We Have The Word
Of Yahweh Through His Son-- Psychology
(ancient Greek:
psyche = soul and logos = word) is the study of mind, thought, and behaviour.
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God's Final Word in His Son
1 God, after He spoke R1 long ago to the fathers in the R2 prophets in many portions and in R3 many ways, 2
in R4 F1 these last days has R5 spoken to us in F2 His R6 Son, whom He appointed heir R7 of all things, through R8 whom also He made the world. R9 F3 3
And F4 He is the radiance of His glory and
the exact representation R10 of His nature, and upholds R11 F5 all things by the word of His
power. When He had made purification R12 of sins, He sat R13 down at the right hand of the
Majesty R14 on high,
(1)
We
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WORD -
wurd: The commonest
term in the Old Testament for "word" is dabhar
(also "matter" "thing"); in the New Testament logos
("reason," "discourse," "speech"); but also
frequently rhema. Rhema
is a "word" in itself considered; logos is
a spoken word, with reference generally to that which is in the speaker's
mind. Some of the chief applications of the terms may thus be exhibited: (1) We have
the word of Yahweh (or God; see below) (a) as the revelation to the patriarch, prophet, or inspired
person (Genesis
15:1; Exodus
20:1; Numbers
22:38, etc.); (b) as spoken forth by the prophet (Exodus 4:30; 34:1; 2 Kings 7:1;
Isaiah 1:10,
etc.). (2) The word is
often a commandment, sometimes equivalent to "the Law" (Exodus 32:28; Numbers 20:24; Deuteronomy 6:6; Psalms 105:8; 119:11,17; Isaiah 66:2,
etc.). (3) As a promise
and ground of hope (Psalms
119:25,28,38, etc.; 130:5, etc.). (4) As creative,
upholding, and preserving (Psalms 33:6;
compare Genesis
1:3; Psalms
147:15,18; Hebrews
1:3; 11:3;
2 Peter
3:5,7). (5) As
personified (in Apocrypha, The Wisdom of Solomon (6) As personal
(John 1:1).
Logos in Philo and Greek-Jewish philosophy meant both reason or thought and
its utterance, "the whole contents of the divine world of thought
resting in the Nous of God, synonymous with the
inner life of God Himself and corresponding to the logos endiathetos
of the human soul; on the other hand, it is the externalizing of this as
revelation corresponding to the logos prophorikos
in which man's thought finds expression (Schultz). Compare also the
references to Creation by "the word of God" and its
personifications; see LOGOS; incarnated in Jesus Christ (John 1:14; 1 John 1:1,2; Revelation 19:13,
"His name is called, The Word of God," Ho Logos tou
Theou). See PERSON OF CHRIST. (7) Cannot be
broken, endureth forever (2 Kings 10:10;
Psalms 119:89;
Isaiah 40:8,
etc.). (8) A
designation of the gospel of Christ: sometimes simply "the
word"; with Jesus "the word of the Kingdom" (Matthew 13:19; Mark 2:2; Acts 4:4,29,31,
etc.). In John's Gospel Jesus frequently speaks of His "word" and
"works" as containing the divine revelation and requirements made
through Him, which men are asked to believe in, cherish and obey (John 5:24; 6:63,68,
etc.); "the words of God" (John 3:34; 8:47; 14:10; 17:8,14,
etc.); His "word" (logos and rhema) is to
be distinguished from lalia, speech (compare Matthew 26:73; Mark 14:70),
translated "saying," John 4:42 (4:41,
"Many more believed because of his own word" (logos); 4:42,
"not because of thy saying" (lalia), the
Revised Version (British and American) "speaking"); in the only
other occurrence of lalia in this Gospel (John 8:43)
Jesus uses it to distinguish the outward expression from the inner meaning,
"Why do ye not understand my speech?" (lalia), "Even because ye cannot hear my
word" (logos). (9)
"Words" are distinguished from "power" (1 Corinthians
4:20; 1 Thessalonians
1:5); are contrasted with "deed" (Malachi 2:17; 1 Corinthians
4:20; 1 John
3:18). (10) Paul refers to "unspeakable words" (arrheta rhemata) which he heard
in For
"word" the Revised Version (British and American) has
"commandment" (Numbers 4:45,
etc.); for "words," "things" (John 7:9; 8:30; 9:22,40; 17:1),
"sayings" (John 10:21; 12:47,48);
for "enticing words," "persuasiveness of speech" (Colossians 2:4);
conversely, "word" for "commandment" (Numbers 24:13; 27:14; Joshua 8:8,
etc.), with numerous other changes. W. L. Walker |
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