Amen!

“Amen.” The Hebrew for this word is “amen”. The Greek for this word is “amen”. “Amen” is “Amen”! It is a word which has been transliterated from the Hebrew, left unchanged as it was incorporated into the Greek, and then into the English language as well. It is a word which apparently needs to be expressed no other way. However, has it retained its meaning in our life? When we say “Amen”, we are personally AFFIRMING our belief and acceptance with regard to a statement made. Perhaps we could consider “Amen” faith’s exclamation point at the end of a spiritual truth. “Amen” is the declaration to “let it be so.” And if it be God’s Will, why should we want it any other way?

Someone has rightly said, “Be an ‘Amen’ Christian, but don’t shout it louder than you live it.” [source: “sentence sermons”]

What we strongly AFFIRM verbally needs to be as strongly AFFIRMED bodily. What we are ready to boldly “Amen” with our mouth should be seen to be just as established in our conduct.

Writing to the church at Corinth, Paul declared…
“(18) As surely as God is faithful, our word to you has not been Yes and No. (19) For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you, Silvanus and Timothy and I, was not Yes and No, but in him it is always Yes. (20) For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that WE UTTER OUR AMEN TO GOD FOR HIS GLORY.” ( 2 Corinthians 1:18-20 ESV)

Paul had in no way been wishy-washy in the message he had declared to the church at Corinth. The message was God’s, the One who is consistently faithful and holy in all He does. Paul had boldly AFFIRMED the fulfillment of things in Christ Who was the “Yes” to all the promises of God. For us to “Amen” the promises should be to respond in righteous living. To “Amen” the promises should cause us to “Amen” God’s commands and warnings as well.

“As surely as God is faithful”, what He has declared will be so! We can therefore speak the “Amen” because of the “Yes” God has made possible through Christ. May we speak and live in such a way that there is a consistent “Amen” AFFIRMING our openness to God’s Will working in and through our life to His glory.

Have a great day LETTING A CONSISTENCY BE SO!
Carl

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