Strong’s number G3056 a word, uttered by a living voice, embodies a conception or idea.

We pick up our bibles with authority of conviction and we call it the Word of God, and it is, but it is a written record of what God said. It is written, not spoken. Or is it?

Another Greek word for word is rhema, G4487 any sound produced by the voice and having definite meaning. Why two words if they mean the same thing, or do they?

Is there a difference between an utterance and a sound? On the surface by worldly standards one would have to say they are the same. Since we are talking spiritual standards, what else exists to be known here?

Acts 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Romans 8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

John15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

So here we are with this book, the bible, which we call the Word of God, written in various languages and versions, which is Logos, uttered by a living voice, the embodiment of concepts and ideas. Can you hear those utterances? They are not rhema sound, but convey to us the essence of that living being, Jesus Christ via the Holy Spirit, the third person of the living God.

Do you hear me?

2 Peter 3:14-16 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

How can I write to people I do not know? In these passages Peter is writing to Jewish converts. Both of Peter’s letters were to Jews. His ministry is first to Jerusalem and the converts there. His establishment of that early church was to a people he knew, both in person and in recent history.

Paul goes out unto the gentiles, many of which were Helenists, worshipers of different gods. Paul started churches and met with those early founders and set in place men who could keep the word and keep the churches moving in the right direction. His epistles were to a people he had come to know and love.

Peter admits that he had trouble understanding some of the things that Paul wrote. Why would someone who walked with Jesus and filled with the Holy Spirit in such a way as to demonstrate many healing powers have trouble understanding? Is not the same Holy Spirit who instructed Paul in wisdom the same as instructed Peter? Why yes, of course. Then why the trouble with understanding?

God leads each of us to do according to His will in paths that take us to diverse places and different people. People with different histories and understandings. Peter was reading things not meant for him in his ministry. What could happen if Peter could understand Paul’s ministry, Paul’s marching orders? Peter would then have two sets of orders, both of God, which he then would have to wrestle with.

I know very few of you my readers. I cannot tailor my speech according to our relationship. I can only follow my orders from my Lord and not concern myself with the conditions of my readers. I have to trust the Lord to do in you, His will, as He does in mine.

If my words be difficult for some, then please do this, seek peace and do not wrestle overly much to no profit. Keeping your peace is more important than understanding my writing.