HEART SURGERY

We're told in Ephesians 6:17 to TAKE "The Sword of the Spirit," which is "The Word of God," and learn to skillfully use it.

Roman soldiers were skilled in the use of swords.  One was a BROADSWORD, which was about as long as a baseball bat.  It was sharp on both sides, and was swung like a bat at the opponent to cripple, crush, or kill.  The other sword was either a DAGGER (about 6" long); or a SWORD (about 18" in length).  This was used for hand-to-hand combat.  You had to get "up close and personal " to engage in the fight.

Jesus gets "up close and personal," too.  He got up close and personal with His disciples....not to destroy them, but to perform spiritual heart surgery. 

Hebrews 4:12 Amp. - For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power [making it active, operative, energizing, and effective]; it is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line of the breath of life (soul) and [the immortal] spirit, and of the joints and marrow [of the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of the heart.

Yes, He is our physician ["The Great Physician"] it is He who performs heart surgery on those He loves.  And if we love Him, we will submit to the surgery--allowing Him to cut away the damaged areas of our hearts....heal us....and make us whole again.

Satan comes to rob, kill, and destroy us....but Jesus has come to give us a more abundant life--an everlasting life.  [John 10:10]