Section 10
the experience of the abiding Christ and the pres ence of the practical Lord.
The Lord is very mysterious. For this reason, we can never understand Him by our imagina tion. Rather, we must read the sixty-six books of the Bible. We must read these sixty-six books word by word because all of the words express, explain, and define our mysterious Lord. If we want to know Him, we must know the Word and how to deal with the Word. But, on the other hand, the Spirit is within us, giving us some liv ing words at the right time to meet our needs. At the very hour of our need, the Spirit within us gives us a timely word for our particular case. The inner rhema always corresponds with the outer logos. The Spirit speaking the rhema within never speaks differently from the written logos. The outer logos and the inner rhema always cor respond with each other, and many times the inner rhema interprets the outer logos. Perhaps you read the written logos this morning but failed to understand it or to apply it to yourself in a liv ing way. While you are working, the Spirit anoints you from within with the word, giving you the right meaning and even the right emphasis. You sense the living rhema with its living emphasis by the Spirit. As a result, you not only understand it