The Character Of Gods Word – Apostle Joshua Selman
The Bible is not just a book of good advice. According to Apostle Joshua Selman, the Word of God has a character it behaves in a certain way, it carries certain attributes, and it produces certain results in the life of anyone who honors it.
When we understand the character of God’s Word, we stop treating it casually. We stop reading it like a novel and start relating to it like a living Person.
Here are 5 key dimensions of the character of God’s Word:
1. The Word Of God Is Alive and Active
Hebrews 4:12 says, _“For the word of God is living and active…”_
Apostle Selman teaches that God’s Word is not static ink on paper. It carries life. The same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead is in the Word.
That’s why two people can read the same scripture and one walks away unchanged while the other is delivered, healed, and transformed. The Word is alive. It discerns thoughts and intents. It confronts you, comforts you, and corrects you. When you give it attention, it begins to work in you.
2. The Word Of God Is Settled and Unchanging
_“Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven.”_ – Psalm 119:89
The character of God’s Word is stability. Cultures change. Opinions change. Trends change. But the Word does not change.
Apostle Selman emphasizes that this is why we must anchor our lives to scripture, not to feelings or circumstances. When your job is shaking, when relationships are failing, when nations are in crisis the Word remains settled. If God said it, it will stand. You can build a life, a marriage, and a ministry on it and it will not collapse.
3. The Word Of God Is Powerful and Creative
In the beginning, God spoke and worlds came into being. The character of the Word is that it creates what it talks about.
When God says “Be healed,” healing is released. When He says “You are blessed,” provision is activated. Apostle Selman teaches that many believers are waiting for God to “do something” while ignoring the thing God has already spoken. The Word is not weak. Our unbelief and lack of alignment is what makes it look inactive. Speak the Word. Stand on the Word. The Word will produce.
4. The Word Of God Is Pure and Refining
“The words of the Lord are pure words…”Psalm 12:6 The Word doesn’t just inform you, it transforms you. Like fire, it burns off compromise. Like a mirror, it shows you who you really are. Like water, it washes you. This is why Apostle Selman insists on the Word as the basis for character. You cannot grow spiritually beyond the Word you obey. The Word will challenge your motives, your secrets, and your habits. But it does it to make you a _notable manifestation of a son someone who reflects Christ.
5. The Word Of God Is Faithful to Perform
God watches over His Word to perform it – Jeremiah 1:12.
The character of God’s Word is faithfulness. It does not return to Him void. Isaiah 55:11. This means that the promise you’re standing on is not dependent on your strength. It’s dependent on God’s integrity. If He said it, He will do it. Your part is to believe it, speak it, and act on it.
Conclusion
To relate with the Word rightly is to relate with God Himself, because _In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God_ – John 1:1.
Apostle Joshua Selman charges us: Don’t just read the Word. Host the Word. Meditate on the Word. Obey the Word. Defend the Word. When you honor the character of God’s Word, your life will begin to carry the same character stable, alive, pure, powerful, and fruitful. Because in the end, the world is not looking for more noise. The world is waiting for people who are products of the Word.