 What is the difference between Rayma and Lagos? I know people say logos, which is fine, but it's probably called Lagos. What is the difference between Rayma and Lagos? You have probably heard it stated in so many different time, different ways, and in most cases you've probably heard it stated incorrectly. There really is no difference between Lagos and Rayma. I'll pull this up in just a little bit and let you look at the definitions of what there really isn't. They can be and are in the Bible used interchangeably. There is a suspicion among some people that when John brings up the word in Revelation 11, in the beginning was the word Lagos, that he is tapping into two things that he's dealing with, the minds of the Jews as well as the mind of the Gentiles, specifically those who are philosophical by bringing in the word Lagos. Because in their culture, Lagos may have had a little bit deeper meaning, but the term Lagos generically in and of itself doesn't really have that deep of a meaning. You can make any word have a deep meaning. You can make a word, you can turn a word into a metaphor if you'd like. It's not what John is doing in John 1, the word doesn't have some sort of metaphorical meaning. He's trying to bring something out, but generically though Lagos and Rayma means the same thing, but you'll hear people saying and you often see it, not often see it, I think it back, because I was going to say that you see it a lot of times in the Pentecostal Charismatic Movement where they'll say you need a fresh word, a Rayma word. Well, a Rayma word is no different than a Lagos word. Matter of fact, a Rayma word doesn't make any sense. It's kind of redundant to say a Rayma word because Rayma is word. So let's go ahead and pull that up on the screen so that you guys can see what I am talking about. Let's go to, let's say I'm going to pull up two different examples. I'll pull up, let's go to Ephesians 617 and let's look at the definition for the word word. So you see on the right, on the right hand side, the left hand side and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Now what I want to do is just look at the term word of God. So we're going to look at it two different times in the Bible where it says the word of God. And in both cases, both cases are being spoken of by Paul. So Paul is using the term word of God. One instance, he's going to use the word Lagos. Another instance, he's going to use the word Rayma. The exact same meaning. So here we have in the English word, look to the right side. But in this case, it is the word of God, but it's Rayma. So let's go ahead and let's pull up. So I want you guys all to see this. Rayma, let's go to the Mount Stictionary. Rayma, if you see the definition here, let me make it a little bigger so you all can see that. This word means that which is spoken, declaration, saying, speech, word. That's what it is. It's a declaration. It's a saying. It's a speech. It's a word. It's a word. It's a matter. It's a thing. All right. That's literally what the word means in Greek. Now, let's go to 1 Corinthians 14, 36. 14, 36, and Paul is going to use the exact same phrase here for the word of God. And in this case, we'll see the definition of it. Let's put it back on the screen. Let's find the word there. Here's the word right here for Lagos. Let's click it. So notice the definition is the same. Uh-oh. Wrong one. Let's put it on. A word, a thing, utter, speech, language, talk. And it's used the exact same way. It's used the exact same way. Remember, we're still talking about, we're still bringing up the word of God. That's the phrase, word of God. So sometimes I think people try to go deeper than they need to go. The words are used interchangeably. Well, why? Why would, if words have meaning, why use Raymai here and why use Lagos there? Surely they must mean something different. Well, the same thing we do. I tell my little grandson who's been disobedient. I said, sit your little tail down or sit your little behind down. I mean the exact same thing. I didn't choose the word to give any extra emphasis. I'm just using, pulling out out of the assortment of words we have at our disposal. And so sometimes the words are just used interchangeably. Raymai can be used. Now a lot of times you'll see Raymai is used when let's say you're trying to invoke what God is saying. But you know what? You can say the same thing. It happens also when God is speaking. And so by the way, both Raymai can also be used as a verb as well. You see that too. So technically both words are the same. They're used interchangeably. So I wouldn't make too big a deal. I would not start off or try to say something and try to be too profound by using the word Raymai as though it's a different or greater meaning other than Lagos. I would not. But if you want to, hey, knock yourself out. But you really don't find grammatically any real basis in doing so.