Hebrews 4:12-13.

“For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.”

Usually these verses are used to describe attributes of the Bible. The Bible is living and active, etc. Let me suggest that the “word of God” described in these verses is Jesus Christ. Note the masculine pronouns “his” and “him” used in describing the “word of God”. These masculine pronouns suggest that the “word of God” is a masculine person.

The progression of these verses climaxes in verse fourteen where Jesus the Son of God is identified as our High Priest.

Let’s try this…

“For Jesus Christ (instead of the word of God) is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account having then a High Priest, Jesus the Son of God…”

There's A New River

The Apostle Paul when going to a new city to teach about Jesus Christ ordinarily started his teaching in the Jewish synagogue. When he came to the city of Thyatira (Acts 16) there apparently was no synagogue. So he inquired about where people went to pray and found out it was down by the river. So that’s where he went.

Social media, like Facebook, is the new river… that’s where the people are.

I write articles which are available on my blog. The interesting thing about a blog is that you can track views. The other day I wrote an article and sent it and the link to it out to my email lists and also published it on the Parkway Facebook page. It garnered about thirty views. Then I put the article and the link to it on my personal Facebook page and it garnered sixty-five views. Keep in mind that the article can be read without clicking on the link. So these views were of people who not only read the article but clicked on the link. What does that mean? It means that many more people read it than those who clicked on the link.

Some people don’t like Facebook and say things like… “nobody has that many friends”. I have friends on my Facebook page who are clients, family members, volleyball players (my hobby), etc. Why? So they can see a side of me that they would not ordinarily see… the side of me that is devoted to the scriptures and its interpretation.

Don’t be content to just teach in the “synagogue”. Go look for them down by the river or wherever they are so that many, not few, can hear God’s word.