The Place of the Word 5/25 Thursday Thoughts

Acts 2:41, "They then that received the Word were baptized: and there were added unto them in that day about three thousand souls." This is unique. They that received the Word -- not the doctrines, nor the teachings, nor a creed -- but the Logos [Word]. Acts 4:4, "But many of them that heard the Word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand." It doesn't say that they heard the apostles, but that they heard the Word. Acts 6:2, "And the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them and said, It is not fit that we should forsake the Word of God, and serve tables." How early they learned the place of the Word! Acts 6:4, "But we will continue steadfastly in prayer, and in the ministry of the Word." These were untaught men, fishermen. The Spirit had unveiled to them the place and dignity of the Word. -- E. W. Kenyon.