John 1 The Theology of Apostasy (part two)

The Theology of Apostasy

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

[John 1]

 

From the Gospel of John to the Revelation of John, the phrase ‘Word of God’ is identified with a person.  The ‘word of God’, the divine logos in the verse above became flesh in the anointed one, Jesus.  But, throughout the biblical record, the ‘word of God’ is a broader concept: the person and presence of the Spirit speaking to those who are listening. To grasp this, is to understand the primary theological root of our 21^st century apostasy from the faith.  The cause of our following after ‘the doctrine of devils’ is a basic category confusion.  We do not know who the word of God is.  When we hear the phrase, “Word of God”, do we think biblically?  Or do we already have the seed of antichrist beginning to grow?

To be as clear as possible: the beginning of our corporate departure from the faith is to be found in identifying the ‘word of God’ with the Bible.  The impulse to speak of ‘the Word of God’ as precisely equal to the written biblical corpus is to start down the road to complete apostasy. 

The irony is obvious.  Those who speak of apostasy most often are those who claim that only the Bible is the Word of God…meaning pragmatically: their interpretations of a printed document.  There simply must be no confusion on this point: the word of God is primarily the light of the world. The ‘word of God’, though a phrase, is theologically speaking, a verb!  When we listen to the Spirit, as we sense the light within, as we center down into the divine presence, then God’s Message is quickened, made alive to us, the living and powerful Word.