The Word

So, while attempting to take a nap today, I was thinking about how the gospel according to John refers to Christ as "The Word." I started playing around with verses in my head, interchanging "Jesus Christ" for "the Word" or "thy word," etc., and vice versa. Here are some that I came up with just at nap time:

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. ~Psalm 119:105~

[Jesus Christ] is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. ~Psalm 119:11~

[Jesus Christ] have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. ~Psalm 138:2~

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified [Jesus Christ] above all thy name.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. ~John 14:6~

Jesus saith unto him, [the word of God] is the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by [the word of God].

Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye [are] the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. ~John 15:3-5~

Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in [the word of God], and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in [the word of God]. I am the vine, ye [are] the branches: He that abideth in [the word of God], and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without [the word of God] ye can do nothing. ~John 15:3-5~

I ask you, HOW COOL IS THAT?!?!

Granted, it's not a perfect model, and I'm not going to go translating the whole Bible like that, but isn't it amazing how, especially when it comes to abiding in Christ, how that simple exercise makes it so much easier to understand?

Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. ~Psalm 119:18~