What a great game to win! The word for this week is "declare". There are many Greek words translated declare and we will cover two of them. These are found in 1 John 1:1-5:
1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; 2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) 3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full. 5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. KJV
The first one is the Greek word "apaggello". Strong's Concordance says: to announce. Thayer's Greek Lexicon adds: to bring tidings (from a person or thing), bring word, report; to proclaim. The second one is the Greek word "anagello". Strong's Concordance says: to announce in detail. Thayer's Greek Lexicon adds: to announce, to make known. Vine's Expository Dictionary says: to announce, report, bring back tidings. There is just a subtle difference between the two words and Young's Literal Translation shows it best:
3 that which we have seen and heard declare we to you, that ye also may have fellowship with us, and our fellowship [is] with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ; 4 and these things we write to you, that your joy may be full. 5 And this is the message that we have heard from Him, and announce to you, that God is light, and darkness in Him is not at all; YLT
In the first instance they are reporting back what they had observed with their own senses so that the people they were reporting to could 'be on the same page' as them. In the second instance they were relaying the actual message that they had received from the LORD and that He wanted them to know about Himself. As you train up your daughters you will be doing both! You will be teaching them what the Word of God says (His message to them), and then you will be adding to that the experiences that you have had with the Word as examples of how to walk it out. What a blessing is for them to be brought up this way! I had no knowledge of the Lord and had no one to 'declare' any of this to me! Our children were born before we knew the Lord and we had to try to catch them up on these things. Your daughters will have such boldness and simple, strong faith to 'declare' the Word because you have brought them up this way from the very beginning! And then you have THIS promise from Proverbs 22:6:
6 Train up a child in the way he should go [and in keeping with his individual gift or bent], and when he is old he will not depart from it. AMP
Love and Shalom from the Swoveys!
