2 Timothy 3:16-17 [All Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.]
Ephesians 6:17-18 [And receive the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which Spirit is the word of God, by means of all prayer and petition, praying at every time in spirit and watching unto this in all perseverance and petition concerning all the saints.
When we read the Bible, we should receive life; and when we teach others concerning the Bible, they should receive life. If we do not sense the Spirit as we are reading the Bible, we should realize that something is wrong, and then we should adjust ourselves.
Our reading of the Bible should be a kind of inhaling, and our teaching of the Bible should be a kind of exhaling. The Bible is God's breath; this breath is the Spirit; and the Spirit gives life. When you breathe the Spirit you receive not only unveiling, rebuking, correcting and instructing --- you receive life. In Ephesians 6:17, Paul charges us to receive "the sword of the Spirit, which Spirit is the Word of God." We need to receive the word of God in a living way, that is, receive the word as the Spirit. The Spirit will then become the killing sword. This sword first kills us directly and then kills the power of darkness in the air indirectly. We may compare this kind of killing to the effect of an antibiotic on the germs that cause illness in our body. In order for our body to be saved, the germs need to be killed by an antibiotic. The word that we receive in a living way as the Spirit is a spiritual antibiotic that kills the "germs" within us. When the germs are killed, the evil forces in the air have no way to take advantage of us. Then we can live a healthy Body life, a healthy church life.
When the word becomes the Spirit, the Spirit becomes the sword. As long as in our experience he word becomes the Spirit, the word will not only heal us but also kill the enemy.
Reference: Teachers' Training
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