Rhema, on the other hand, is God communicating personally to us, through the Spirit’s voice in our hearts. In essence, God communicates through Scripture, through Christ, etc. Logos under this viewpoint is the communication process. Maybe a loved one in your family (this is a real and personal experience that happened to my family recently) is on the verge of passing away, and the verse helped you see the next steps of her eternity in a new light. But maybe during the reading of the verse, the valley of the shadow of death section jumped out at you. The Charismatic View of the Rhema WordĪccording to this article in Charisma Magazine, the rhema word can happen when you’re reading a particular passage of Scripture, perhaps one you have seen many times before, and you see it in a new light and see how it applies to your life personally.įor instance, many of us have read Psalm 23. But rather, will present the two views of the Rhema word and discuss why either viewpoint matters to us as Christians today. This article will not endeavor to pick or choose between the two viewpoints. Evangelical denominations see logos and rhema as essentially synonymous. The controversial split of the true mean of rhema versus logos often happens between charismatic and evangelical denominations. In the modern church, some charismatic denominations of Christianity emphasize the importance of rhema when referring to the Holy Spirit speaking to them now, at a present moment. In essence, through people, or through prayer, people can hear God speaking to their particular circumstance or situation, whereas the logos, Scripture, and Christ himself, speak to us in a more universal sense. Why do we make a distinction between the logos and the rhema? As mentioned in the Compelling Truth article linked, verses such as Luke 5:5 refer to the “rhema” as the spoken words of Jesus. But another word in the New Testament refers to the word “word” as in “spoken word” known as rhema. Logos means “word,” referring to Christ himself, or the holy word of Scripture. Comments and ideas are very welcome.Christians may be familiar with the word logosfeatured in John 1. Let us study to show ourselves approved unto God (2 Timothy 2:15). It is so important to know your source!īeloved of God, these keys are meant to set our spiritual knowledge alert or sense to be awakened to function at the realm where we can contact destiny. It can be God, the Holy Spirit, Satan, an evil spirit, we, or someone else speaking. In the Bible, R hema refers to speaking, regardless of who is doing the speaking. Furthermore, an example of Rhema is when verses leap off the pages of scripture and into our hearts, as this is the Holy Spirit speaking to us, applying the verses directly to our lives. Rhema : This Greek word is most often translated “word” or “saying” and means “spoken word.” The Spirit’s voice in our hearts is one example of R hema. The Bible also tells us to treasure or hide scripture in our hearts, so we do not sin against God (Ps. We are to prayerfully meditate on the Bible, which allows God to speak to us through scriptures, which in turn ignites our hearts (Luke 24:32). Logos : The Greek word, most often translated “word,” means “the entire communication process.” One example of logos is the Bible, the word of God. Logos is ‘The entire’ while Rhema Is a sub-component. The typical use is to define a written document or a spoken statement. It is used in the book of (John 1:1) to describe Jesus as the word of God comes in the flesh. Logos is used 330 times in the New Testament. 6:17) here the reference is not to the whole Bible, but to an individual scripture which the Holy Spirit brings to our remembrance. A good example is in the injunction to take “the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,” (Eph. It is a quickened Word, Saying, or thing brought by the Holy Spirit. Rhema is used 70 times in the New Testament. At the same time, a Rhema is a word the Holy Spirit quickens to a specific person for a situation. The logos is the general word of God that communicates his ability to do something or his general will on a matter.