The Words of God Are the Wellsprings Of Life
Once again: meanings, meanings, meanings.
Once again: meanings, meanings, meanings.
The words of God are the wellsprings of life. As you seek unto those living springs you will, through the Holy Spirit, be brought into communion with Christ. Familiar truths will present themselves to your mind in a new aspect, texts of Scripture will burst upon you with a new meaning as a flash of light, you will see the relation of other truths to the work of redemption, and you will know that Christ is leading you, a divine Teacher is at your side. —MB 20
Words of God= scripture
The wellsprings of life= living spring, fountainhead
Seek= properly, to seek by inquiring; to investigate to reach a binding (terminal) resolution; to search, "getting to the bottom of a matter."
Living springs= a fountain, spring
Communion= properly, what is shared in common as the basis of fellowship (partnership, community).
Relation= relationship, connection, correspondence= com "together, with (each other)" + respondere "to answer"
The words of God are the meanings of life…every word from the mouth of God brings us life….
When we try to get to the bottom of a word (those living springs) we will be brought into communion with Christ: we have a basis for fellowship, a relationship….
Familiar truths, understandings, meanings will present themselves from a new angle….
Texts of Scripture will burst, breaking with loud noise upon YOU with new meaning….(see burst below)
You will see the relation of other truths….
And you will know, have meanings, understanding that Christ is leading you….
Once again, we have it: meanings, meanings, meanings.
Meaning= sense, that which is intended to be expressed; Mean: significance, import; Significant= having a special or secret meaning
King James Bible, Hebrews 4:12:
"For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."
Piercing= From dia and the base of hikanos; to reach through, i.e. Penetrate -- pierce.
Quick= having vital power in itself and exerting the same upon the soul: Alive
Burst=
In Old English "Chiefly said of things possessing considerable capacity for resistance and breaking with loud noise; often of cords, etc., snapping under tension; also of spears, swords, etc., shivered in battle" [OED]; in late Old English also "break violently open as an effect of internal forces." Figuratively, in reference to being over-full of excitement, anticipation, emotion, etc., from c. 1200. Transitive sense ("to cause to break, cause to explode") is from late 13c. Meaning "to issue suddenly and abundantly" is from c. 1300 (literal), mid-13c. (figurative). Meaning "break (into) sudden activity or expression"