If you push PLAY you can at least hear it.
You're right though. That doesn't make it alive.
But it must be alive somehow...
Hebrews 4:12 NIV
For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword,
it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow;
it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
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If I have to push play then it is not alive to be able to think and respond on it's own - and if you look at the next verse for context you will see that Heb 4:12 is talking about a person - and even in your verse (Heb 4:12 you can read that the word is able to think, judge, and have thoughts - so the word must be alive somehow and Jesus Christ is alive, but the Bible is not!!
The problem then is that some people are making an idol out of the Bible!!
People do that - they make idols! They take a piece of stone or wood and pretend that inanimate object is alive and so tell themselves "But is must be alive somehow.."
How foolish and silly such and thing is - and especially sense idolatry is exposed in the Bible and so especially is silly when the inanimate Bible is made to be an idol!!
When Jesus told the Jews - Jn 5:39,40 You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me; and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life.
They were in fact making an idol out of the Scriptures by thinking the Scriptures were able to take the action needed to save them - instead of figuring out that Jesus Christ was alive and could speak, and He was the Word of God because He alone did and said only what the Father tells Him! He is able to divide your sould and spirit, joints and marrow, but the Bible can not think or take action.
His sheep hear His voice - we do that!! We His sheep do indeed hear Him talking to us via His Holy Spirit! So we can and do talk to Him about all the little things in our lives, because He never leaves us - so we really do hear His voice. Have you never ever heard about the small voice of the Lord? Did you never ever read about how the Lord speaks? Do you even comprehend that He is alive and well, because He rose again and sits on the throne as King over the Kingdom of God which is in our midst? You should have at least read that the Word of the Lord we preach is found near us, even in our mouth and in our hearts, so not in the pages of your Bible that you probably don't always have near you.
You read, but you don't understand. You make silly short comments, but they only show you don't know Him, and don't believe the very Scriptures you were searching! Did you not read:
Jn 5:46,47 “For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for he wrote about Me.
“But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”
Jesus explained this problem to the Jews, and John made a record of it. Still people make the same mistake today as they did then. They make and idol out of the Bible - so don't do that!
While the Scriptures should be read, they also need to be believed otherwise you will not seek Jesus Christ and His voice, so you will not find Him. So indeed; How are you going to believe His words if you don't believe that we can hear from Him personally, like is explained in the Bible??
The Bible is capable of giving you the wisdom to find salvation which is through Him, but that does not mean a person reading the Bible did find Him and His salvation!! It is the Spirit who gives us life by giving us His words to hear and so to believe in Him! But the words of the Bible are ink on pages and not spiritual words that we pick up in our mouth.
That is why MANY will try and tell Him on that day that they did things in His name only to honestly be told by Him that He never knew them - and then be sent to a place - hell - that is a sad sad ending for them.
So repent now while you can and turn to Him and let Him into your life by hearing from Him who is just standing at the door trying to talk back and forth with you!
Rev 3:19,20 ‘Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent.
‘Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.
I am telling you truly, that He has a voice which comes through His Holy Spirit to our spirit, so we can seek Him, find Him, talk back and forth with HIm, and we can do that about every single little thing in our live! I love talking to Him about my son's soccer team, because I tend to be a soccer dad along with being a Christian.
So many good times I have had talking with the Lord. I remember that time when my son was playing at APU and the Lord told me that they were about to bring in a player that would make a big difference, and a big blond fuzzy headed kid came onto the pitch. He did indeed make a big difference and they won the game. This kid went on to play in the MLS, helping Columbus to Championship, then was traded to San Jose where He made even a bigger difference helping them to the best record in the MLS. They even gave away big fuzzy blonde wigs once to honor Steven Lenhart, who indeed made a big difference - and I personally heard it first from the Lord of Lords and King of Kings. The Bible didn't tell me that but the Lord can and will talk to you about all the little things in your life if you just quite pretending and start actually listening to Him!
Knowing the Lord makes life fun, interesting, and He will give you that knowing Him for eternity!! He is the living and active word of God if a person cares to believe in Him!
