{"id":26,"date":"2008-05-05T21:31:28","date_gmt":"2008-05-06T03:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharingchrist.wordpress.com\/?p=26"},"modified":"2008-05-05T21:31:28","modified_gmt":"2008-05-06T03:31:28","slug":"13-word-of-god-metaphors-and-similes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gospelriver.com\/sharingchrist\/13-word-of-god-metaphors-and-similes\/","title":{"rendered":"13. Word of God: Metaphors and Similes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>God&#8217;s word is compared to a number of things. Here&#8217;s a few I thought of&#8211; please leave your comments to give us more!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>God&#8217;s word is&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p><em>Psalm 119:105<\/em> Thy word is a <strong>lamp<\/strong> unto my feet, and a <strong>light<\/strong> unto my path.<\/p>\n<p><em>Luke 8:11<\/em> Now the parable is this: The <strong>seed<\/strong> is the word of God.<br \/>\n<em>1Peter 1:23<\/em> Being born again, not of corruptible <strong>seed<\/strong>, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ephesians 6:17<\/em> And take the helmet of salvation, and the <strong>sword<\/strong> of the Spirit, which is the word of God<br \/>\n<em>Hebrews 4:12<\/em> For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>God&#8217;s word is like:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Silver<\/strong>:\u00a0Psalm 12:6<br \/>\n<strong>Rain<\/strong>: Isaiah 55:10-11<br \/>\n<strong>Fire, a\u00a0Hammer<\/strong>: Jeremiah 23:29<\/p>\n<h2>So&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>God&#8217;s word is our guide, our source of birth &amp; growth, our protection &amp; source of conviction.<br \/>\nGod&#8217;s words are pure, they give provision and will prosper (at\u00a0the right season), they are purifying and powerful.<\/p>\n<p>What are your meditations on this subject?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God&#8217;s word is compared to a number of things. Here&#8217;s a few I thought of&#8211; please leave your comments to give us more! God&#8217;s word is&#8230; Psalm 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[63,71],"class_list":["post-26","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotional","tag-scriptures","tag-word-of-god"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gospelriver.com\/sharingchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gospelriver.com\/sharingchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gospelriver.com\/sharingchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gospelriver.com\/sharingchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gospelriver.com\/sharingchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gospelriver.com\/sharingchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gospelriver.com\/sharingchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gospelriver.com\/sharingchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gospelriver.com\/sharingchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}