In this enlightening episode, we challenge the notion that the Bible is a mere historical artifact, arguing instead for its role as the living Word of God. Cherri Campbell discusses the vital need for Christians to feast on the Word as spiritual food, much like we nourish our physical bodies. Through shared visions, teachings, and scriptural references, we aim to enrich your spiritual journey, ensuring you are not merely feeding your intellect but truly nurturing your soul.
Good morning. Welcome to Victorious Faith. I’m Cherri Campbell. This morning I’m going to begin sharing with you a message that I preached in a series of messages in our Victorious Faith services called, What is the Word? And this message number three is called, What is the Word? Spirit Food. So join me now in our live service for the beginning of this message. What is the Word? Spirit Food. We have been on a series in the last two messages called What is the Word? What is the Word of God? And actually, this is a sequel series to a series I did called The Authority and Preeminence. of God’s word, because I’ve just been hearing about how there are many Christians now who don’t pay any attention to the Bible. There are some preachers, even well-known preachers, who don’t give any respect to the word. One preacher was quoted saying, that if you build your life on the Bible, you’re building your life on a house of cards or something like that, that even a preacher is saying the Bible is not reliable or trustworthy. So in the series that we did, the authority and preeminence of God’s word, if you missed that, you can go to my YouTube channel, which is under my name, Cherri Campbell, C-H-E-R-R-I Campbell, C-A-M-P-B-E-L-L. And there you will find this series called the authority and preeminence of God’s word. And there we talked about how the Bible is a supernatural book. It is super naturally inspired. It is impossible that the Bible could have been written by human beings without inspiration from God. There are many signs in it, in it for one being prophecies of the future. No man knows the future, but God knows the future. And there are hundreds or even thousands of prophecies in the Bible. Many have already been fulfilled and, which verify and give the veracity and the truthfulness of those prophecies of the word of God, because prophecies have come to pass. No human being can prophesy and foretell the future. Only God can. And he wrote it down. And then many, many, many hundreds of prophecies, even there’s over 300, some say 350 about the life and ministry of Jesus. And those were fulfilled. And then many others regarding nations and kings and people. Throughout the Bible, prophecies fulfilled. And there’s other signs that show the Bible is a supernaturally written book. It is impossible for the Bible to have been written just by human inspiration. It was God’s inspiration. And so we have to hold up the Bible as the Word of God, living Word of God, and honor and revere it as much as we honor God. If you don’t honor the Bible, you don’t honor God because God is the Word. So we started this series, What is the Word? And the first message was the Word is God and the Word is Jesus. In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God, the Word was God, John 1.1. So God is the Word and Jesus, His name is the Word. Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life. And then the word is truth and the word made flesh, John 1 14. And the word became flesh and dwelt among us. So Jesus is the word made flesh dwelling on earth. And also in revelation, it says his name is the word of God. Speaking of Jesus, his name is the word of God. And so Jesus is the word. So bottom line is if you don’t know the word, you don’t know God. You don’t know Jesus. You don’t know his mind. You don’t know his thoughts. You don’t know his will. You don’t know his ways. That’s all what’s recorded in the book. It is God on paper. We have it written down. God himself revealing himself to man through the word. And if you don’t know the word… You don’t know God. It is impossible. You say, well, I walk with God. It’s impossible for you to know God without knowing the word because he reveals himself through the word and anything that you think God tells you, which we’re going to get to in another message. If you ever even had a vision or a dream. if what was said in the vision or dream does not line up with the word of God or backed up by the word of God, then it was a false word. It wasn’t God. And the Bible says Satan appears as an angel of light. Satan can appear as an angel of light, make it look like he’s God talking to you. And you say, well, it was a real experience. I don’t doubt it was a real experience. Satan is real. And he can come as an angel of light, making it seem like it’s right. And he even quoted scripture to Jesus. It is written. But Jesus knew the deception in it and Jesus answered, but it is also written. Don’t test the Lord your God. And so if you ever have a vision or a dream or a revelation that does not agree with the written word. Amen. then throw it aside. It’s not God. God did not give it to you because everything God will ever say to you will either be direct scripture or in agreement with scripture. It will be backed up by scripture. It will totally agree with scripture. It will never contradict scripture. So if there’s any scripture that contradicts any revelation you have, then your revelation is wrong. That’s the truth. Because God backs up everything he says by his word. And one of my spiritual teachers and fathers in the faith is Kenneth Hagin. He actually saw many visions of Jesus. But he also would challenge what was said. Like one particular time, Jesus said something to him in a vision. Jesus was standing in front of him. Brother Hagin saw him. And Jesus said something to him. And Brother Hagin said, I have never heard anything about that before. And Brother Hagin said, show it to me in the word. You think that’s audacious? No. Jesus was pleased. Jesus was pleased. He’s like, right. I’ll give it to you with the word. And he gave him scriptures. So any revelation or any vision, you know, false religions, there are false religions that have been started because somebody saw a vision. That’s why most, many of the false religions started with somebody had a vision. It was a spiritual experience. Some even had quotations of scripture. And those were then twisting scriptures and they took off from the word of God and they formed another religion and they changed the Bible. They changed the Bible. So anything that God would ever say to you will always agree with his word. Any revelation you have, if it does not agree with scripture, it is wrong. Everything you hear from God, it needs to be backed up by scripture. And so we saw God is the word. And then the last message, part two is truth. The word is truth and the truth will make you free. It is truth, the truth, and it will make you free. That was the last message. The word is truth and that we need to seek the truth and live by the truth. And so tonight we’re talking about what is the word part three. It is spirit food. If you’re watching online, then just look in the description box below the video and there’s a link to download the notes and you can download them and print them and follow along tonight. You can share them with friends and family. You can use them for Bible studies. I encourage you. You can teach these lessons to your friends and neighbors in Bible studies. So they’re yours to use, to study and to share with others. Hallelujah. So we have the notes here and just like physical food provides strength, nourishment, nutrition, Nutrients that your physical body needs. The word of God, in the same way, likewise, provides strength, nutrition, nutrients for your spirit. Your spirit must be fed. Your spirit needs to be fed. And another man of God shared the vision that actually God showed him that called him in the ministry. It was the vision in which he received his calling. He was in a meeting. It was actually in a meeting of spiritual faith people, people who love the word and they’re studying the word. It was a conference conference. And he attended that meeting and during an anointed altar service and there was laying on of hands, he had hands laid on him by the minister. And when the hands were laid on him, he saw a vision. And in the vision, he looked around the room and he saw everybody as stick people. He saw they were all stick people. And they were all skinny, skinny, skinny stick people. Some people had big heads. But otherwise, they were all skinny stick people. And God spoke to him in the vision and said, this is the condition of my people, the Christians, the church. And this is the cream of the crop. They’re here at a conference to study the word. This is the cream of the crop. And they’re all stick people. And it was referring to they are spiritually scrawny. Some of them have big heads, meaning they’ve intellectually fed themselves with intellectual studies, degrees, doctorates, whatever. Some people consider themselves real intelligent. And some people had big heads. And in their bodies, some people, of course, they’re big fat bodies, right? But their spirits were all stick people. And God said, my people, this is the cream of the crop. They’re spiritually scrawny, malnutritioned. And he said, I’m calling you to change that. And his ministry was to teach the word to mature the body of Christ. And that’s also part of my calling is to teach the word to help the body of Christ to grow up and mature spiritually. But what you see, this is one of the most elementary things you need to learn as a Christian. And that is that you are a spirit. You have a soul. You live in a body. Every person is three-part being. God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Three in one. And we are three in one spirit, soul, and body. Your spirit is the life force. It’s the breath of life in you. It’s the real you on the inside. It’s the part, one of the parts that lives forever and ever with God. If you’re born again or in hell, if you’re not born again. Your spirit is the real you. It’s the inner man. It’s what the Bible calls the inner man of the heart, the heart or the inner man, the spirit man. It’s the real you on the inside of the flesh body. The soul is your mind, your will, and your emotions. Mind, will, and emotions. Your mind, your thinking, your will, your deciding and choosing, your emotions, your feelings. And that’s your soul. And And then your body is this physical house tent that your spirit and soul live in. This body was made from the dirt. but your spirit and soul came directly from God. Your spirit and soul are united, joined like Siamese twins. They’re joined so that when your body dies, it goes back to the dirt, but your spirit and soul are joined together. They will either go to heaven to be with God if you’re born again or go to hell if you’re not born again. And so your spirit and soul are joined, but they can be divided because in Hebrews 4.12, the word of God is sharper than any double-edged sword, dividing between soul and spirit. So soul and spirit, some people think are the same. They’re not. How could they be divided? If the word can divide spirit and soul, then they’re different. And they are. Your spirit is your inner man. Your soul is your mind, your will, and your emotions. They are joined, but they are different. And so all three of your parts, spirit, soul, and body need to be fed. What you just heard was the beginning of a message that I preached in a series of messages in our victorious faith services called, What is the Word? And this message number three is called, What is the Word? Spirit food. And we will continue this message again tomorrow. So join me again tomorrow and remember God loves you. You are blessed and highly favored by the Lord.
