12. What testified to the power of the word of Christ?
"And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for _with authority and power He commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out_." Verse 36.
13. What did Christ say is the seed of the kingdom of God?
"The seed is _the word of God_." Luke 8:11.
14. Where should the word of Christ dwell?
"Let the word of Christ _dwell in you_ richly in all wisdom." Col. 3:16.
15. What did Christ say of the unbelieving Jews respecting the word of God?
"_Ye have not His word abiding in you:_ for whom He hath sent, Him ye believe not." John 5:38.
16. How does the word of God work in the believer?
"For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, _which effectually worketh also in you that believe_." 1 Thess. 2:13.
The Centurion. "Speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed." Matt. 8:8.
17. What nature is imparted through the promises of God?
"Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: _that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature_, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust." 2 Peter 1:4.
"Now ye are clean _through the word which I have spoken unto you_." John 15:3.
"Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? _by taking heed thereto according to Thy word_." Ps. 119:9.
20. How did God heal His people anciently?
"_He sent His word, and healed them_, and delivered them from their destructions." Ps. 107:20.
21. How did the centurion show his faith in the power of Christ's word to heal?
"The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldest come under my roof: but _speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed_." Matt. 8:8.
22. What power has the word when hidden in the heart?
"Thy word have I hid in mine heart, _that I might not sin against Thee_." Ps. 119:11. See also Ps. 17:4.
23. Why did God humble Israel, and suffer them to hunger?
"And He humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, ... _that He might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live_." Deut. 8:3.