As I take it into my heart and get it deep into my soul, I know it will empower me to speak Your Word with mighty strength and authority. Lord, I know that Your Word has the power to defeat every adversary in my life. That’s when demons start to tremble in terror! Then when you are confronted by a challenge from the demonic realm, the Holy Spirit will be able to reach down into the reservoir of God’s Word you have stored up on the inside of you and pull up the exact scripture you need for that moment.Īs that quickened rhema word from God begins to first fill your heart and mind and then come out of your mouth, it becomes that “two-mouthed sword” described in the Scriptures. This is how you take the first necessary step in giving the Word a “second edge” in your life. So begin to willfully take the Word into your spirit by meditating on it and giving it a place of top priority. You and God have come into agreement, and that agreement releases His mighty power into the situation at hand! The moment it comes out of your mouth, a second edge is added to the blade! Nothing is more powerful than a word that comes first from God’s mouth and then from your mouth. That supernatural word simply lies dormant in your heart, never becoming the two-edged sword God designed it to be.īut something happens in the realm of the Spirit when you finally rise up and begin to speak forth that word. The Word of God remains a one-bladed sword when it comes out of God’s mouth and drops into your heart but is never released from your own mouth by faith. The second edge of this sword was added when the Word of God proceeded out of YOUR mouth! One edge of this sword came into existence when the Word initially proceeded out of God’s mouth. Next, it came out of your mouth! When it came out of your mouth, it became a sharp, “two-edged” - or literally, a “two-mouthed” - sword. You want to release it out of your mouth! And when you did, those powerful words were sent forth like a mighty blade to drive back the forces of hell that had been marshaled against you, your family, your business, your ministry, your finances, your relationship, or your body.įirst, that word came out of the mouth of God. Soon you couldn’t contain it any longer! Everything within you wanted to declare what God had said to you. You’ve received a word that came right out of the mouth of God and dropped into your spirit! That word from God was so sharp that it cut right through your questions, intellect, and natural logic and lodged deep within your heart.Īfter you meditated on that rhema, or that quickened word from God, it suddenly began to release its power inside you. At that moment, you are consciously aware that God has given you a verse to stand on and to claim for your situation. Here’s an example of a rhema or a quickened word: You are praying about a situation, and suddenly a Bible verse rises up from inside your heart. In the New Testament, the word rhema carries the idea of a quickened word. As noted, the term “word” is taken from the Greek word rhema, which describes something that is spoken clearly, vividly, in unmistakable terms and undeniable language. Ephesians 6:17 calls it “the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God” ( see February 8). The Word of God is like a sword that has two edges, cutting both ways and doing terrible damage to an aggressor. Thus, when these two words are compounded into one ( distomos), they describe something that is two-mouthed! Don’t you agree that this seems a little strange? So why would the Bible refer to the Word of God repeatedly as a “two-edged sword” or, literally, a “two-mouthed sword”? Why is it so odd? Because it is a compound of the word di, meaning two, and the word stomos, which is the Greek word for one’s mouth. The phrase “two-edged” is taken from the Greek word distomos and is unquestionably one of the oddest words in the entire New Testament. Notice that this “two-edged sword” came out of Jesus’ mouth! Why would Jesus have a sword in His mouth? Shouldn’t the sword have been in His hand? What is the significance of the “two-edged sword” referred to in Hebrews 4:12? If you start looking, you’ll find out this phrase regarding a “two-edged sword” appears all over the New Testament, so it must be pretty important.įor instance, when the apostle John received his vision of Jesus on the isle of Patmos, he said, “And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength” (Revelation 1:16).

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword.…

A quick word from god