The Word of Faith preachers keep telling us that there is a special difference between the words Logos and Rhema.
According to Word of Faith theology:
Rhema means “spoken word”, and Logos means “written word” or Jesus Himself
Rhema means “particular word” and Logos means general word
Rhema is subjective and Logos is objective
Rhema is specific word and Logos is generic word or universal word
Rhema is contemporary and Logos is eternal.
Rhema is the “now” word and Logos is the Bible itself
Rhema is a revelatory word and Logos is the written word
Rhema is the quickened word and Logos is the written word
Rhema word contains power and Logos word is only black letters in white paper
These claims are absolutely contrary to the scriptures. In the Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) and in the Greek New Testament Rhema and Logos are used interchangeably. They are used synonymously and there is no difference between Logos and Rhema at all.
Kenneth Hagin Sr. founded “Rhema Bible Training Center” a.k.a “Rhema Bible Twisting Center” based upon this false assumption!
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December 17, 2009 at 1:10 pm |
Rhema Bible twisting Center….LOL I totally agree with you
April 16, 2010 at 4:19 pm |
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October 7, 2010 at 11:16 pm |
I appreciate your vigor in defending your viewpoint but can you at least use some scholarly resources to back up your claim concerning the distinction between Logos and Rhema?
Your argumentation would be a lot more effective if you used credible sources instead of declarative statements.
Just a thought…
October 16, 2010 at 11:43 pm |
I agree with you Gary. I am working on it. Doing research in the Septuagint and in Greek NT is a lot of work. Soon God willing the source verses will be mentioned in this post.
Thanks for visiting and commenting.
November 10, 2010 at 2:37 pm
WOW! I just found this blog via a link, via a link….
I, too, am awaiting your findings. This is a very important distinction.
Thanks!
December 7, 2011 at 3:41 pm |
I read a great book called the Johnanine Logos by G.H. Clark.. it has a great deal of info regarding your article..
I wrote a small article called the Mind Of God that kindof of deal with this.. If you take the time to read it let me know what you think!
Chris
December 7, 2011 at 3:42 pm |
here’s the link:
http://chrisfincher.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/the-mind-of-god/