As we read the Scriptures, it is not long before we realize that God is serious about what He wants us to do and to be. But a Scripture that confronts us with this reality can make us uncomfortable and make us try to lessen its impact in some way. We should stop doing that. The Word of God has the power to transform us. And we should let it confront us, let it impact us, and let its power come through with full force.

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Show Notes:

Some Scriptures in the Bible are so confronting that we read them and say, “Did God really mean that?” These are Scriptures we tend to avoid or try to interpret in some way that lessens their impact. We know we should believe them, but because we struggle with our flesh, we have trouble accepting verses about God’s love for us or His power within us. We need to change our response to the Word and realize that God means what He says when He tells us what He wants us to become and what He wants us to walk in.

Rather than downplaying these Scriptures, we need to let them confront us. Rather than avoiding them, we should meditate on those Scriptures that impact us the most. There is power in the Word of God. If we receive His Word, then He empowers us to walk in that Word. The fact that we cannot do it in ourselves is the very reason we need to let His Word work in us. If God says it, He means it, and He intends for us to get it. We should do nothing less than let the full force of His Word penetrate our hearts and begin to change us.

The Word of God is the greatest power in existence. It is literally the power of God that transforms us into new creatures. It is not by any work of our own. Have you been struggling in yourself to walk with God and break through into His promises? Simply receive a Word from God with the same force it had when He spoke it. Receive the full power of that Word and let it transform you. When you do that, you enter His rest because you are not trying anymore. We all need this, and we reach in together for a greater faith in God’s Word.

Key Verses:

• Galatians 5:14. “LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.”
• John 17:20–21. “That they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us.”
• John 17:23. “That the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me.”
• Colossians 2:9. “In Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form.”
• John 20:21. “As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”
• Ephesians 3:13–19. “Know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.”
• 2 Corinthians 5:17. “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature.”
• Romans 8:11. “He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies.”
• Hebrews 4:1–11. “There remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God.”
• Hebrews 4:12–16. “The word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword.”

Quotes:

• “The Father is in Christ and Christ is in the Father and they are in us. How can I live a normal life if I believe that the Creator of the universe lives in me?”
• “Why are we to understand and know the love that Christ has for us? Because if we know that love, we will be filled up to all the fullness of God. We have to take this at absolute face value. This is not a parable. This is not Paul teaching us through parables or through some other type of literary context. He is saying what he means, and he is meaning what he says.”
• “When we read these verses, we see that they are in us now. And we see that this Word is powerful to create everything that has been spoken. And we see that it is the Sabbath. These things are finished. They’re not for a future day.”

Takeaways:

1. We recognize that the Scriptures can be very confronting. But the reason is that God wants to confront us with the reality of what He is telling us to be.
2. We need to crack the shell around us that does not let the Word impact us to the extent that we say, “God is saying this, and I must become it now!”
3. God does not tell us to do something that we cannot do. If He says something, then He empowers us to do it.

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