It is "the word of His power". He was crucified in weakness, but He liveth by the power

of God (II Cor. 13: 4).  He was marked off the Son of God with power, by the

resurrection (Rom. 1: 4). As the risen One He said, "all power is given unto Me in

heaven and in earth" (Matt. 28: 18). This word "power" is rendered by "miracle" in

Heb. 2: 4, and is linked with rhema in 6: 5, "the good Word of God, and the powers of

the coming age". The High-Priesthood of Christ differs from that of Aaron in that it is

"according to the power of an endless life" (7: 16); and in 11: 11, 34 it again occurs. It

is the power of the risen Christ that makes His Word effective; He will destroy him that

has the power of death, that is the devil. As the risen One He holds the keys of Hades

and of death. He is the Son of God with power.

Let us turn for a moment to the records of His life on earth, for there we shall find,

even in His humiliation, that His word was with power. When He said to the two fishers,

"Follow Me", there was no hesitation, "they straightway left their nets, and followed

him" (Matt. 4: 19, 20); when the Lord had finished the "Sermon on the Mount" we are

told, "the people were astonished at His doctrine, for He taught them as one having

authority, and not as the Scribes" (7: 28, 29). A leper came and worshipped Him,

saying, "Lord, if Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean. And Jesus put forth His hand,

and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was

cleansed" (8: 2, 3). This miracle is followed by one that even more clearly testifies to

the power of His spoken word. A centurion who sought the Lord on behalf of his sick

servant said, "Speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed . . . . . and his servant

was healed in the self-same hour" (8: 5-13). Shortly after this the Lord and His

disciples are found in a ship, and upon a great tempest arising, the disciples call upon the

Lord to save them; He rebuked the waves and a great calm followed, "but the men

marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey

Him?" (8: 24-27).

The miracle of the healing of the man sick of the palsy is a definite demonstration of

the power of the Lord's Word. He had said, "son, be of good cheer, thy sins be forgiven

thee", and, answering the thought of those who heard these words, said, "for whether is

easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk? But that ye may

know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith He to the sick

of the palsy), Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house" (9: 1-8). So the record

continues, His word then was most certainly with power.

If this is the character of His Word while in the form of a Servant, what shall be the

character of His word as the risen Son of God with power?  So Heb. 12: 25, 26

Although primarily this passage goes back to the giving of the law at Sinai, the Old

Testament furnishes illustration of the Lord's Word of power, "and God said, Light be,