What is the effect of the Word of God working in a person’s life?

Today Bible Study:

What is the effect of the Word of God working in a person’s life?

“We also thank God without ceasing,” Paul said, “because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God” (1 Thess. 2:13). Paul’s message from God is equated with the Old Testament (Mark 7:13). It was the message taught by the apostles (Acts 4:31; 6:2). Peter preached it to the Gentiles (Acts 11:1). It was the word Paul preached on his first missionary journey (Acts 13:5, 7, 44, 48, 49), his second (Acts 16:32; 17:13; 18:11), and his third (Acts 19:10).

“Which also effectively works in you who believe.” The work of God’s Word includes:

saving (Rom. 10:17; 1 Pet. 1:23);

teaching and training (2 Tim. 3:16, 17);

guiding (Ps. 119:105);

counseling (Ps. 119:24);

reviving (Ps. 119:154);

restoring (Ps. 19:7);

warning and rewarding (Ps. 19:11);

nourishing (1 Pet. 2:2);

judging (Heb. 4:12);

sanctifying (John 17:17);

freeing (John 8:31, 32);

enriching (Col. 3:16);

protecting (Ps. 119:11);

strengthening (Ps. 119:28);

making wise (Ps. 119:17–100);

rejoicing the heart (Ps. 19:8);

and prospering (Josh. 1:8, 9).