The Word of God is…Air/Breath
Series Recap:
Part 1: The Word of God is a Mirror
Part 2: The Word of God is Bread
Part 3: The Word of God is Water
Part 4: The Word of God is…Air / Breath
The Word of God is essential to us spiritually. It carries all the essential things we need to not only to survive, but also to thrive!
2 Timothy 3:16-17
16 All Scripture is GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF GOD, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Theopnuestos: a Greek word that means God Breathed
2 Peter 1:20-21
20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, 21 for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
Ezekiel 37:1-10
1 The hand of the Lord came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. 2 Then He caused me to pass by them all around, and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and indeed they were very dry. 3 And He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live? ”So I answered, “O Lord God, You know.” 4 Again He said to me, “Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! 5 Thus says the Lord God to these bones: “Surely I will cause BREATH to enter into you, and you shall live. 6 I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you, cover you with skin and put BREATH in you; and you shall live. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.” ’ ” 7 So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and suddenly a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to bone. 8 Indeed, as I looked, the sinews and the flesh came upon them, and the skin covered them over; but there was no BREATH in them. 9 Also He said to me, “Prophesy to the BREATH, prophesy, son of man, and say to the BREATH, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Come from the four winds, O BREATH, and BREATHE on these slain, that they may live.” ’ ” 10 So I prophesied as He commanded me, and BREATH came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army.
#1 The Breath of God Brings Understanding
Ezekiel 37:3
3 And He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live? ”So I answered, “O Lord God, You know.”
Proverbs 3:5
“Trust (or have Faith) in the Lord and lean not to your own understanding”
Job 32:8
8 But there is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives him understanding.
#2 The Breath of God Brings Order
Ezekiel 37:7
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and suddenly a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to bone.
Psalm 33:6
6 By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.
Genesis 1:2-3
2 The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.
#3 The Breath of God Brings Strength
Ezekiel 37:6
I will put sinews on you…
Ezekiel 37:8
8 Indeed, as I looked, the sinews and the flesh came upon them…
John 4:23-24
23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth
Exodus 15:8-10
8 And with the blast of Your nostrils
The waters were gathered together;
The floods stood upright like a heap;
The depths congealed in the heart of the sea.
9 The enemy said, ‘I will pursue,
I will overtake,
I will divide the spoil;
My desire shall be satisfied on them.
I will draw my sword,
My hand shall destroy them.’
10 You blew with Your wind,
The sea covered them;
They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
#4 The Breath of God Brings Life
Ezekiel 37:10
10 So I prophesied as He commanded me, and BREATH came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army.
Job 33:4
4 The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
Genesis 2:7
7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.