One of the most needed things among the body of Christ today is
revelation knowledge of the Word of God.
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To understand what revelation knowledge is and how to get it functional
in your life, you have to know at least some of the basics about your
spirit, soul, and body. Your spirit is the part of you that was changed
at salvation. 
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 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, <b><i>Therefore if any man be in
Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all
things are become new.</i></b> 
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Your body and soul didn’t become totally new.
They can be changed and renewed as you grow in the Lord, but that is a
continuing process. The only part of you that is completely changed at
salvation is your inner man or spirit.
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This born-again spirit is renewed in knowledge after the image of Him
that created him (Col. 3:10). 
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 1 Corinthians 2:16 says <b><i>But we have
the mind of Christ,</i></b> and 1 John 2:20 says <b><i>But ye have an unction from
the Holy One, and ye know all things.</i></b> These scriptures show us that
our spirit man is complete in Jesus ( Col. 2:10 ). We know all things.
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But even though that is true in your spirit, this knowledge will not
profit your physical and soulish parts until you release it by renewing
your mind. 
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 Romans 12:2 says, <b><i>And be not conformed to this world: but
be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what
is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.</i></b>
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Our minds are actually the battleground. Our spirits are complete ( Eph. 4:24, Col. 2:10 ), and our bodies will do what they are told, but our
soulish parts (which include our intellect) have the responsibility to
choose or exercise our free will. 
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So in that sense, a person’s soul is
the master control over our whole person. 
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For the born-again man, the
spirit is the driving or life-giving force, but the soul has the last
say-so because of the will. God will not violate our free will except
in final judgment. 
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Therefore, it is necessary that we get this <b><i>mind of
Christ</i></b> (which we have received in our spiritual man) functioning in
our soulish minds so we can make the right choices. This is done by
studying the Word of God. 
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God’s Word is the wisdom of God ( Luke 11:49 ),
written down so that our soulish man can read and understand it. But 2 Corinthians 3:6 shows us that the mere knowledge of God’s Word is not
enough. 
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We must have spiritual understanding because God’s Word is
spirit and it is life ( John 6:63 ).
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When the knowledge of God’s Word enters our soulish minds through
hearing or studying it, our spirits bear witness with the truth and
impart wisdom, which is the ability to apply knowledge. 
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This then
becomes revelation knowledge, not just facts about God (you could
program a computer with that), but the knowledge of God which has been
divinely quickened in us by God through our born-again spirits.
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This explains why the Word of God seems to work for some people and not
for others. On the surface it may appear that all knew the Word, but in
truth, only those who overcame had the Word of God made alive on the
inside of them through revelation knowledge. 
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God’s Word works! And if
we have the true revelation of God’s Word in our hearts, we will
overcome the world.
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How do we receive the Word of God being made alive and powerful in our
lives as Hebrews 4:12 talks about? One important way is by meditating
God’s Word. 
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Too many times, we get so hungry to learn God’s Word that
we don’t take sufficient time to let the mind of Christ in our spirit
man give us a full disclosure of the power that is in those words.
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There was a time in my life when I was so busy reading every book and
going to hear every preacher that the Lord told me to stop all of that
and make the truth He had spoken to me a reality in my life. 
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I am not
saying that we should stop filling ourselves with the knowledge of the
Word, but we need to realize that only the Word which has been mixed
with faith (which comes from our spiritual man, Rom. 10:10 ) will profit
us ( Heb. 4:2 ). 
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We would be better off with only a small amount of the
Word in us if it was a true revelation to us from God than if we had
vast amounts of Scripture with only carnal understanding. 
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The early
disciples proved this because in comparison to the completed Word of
God that we have today, they did not have the majority of the New
Testament scriptures. 
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The Old Covenant scriptures were not readily
available to them, and yet they still transformed their present-day
world.
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This revelation knowledge is what has been missing in the religious
realm’s presentation of God’s Word. Carnal preachers have been putting
out carnal knowledge to carnal people, and therefore, the true power of
God’s Word has not been released. But in these last days, 
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God’s
revelation knowledge is beginning to flow among His people more than
ever before. Believers are not responding to the titles before or
behind a man’s name but rather to the power of God’s Word, regardless
of which vessel it comes through, 
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<b><i>For the kingdom of God is not in
word, but in power</i></b> ( 1 Cor. 4:20 ). You can have this revelation
knowledge, for God has already given to you the <b><i>mind of Christ</i></b> ( 1 Cor. 2:16 ).
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-- Andrew Wommack<br>
Capitalization of keywords by Randy Lucas