Title: The Word Came to Me

Topic: Word

Summary: The Bible is a large block of text that hasn't changed for a couple of thousand years; yet it describes "the word of the Lord" as a living force that speaks directly to people about what is going on in their lives and surroundings. How can we reconcile these two views?

Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.

References:
Genesis 15:1-2
1 Samuel 15:10-11; 2:12-14, 17; 3:4-10, 15-18; 15:13-14, 22
2 Samuel 7:4; 24:11-12
1 Kings 6:11-14; 12:22, 24; 17:1-4, 8; 18:1; 19:9; 21:17, 27-28
2 Kings 20:1-7
1 Chronicles 22:6-10
Psalms 105:17-19
Jeremiah 1:1
Jonah 1:1-3; 2:10; 3:1, 3; 4:9
Zechariah 4:8-14
Luke 3:2-3, 8, 10; 12:20
Acts of the Apostles 22:6-10

1816. 'Who brought you forth out of Ur of the Chaldeans' means the first state of the external Man. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'Ur of the Chaldeans'. The maternal part of the Lord which He received by birth, that is, what had been inherited from the mother, is what is meant here by 'Ur of the Chaldeans'. The nature of this has been described already. It was out of this maternal part, or what had been inherited from the mother, that He was 'brought forth' every time He overcame evils and falsities, that is, the hells.