out: “My income for September is this much, in the name of Jesus!”. You see, the written Word becomes a creative force when it is spoken by a child of God, and this is a principle you must use in your life. When there is no speaking of the written word, there is no faith. The logos is the creation; the rhema is the power in action to bring it into being.

In Genesis 3:8 it says “And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.”

This is another powerful scripture that gives us deep insight into the nature of the Word of God. The Bible says that Adam and Eve heard “the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden”. Think about that for a moment! There was a voice, and that voice had legs and was walking! This means that the Word of God is spiritual substance in it’s active form. It’s not just sound waves; it’s living spiritual substance that can be seen and heard in the spiritual realm. This voice was the spoken Word, the rhema, moving around in the garden in its spiritual substance, because Adam said “we heard it!” This is the creative Word of God, the same Word that spoke and brought the world into existence. We know that God is a Spirit, but He can exist in many different forms at the same time: on the throne, as the Holy Spirit, and as we see here with Adam, as the Spoken Word walking, and John said He is also the Written Word – logos; and that logos put on human flesh.

The Word of God is a living personality, with its own spiritual substance and form and when it puts on human flesh it is named Yeshua! This is why it is so important that you don’t treat the Word of God as just a book of stories. It is a living, active, walking, talking spiritual substance of a Person!  Now when you take the written Word – logos and then you speak the Word, you are releasing a spiritual substance into the realms and into the physical atmosphere with the dynamic creative power to bring forth into existence “…such that things which are seen were not made by things which do appear.”  So, when you say, “In the name of Jesus Christ; …in the name of Yeshua Machiach,” you are not just saying words; you are releasing a spiritual creative power with a spiritual tangibility that everything in the heavens, on the earth, and under the earth has no choice but must respond to! So when I talk it’s not empty, I release spiritual power! And as a child of God, if you do not understand this, or maybe out of ignorance you do not believe this about the Word of God you are going be a victim, it’s just a matter of time. So you better learn it and begin to practice it before the forces of the life of this world come up against you.  Start practicing the Word, doing the Word, putting the principles to work; and you will always be victorious!

Pray The Word
Heavenly Father, I thank You for Your Word—the logos and the rhema. I thank You for the understanding that the written Word becomes a creative force when it is spoken. Help me to be a doer of the Word, not just a hearer, and to turn the logos into rhema in my life.

Speak The Word
I speak the written Word of God over my life! My words are filled with the power of the Holy Spirit. I take the logos and I turn it into rhema. I frame my world with my spoken word, and I see the changes I desire, in the name of Jesus!