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LIVING LESSONS · Word in Flesh

Why Jesus never wrote Scripture—and how His life calls us to be the living Word today.

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christopher Drei
August 21, 2025

Today’s Menu 🎒

  1. A Word Unwritten – the reason Jesus didn’t pen a single line

  2. What It Reveals About Us – our temptation to reduce truth to text

  3. The Fruit God Desires – living out the message in deed and word

  4. 24-Hour Challenge – one step to become the Word to someone

Read Time: 3 Minutes

1 · A Word Unwritten

Jesus taught, healed, and changed lives with His words—but He never picked up a pen. He came not to write the Word, but to be the Word:

“The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.”
— John 1:14

His life was His letter, His actions the sermon, His sacrifice the ink. And when He did write once, He wrote in the dirt—a temporary, unforgettable message of grace (John 8:6-8).

2 · What It Reveals About Us

We’re quick to reduce faith to pages on a shelf or quotes in a bio. But Jesus shows us:

  • Truth isn’t confined to text. It lives in relationships.

  • Messages matter more when they’re embodied. People follow lives, not letters.

  • Ink fades; impact lasts when our story points to His story.

Our walk must match our words—or our “scripture” rings hollow.

3. The Fruit God Desires

God’s kingdom advances when we become living epistles:

  • Speak with your life. Let kindness, truth, and mercy write themselves through you.

  • Live with consistency. Make your daily choices echo His character.

  • Share with humility. Your story isn’t about perfect pages but honest pages turned toward Him.

When our deeds match our doctrine, we embody the gospel more powerfully than any scroll.

4. 24-Hour Challenge ⏳

Be the Word today.

  1. Identify one truth you’ve memorized but not lived.

  2. Turn it into action. Serve, forgive, or speak truth in love—whatever brings that truth off the page.

  3. Tell someone. Share how you lived that truth with a friend or reply to this email to lock it in.

The most powerful scripture is the one written by your life.

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