![]() “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.” (Hebrews 4:12) The Word of God is marvelously revealing to the inner self. It pierces between the joints and marrow—and marrow is a thing not to be got at very easily. The Word of God gets at the very marrow of our personhood—it lays bare the secret thoughts of the soul. It is “a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” Have you not often, in hearing the Word, wondered how the preacher could reveal what you had concealed? He says the very things in the pulpit which you had thought or spoken in secret. Yes, that is one of the marks of the Word of God—that it lays bare a person’s inmost secrets. It shows him what he hasn’t even himself perceived. The Christ that is in the Word sees everything. Read the next verse—“All things are naked and open to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.” (Hebrews 4:13) The Word not only lets you see what your thoughts are, but it criticizes your thoughts. The Word of God says of this thought, “it is vain,” and of that thought, “it is acceptable.” Of this thought, “it is selfish,” and of that thought, “it is Christ-like.” It is a Judge of the thoughts of men. And the Word of God is such a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart that when men twist about and wind and wander, yet it tracks them. When the Spirit of God works with the Gospel, the person may dodge and twist but the preaching goes to his heart and conscience and he is made to feel it and to yield to its force. Many times, you may have found comfort in the discerning power of the Word. Unkind lips have found great fault with you. You have been trying to do what you could for the Lord and and someone has slandered you and then it has been a delight to remember that the Master discerns your motive. God knows your heart. Holy Scripture has made you sure of this by the way in which it understood and commended you. He discerns the true object of your heart and never misinterprets you. And this has inspired you with a firm resolve to be the faithful servant of so just a Lord. No slander will survive the Judgment Seat of Christ. We are not to be tried by the opinions of men but by the impartial Word of the Lord. And therefore, we rest in peace. Charles Spureon
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