SPELLING EDITED
SPEAKING RIGHT WORDS!
“Teach me, and I will hold my TONGUE: and cause me to UNDERSTAND wherein I have erred: HOW FORCIBLE ARE RIGHT WORDS...”
Job 6: 24,25
The words we speak have power and they are more powerful than many people realize. The words we say can put a smile on someone's face or bring tears to another one's eyes. We can encourage one another with the words we speak or we can crush the hopes and dreams of the ones we love by not watching what we say. Our words are more powerful than we give them credit. Through my years of studying the word of God, I have come to see that words are a creative force! Now there are some that have misused the teaching of speaking right words and have gone to an extreme, which in turn has turned a lot of Christians away from teachings on faith and positive speaking. But just because a few have abused the word of God and have twisted the scriptures to say what they want, does not mean we should altogether throw out this vitally important truth found in the word of God. Now if you have been somewhat turned off by the teachings on speaking positively, then I encourage you to hear the WHOLE matter written in this study that is soundly based upon God's Holy word of truth. Please read this Biblical study in its entirety before you make a judgment. Search the word of God to be absolutely sure that I have not misused any of the scripture references by taking them out of their context, or have twisted them in any way. Take the time to prove this truth of God's word out once and for all for yourself. Please read this study carefully and prayerfully. Thank you for desiring the truth of God's word. We are told in Hebrews 11:3 that the very world in which we live was framed by the word of God. Numerous times in Genesis we read the words and God SAID. “And God SAID let there be…and it was.” Speaking faith-filled words is God’s WAY to bring things into existence. And we are created in his very own IMAGE. Just as a child IMITATES his parents so should we as God's children IMITATE our heavenly Father who created us in his IMAGE and LIKENESS. 1 Peter 5:8 says. “Be SOBER, be vigilant; (Why?) because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, SEEKING whom he may devour.” Have you ever wondered why the devil has to SEEK whom he may devour? If the devil was as powerful as some Christians have led some of us to believe, then one would think that the devil would NOT have to SEEK whom he may devour, but that he would devour everyone he chooses to devour. Now, this is another study in and of itself, but just trust me for now when I tell you that the devil CANNOT just devour whomsoever he pleases, whenever he pleases. Assuming now that you agree with me on this statement without me having to prove it to you from the word of God right at this point in time, ask yourself why we are instructed to be SOBER and to be vigilant? It is as if the writer is saying to us that IF so be we are SOBER and vigilant, then our adversary will NOT be able to devour us. One of the definitions of the word “sober” is to be cautious in action or speech. In other words, we need to be VIGILANT, that is to say, watch carefully what we SAY as well as what we do. Most Christians are diligent to watch their actions or deeds to keep sin out of their lives and walk in love but not so many Christians are vigilant to guard their words. An excellent prayer to pray to help us guard our words is found in Psalm 141:3.
Psalm 141:3.
“Set a watch, O Lord, before mouth; keep the door of my lips.”
Why pray a prayer such as this if words are not that important? Well, you see the words we speak are so important that God takes every idle word we speak into account. Look at Matthew 12:36,37. “But I say unto you, That EVERY idle word that men shall speak they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37. For by your WORDS you shall be justified and by your WORDS you shall be condemned.”
Now, not only will we be justified or condemned by the words we have spoken on the Day of Judgment, but also our words are judged every day. Satan is the accuser of the brethren. Satan is the oppressor. And negative speaking will open the door to the enemy. In other words, Satan is seeking whom he may devour and he is listening for those negative speaking people so he can give them what they speak. Ask God to help you guard your words so you will be justified and not condemned.
Romans 3:4 says.
“Yea, let God be true, but every man a liar, as it is written. That you might be justified in your SAYINGS and might overcome when you are judged.”
The word “judged” here means tried, trial, or TEMPTED. It is not God who TEMPTS us. We do not OVERCOME God. So the one that judges what we speak is our enemy, Satan, the devil. And one of the meanings of justified is to be SET FREE. In other words, we are set free with the words we speak, IF they are in agreement with the word of God. Speaking forth God’s word in faith will always bring you the victory over every trial if you endure unto the end to overcome that trial. God is always faithful to perform his word. Almighty God the Father redeemed every man, woman, and child on this planet we call the Earth by the blood of his Son Jesus. The price has ALREADY been paid for ALL TO BE JUSTIFIED (or set free from sin)! Revelation 12:11 says.
“And they OVERCAME him (Satan and the WORKS of Satan) by the blood of the Lamb AND by the WORD of their testimony.”
You see, Jesus shed his blood for the redemption of ALL of mankind, yet ALL men are not saved. That is to say, all men have not heard and accepted Jesus personally as their Lord and Savior.
1 Corinthians 1:21b says.
“...It pleased God by the foolishness of PREACHING to save them that believe.”
Who is going to be saved? ONLY those that BELIEVE. I want you to take note of HOW a person is saved.
First, they HEAR the gospel of salvation. Secondly, they must BELIEVE in their heart that what they have heard is the truth and not just something that is merely true, but that which is eternal and unchangeable. And then thirdly they must CONFESS with their MOUTH what they believe in their hearts and they shall be saved. Not confess just one or two times, but to continually and consistently say what the word of God says no matter what the circumstances may be telling you. You see when we were first saved the devil came along and tried to DECEIVE us that we were NOT TRULY SAVED. So what did we do? We went to God's WORD and CONFESSED those verses that ASSURED us that we were indeed TRULY SAVED! We RESISTED the LIES of the enemy by the WORD or the CONFESSION of our faith. Jesus said in Matthew 24:13 that only he that endures unto the end the SAME shall be saved. In other words, if you cast away your faith in the Lord and do not endure unto the end of your life, then you will not be saved from that TRIAL or TEMPTATION that you may be going through. And every time the enemy overcomes you the stronger his DECEPTION becomes in your mind to make you THINK that God has abandoned you and that God will no longer forgive you when you fall into temptation. And thus, you are overcome by the enemy to sin more easily each time you give in to the enemy's temptation. I implore you NOT to be DECEIVED by the LIES from the enemy. God has promised that HE will NEVER leave us nor forsake us. It is WE who are DECEIVED by the enemy to LEAVE God. Please read the study “ALMIGHTY GOD LOVES YOU SO VERY MUCH!” for a deeper understanding of God's faithfulness to perform his word IF SO BE that we BELIEVE and trust in him to do so. This three-step principle is a spiritual law just as gravity is a physical law, and will work whether you know and understand it or not. It will either work for you, or it will work against you, but it will always work.
Romans 10:8-10 says it like this.
“But what says it? The word is nigh you, even in your mouth, and in your heart: that is the word of faith, which we PREACH; (Or the word of God is first HEARD. And faith builds in us to speak what we believe) 9. That if you shall CONFESS with your MOUTH the Lord Jesus, and shall BELIEVE in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be SAVED. 10. For with the heart man believes unto righteousness and with the MOUTH CONFESSION is made unto salvation.”
The word “saved” here in the Greek is “SOZO” and means to be healed, to be made whole, to be delivered, to be set free, to be protected, to be placed back in a right relationship with God, and to be saved. So in other words, if you are saved, then you are also healed. Healing is a part of salvation. The words “saved” and “healed” are interchangeable. To say this another way, both the words saved and healed mean the same thing in the eyes of God. If you are saved, then you are also healed. And if you are healed then you are saved. You are saved from the sickness that Satan was using to oppress you. One meaning of FAITH is constancy or steadfastness of PROFESSION or CONFESSION. This means to say the same thing continually without wavering until the END. The end is when whatever you are having faith to believe comes to pass. To me this is the simplest definition of the word “faith”, standing fast in what you believe in your heart and not wavering in what you CONFESS with your mouth until it comes to pass.
Hebrews 10:23 says.
“Let us hold fast the PROFESSION OF our faith without wavering: (for he is faithful that promised).”
Profess means to make an open declaration of, to confess publicly, and to affirm one's belief in something by saying or doing. Hebrews 3:1 tells us that Jesus is the high priest of the PROFESSION of our faith. The words of our mouth play a vital role in our salvation and in our being healed. Confession is made unto salvation! To say this another way, if one stops having faith in Jesus as their Savior then their salvation will not come to pass and they will not receive eternal life in the world to come. Therefore we must CONTINUE in faith making a positive confession of faith UNTO the actual RECEIVING of the END of our salvation which is eternal life in the world to come.
Jesus said in Matthew 10:32,33 that,
“Whosoever, therefore, shall CONFESS me before men, him, will I CONFESS before my Father which is in heaven. 33. But whosoever shall deny (That is to say, reject the truth by not confessing, or by confessing something contrary to God's word) me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.”
Therefore, the basic “formula”, if you will, for salvation is laid out for us in Romans 10:8-10. Remember that salvation or being saved means deliverance, safety, healing, and health. Some Christians have come to call this “formula” the ABC’s of faith, Accept, Believe, and Confess.
Also, whatever is in your heart will eventually come out of your mouth. Take a look at Matthew 12:34-37. “O generation of vipers. How can you being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth SPEAKS. 35. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things: and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. 36. But I say unto you, that every idle WORD that men shall SPEAK, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37. For by your WORDS you shall be justified and by your WORDS you shall be condemned.” Good things, as well as bad things, come into being (why?) because of the WORDS we speak. So if your CONFESSION is NEGATIVE like, “I can't ever seem to overcome temptation in this one area of my life”, then that NEGATIVE CONFESSION is what you TRULY BELIEVE in your heart and it will produce what you CONFESS. And therefore that particular temptation will overcome you every time UNTIL you BELIEVE and change your confession of faith. So then, if you find yourself confessing things that you do NOT want in your life, then CHANGE what you CONFESS to something POSITIVE that you know is God's will for your life. We all know that it is NOT God's WILL for us to SIN so WHY are some of you CONFESSING that you just cannot overcome that certain sin? CHANGE your CONFESSION! All things are possible to him that BELIEVES! Please read the study “HOW YOU CAN LIVE YOUR LIFE FREE FROM SIN!”. Matthew 15:17.18 goes on to say. “Do NOT you YET understand, that whatsoever enters in at the mouth goes into the belly and is cast out into the drought? 18. BUT those things which proceed out of the MOUTH (Meaning the words we speak, our CONFESSIONS) come forth from the HEART; and they (the WORDS we speak) defile the man.” These particular words that defile a person, of course, are referring to the bad or evil treasure in a person's heart that comes out as negative and perverse speech because they DEFILE the person. But it is equally as true that GOOD words, or positive confessions that agree with God's word will BLESS the person who deposits GOOD TREASURES in their heart to speak forth POSITIVE words. All through the entire Bible, we are given very explicit and detailed instructions about speaking RIGHT WORDS. Proverbs 4: 20-24 says, “My son, attend to my WORDS. Incline your ear to my SAYINGS. 21. Let them not depart from your eyes: keep them in the midst of your HEART. 22. For they (God’s word) are life unto those who find them, and HEALTH (or medicine) to all their flesh. 23. Keep your heart with all diligence: for out of it (Your heart) are the issues of life. 24. Put away from you a froward MOUTH and perverse LIPS put far from you.” The word “ issue” here means source, come forth, come out of, to proceed from, to be born, or spring forth. It means progeny, which is to give birth to. In other words, out of our hearts, that is to say, out of our spirit, is the source of giving birth or life to things. And whatever is in our hearts will eventually come out of our mouths in the form of WORDS to bring into being that which we believe in our spirits. Proverbs 18:21 says. “Death and life are in the power of the TONGUE: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.” Likewise, they that do not love it (watch over it with care and guard what their tongue says) will also eat the fruit thereof, but chances are it will not be pleasant to eat. It is, therefore, VITAL to remember that Jesus said that the good treasure of your heart brings forth good things and the evil treasure in your heart brings forth evil things. In other words, whatever is in our hearts (that which we believe) is what we will speak out of our mouth and bring into existence whether it be good or whether it be evil. God's word says that his people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. There is probably a good chance that you have heard people say that bad things come in threes. So when something bad happens to them they are looking for two more bad things to happen. They believe in this so much that they tell everybody, “you just watch and see, there will be two more bad things to happen, it never fails.” Now, in reality, no one really desires bad things to happen to them, so this treasure in their heart would be considered an EVIL treasure because it brings forth undesirable things in their life. You see you can believe and have faith in things that you do not want to bring about in your life that brings harm to you because you have not understood these things in God's word before. Or just as well you can believe and have to bring about good things in your life but yet not know that it was your words coming out of the good treasure of your heart that brought them forth. The trouble is that some of those people who are using their own faith against themselves by speaking negative things do not believe that their own words are what is actually causing the problems. They do not realize that the treasure of their heart is evil. They do not understand that even God's people can be destroyed because of a lack of knowledge. Please understand the Biblical meaning of the word “EVIL”. Hebrews 3:12 says that UNBELIEF is considered an EVIL heart. So be very careful of not believing God's word. In the book of Numbers, in the 13th and 14th chapters, we read about the children of Israel who bring back an EVIL report coming back from spying out the land of promise. God's word calls their report EVIL because it is contrary to what God said to them. God said to them to go in and possess the land and they came back with a NEGATIVE report and said “NO we cannot possess the land for we are like grasshoppers in their sight. They are too mighty and therefore we are not able to possess the land”. God called their report evil because it was in UNBELIEF. It was the opposite of what God said. What I am teaching you in this study is God's word, his whole word through and through, so I caution you to take heed lest there be found in you also an evil heart of unbelief. Do not say in your heart things like, “Oh I do not believe that positive confession stuff” or “you are just one of those name it and claim it, preachers.” No, I am not one of those who “name it and claim it” type Christian. They have gone to the extreme by consuming the blessings of God upon themselves. What I am teaching you is sound Biblical teaching that will bring God's blessings in your life so you can be a blessing to others. Sarcasm is another area that many Christians take lightly and THINK that there is no harm whatsoever in being sarcastic. However, the Bible teaches us that our yea should be yea and our nay should be nay. In other words, say what you mean and mean what you say, and rid your vocabulary of all sarcastic speech. Our speech should be pure or single, not double-minded or wavering. The words we speak should be positive. James 3:10 tells us that. “Out of the mouth proceeds blessing and cursing. My brethren these things ought NOT to be so.” We just read in Proverbs 4:24 to put away a FROWARD mouth, and also put far from us PERVERSE lips. So what exactly are a froward mouth, and perverse lips? The word froward means to knot, to distort, to twist, to make crooked. It also means refractory, sullen, perverse, in opposition to, or in disobedience. In short, froward speech is speaking negative words that are in opposition and in disobedience to God’s word. The word perverse means to turn aside, depart, refusing to do right, self-willed, and turning from the true purpose. Therefore, if we are to put away from us a froward mouth, then we are to put away any speech that is opposition to God’s word. For example, one might say, “I know that the Bible says that with his (Jesus’) stripes I am healed, but I don’t feel healed so I am not going to say that I am healed.” That is a froward speech. God’s word says in Romans 3:4 to let God be true and every man a liar. We are told in Isaiah 55:8,9 that God’s thoughts and ways are not our thoughts and ways. God’s ways are higher than our ways. God calls the end into being from the beginning. God calls those things that are not as though they were already. Then in verse 11, we are told the following. Isaiah 55:11. “So shall my WORD be that goes forth out of my mouth: it (God’s word) shall not return void, but it (God’s spoken word being spoken in FAITH) shall accomplish that which I (God) please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.” God will hasten to perform his word. It may go against all our human reasoning to say we are healed when every symptom of the sickness or disease can plainly be seen and felt in our bodies, but if we are to be obedient to God, then we must HUMBLE ourselves and SUBMIT ourselves unto God by coming into agreement with what his word says, with his stripes we are healed. Let God be true and every man a liar. What we feel and what we see needs to be treated as a lie. We need to stop turning aside and departing from God’s word by putting what we think or feel above his word. We need to quit being self-willed by turning from the true purpose of God’s word and refusing to do what is right, which is to come into agreement with what the Bible teaches. Some people do not FEEL saved when they first repent and ask God to forgive them. So we instruct them to continue to BELIEVE and CONFESS the WORD because we know from our own experience that the feeling will come if they will hold fast to their confession of FAITH that they are saved. Proverbs 16:25 tells us that, “There is a way that SEEMS right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” Human reasoning says I would be lying if I said I was healed if I still looked and felt sick. However, God’s ways are not our ways. God’s way is FAITH, calling things that are not as though they already are. So obey God’s word and do what. Proverbs 3:5 says. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart; and lean NOT unto your OWN understanding.” If you believe in your heart God's word that says out of the heart are the ISSUES of life and stay in agreement with God’s word by SPEAKING in FAITH, “with the stripes of Jesus I am healed”, then the manifestation of your healing can be born or be brought forth in your body. Healing has ALREADY been provided for you, it is just a matter of your receiving this TRUTH in your spirit, and having it manifested in your body by holding fast to your profession of faith. Keep your lips from turning from their true purpose, which is to bring forth blessing by speaking what God says in his word. Remain fully persuaded that God is FAITHFUL that promised. If you are being TEMPTED to sin, then speak God's word in FAITH BELIEVING that sin has NO MORE DOMINION OVER YOU! You see just like gravity is a natural law, speaking words is also a spiritual law. This spiritual law of speaking words will work FOR you, OR it will work AGAINST you. It will work to your advantage, OR it will work to your disadvantage, but it will ALWAYS work. Learn to speak positive words that are in agreement with God’s word and you will always be victorious over the enemy in every circumstance. However, if you are NOT SOBER (watching closely what you say) and you give place to the devil and speak negative words contrary or in opposition to God’s word, then the enemy will overcome you, the devil will devour you. It is your choice! Deuteronomy 30:19 says it this way,
“I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have SET before you (A spiritual law) life and death, BLESSING and CURSING: therefore, CHOOSE life, that both you and your seed may live:”
God has considered ALL of mankind to be under SIN and therefore guilty of DEATH because all men of the age of accountability have sinned at one time or another in their life. Therefore every single person MUST CHOOSE LIFE if they want to be saved and receive eternal life in the world to come. So again it is your choice. It is God’s will and desire for you to choose life and blessing, but ultimately it is your choice. In other words, every single person over the age of accountability MUST choose LIFE by BELIEVING on Jesus the SON OF the living God in order to be cleansed of all their past sins to be placed in a right relationship with Almighty God and then they MUST CONTINUE to believe by following and obeying the teachings of Jesus written in the word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible. James 1:22 instructs us, “But be you a DOER of the word, and NOT hearers ONLY, DECEIVING our own selves.” You may know in your MIND to speak the right correct positive words that agree with God's word. But if so be that you are not a DOER of the word, then this HEAD knowledge will not do you any good until you get this head knowledge down in your heart by meditating on the promises of God day and night and not letting them depart from your eyes. You may know in your head that God's word says that he will not allow you to be tempted above that which you are able to bear or overcome, but if this word of truth is not BELIEVED in your HEART then you will not boldly CONFESS this TRUTH out of your mouth. Please read Psalm 107:2 which says, “Let the redeemed of the Lord SAY SO, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the enemy.” We can read in Galatians that Jesus was made a curse for us so that we might be redeemed from the curse of the law and inherit the BLESSINGS of Abraham. We are told in the book of Deuteronomy that the curse of the law is sickness and disease, poverty, and spiritual death. But if you are not a DOER of the word then that head knowledge will not profit you. Isaiah 53:4,5 tells us that Jesus bore our grief and carried our sorrows. He was wounded for our transgressions and with his stripes, we are healed. Listen to what the Spirit of God is saying, “With the stripes of Jesus we are healed”. Jesus did not bear those stripes in vain. Those stripes Jesus bore upon his back are for our healing so we do not have to bear sickness, disease, and pain in our bodies. I repeat Jesus did NOT bear those stripes in VAIN. Unless of course, you reject this truth, then they are in vain to YOU and of no benefit to YOU because of UNBELIEF or for not being a DOER of the word. God’s word plainly says you are healed and redeemed from sickness and disease, so let God be true and every man a liar. Let the redeemed of the Lord SAY SO! Say, “I am no longer a sinner, sin has no more dominion over me, I am a NEW creature created in Christ Jesus unto good works, I have been made the righteousness of God through Christ, I can do all things through Christ Jesus, I am more than a conqueror through him that loves me, I am healed by the stripes of Jesus, I have been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of my testimony”. Let the redeemed SAY SO! Even if you do not FEEL healed BELIEVE that you ARE and CONFESS the word of TRUTH that has been deposited in your heart by meditating on the promises in God's word and the FAITHFULNESS of God to PERFORM his WORD. When the SYMPTOMS of sickness or disease TRY and come into your body, RESIST them in the name of Jesus and boldly SAY with the stripes of Jesus I am healed. Do not give the devil place, for you see the initial symptoms are only FALSE EVIDENCE APPEARING REAL (F.E.A.R.). When Satan TRIES to overcome you with his LYING temptations, then RESIST them and WALK AWAY from what is tempting you. Be a DOER of the word and NOT a hearer only DECEIVING your OWN self!
John 10:10 says,
“The thief comes not but to steal kill and destroy I have come that you might have life and life more abundantly”.
The devil is your enemy NOT God. Satan is after the word of God that has been sown in your heart. He wants to steal your health. He wants to steal your joy. He wants to steal your finances. He even wants to steal your righteousness. Every good thing that God has done for us the devil wants to destroy and keep us from enjoying the blessings of God. But most of all he is after the word of God that has been sown in your heart. However, Jesus came to DESTROY the works of the devil and give to us ABUNDANT life. The word “abundant” here means more than sufficient, more than enough, and more than capable. And in the Greek “abundant life” means exceeding full, going beyond, more than, advantage, greater, superfluous, vehemently, exceed, over and above. So being a Christian makes your life better than those who are not Christian. That is to say IF so be that you know who you are in Christ, and you are a doer of the word of God then a Christian's life is better than those in the world. Now, this does not mean we are to lord over other people, but rather lead them to this abundant life. We are to be the salt of the earth and a light unto the world. There should be a difference between us and the world. In the Old Testament, we read that there was not even one sick or feeble one among the children of Israel during the 40 years that they were in the wilderness. Bless the Lord O my soul and FORGET NOT all his BENEFITS. God is no respecter of persons. Remember that SPEAKING WORDS (good or bad) is a spiritual law just like gravity is a physical law. Every law that is established by God is designed to work toward our good if we obey them. However, they can and will work against us IF we do not abide by them. If you throw a rock into the air it will respond to the law of gravity and come back down, so you better be watching and prepared to get out of its way. Likewise, if you throw words out that you believe in your heart then they also will respond to God’s law of blessing and cursing given to us in Deuteronomy chapter 30 and verse 19. Therefore, we need to watch closely how we throw words around and guard our lips against speaking NEGATIVE words! Jesus said that EVERY idle word that men shall speak they shall give account thereof in the Day of Judgment.
Matthew 12:17.
“For by your WORDS you shall be justified and by your WORDS you shall be condemned.”
Let God be true and every man a liar. This is what Romans 3:4 tells us so that we might be justified in our SAYINGS and overcome the enemy, the devil, when we are judged (tried or tested). So how are we justified (set free)? We are set free or delivered from our trials by the WORDS of our mouth if they are faith-filled right words. And we are condemned by our WORDS if we speak perversely or contrary to God’s word. If God’s word says one thing and a man says something that is different, even if natural human reasoning tells you that what man is saying SEEMS to be what is right, then what man is speaking is froward or perverse, because it is in opposition to what God is saying. Every word we speak will either work for us or they will work against us. We have been given free will to choose the words we speak, and it is God’s will for us to speak the right words. For example, God’s word says in 1 Peter 2:24 that with the stripes of Jesus we are healed. The word of God is true and is no lie. Therefore, if and when the symptoms of sickness or disease come upon you, don’t get into agreement with what man says by saying that you must be coming down with a cold or flu, and merely accept those lying symptoms as a fact of life. But rather, get into agreement with the word of God and confess that you are healed by the stripes that Jesus bore for your healing. RESIST the devil and he WILL FLEE from you, and you will be healed. Healing will be manifested in your body if you do not waver and cast away your confidence in God. Satan is a liar and there is no truth in him. I am convinced and fully persuaded that INITIALLY, every symptom of every sickness and every disease begins as just that, “A SYMPTOM”! Now a symptom is nothing more than a sign. No doubt you have heard a doctor say now watch for these SIGNS or symptoms. The word “sign” means to SUGGEST the presence or existence of a fact, condition, or quality NOT immediately evident. In other words, as I said before False Evidence Appearing Real (F.E.A.R.) Let me ask you a question. Have you ever awoke in the morning with the symptoms of let’s say the flu on a workday? You might have thought to yourself, “Yes! Now I have an excuse not to get out of bed and go to work.” Somehow for a brief moment, the idea of being sick has become somewhat inviting to you because it will give you a legitimate excuse not to go to work. It is a temptation. But then you remember that if you miss work then your paycheck will not be enough to make your house payment, so you FORCE yourself out of bed and you MAKE yourself go to work despite how you feel. Now after you have been at work for a while you suddenly realize that the SYMPTOMS of the flu you had that morning are no longer present in your body. So I ask you what happened to those symptoms that seemed so real a few hours earlier? I will tell you exactly what happened, you RESISTED the TEMPTATION to lay in bed and give in to the SYMPTOMS of the flu. You RESISTED the devil and he FLED from you! It doesn’t matter whether or not you knew this is what you were doing at the time, but this is a principle or law that God has established much like the law of gravity will always work. You see the law of gravity always works whether you believe it or not, but the more you know about how the law of gravity works the more you will be able to have it work to your advantage and not have it work against you. Therefore, the more you know how the law of FAITH works the more effective you will be in overcoming the enemy. Now again just your sheer determination to go to work despite how you felt was a form or part of resisting the enemy, the devil, even if at the time you were not aware that it was the thief (Satan) that came to steal your health and finances. However, the more you know about your enemy and his devices the better you will be equipped to overcome him and be justified when you are tempted or tried. SPEAKING RIGHT WORDS is one of the key principal things a believer must do in order to live a victorious life and overcome the enemy in every circumstance. One way to effectively resist sickness is to speak “to the mountain” by SAYING aloud or speaking TO the sickness saying something like, “No, sickness, you are not allowed in my body. It is written with the stripes of Jesus I am healed, so in the name of Jesus, I resist you flu and command every symptom to leave my body now. Fever, I speak to you in the name of Jesus I command you to leave my body NOW. Aching back and muscles, I speak peace to you in the name of Jesus and command you to relax right now. Satan you are a liar and there is no truth in you. I hold up the shield of faith against you Satan quenching all your fiery darts (lies of the enemy). I resist you Satan and every lying SYMPTOM in the mighty name of Jesus, the name above every name.” Now, regardless of how you feel, act by faith as if you ARE healed, much like you did when you FORCED yourself to go to work even though you did not feel good. Only this time resist the symptoms of the sickness or disease knowing that without a doubt it is the devil that is seeking to devour you by bringing these symptoms upon you. Remember that these are only symptoms as yet and only false evidence appearing real UNLESS you give into them and accept them. Refuse to be DOUBLE MINDED by giving in and SAYING how bad you FEEL. Because after you have accepted the symptoms of sickness then it will be a hard fight of faith to receive your healing. The best way to stay healed and to walk in health is to resist the very first SIGN of any sickness. It does not even have to be a symptom but rather can be something as simple as someone ELSE saying that it is the flu season and you know what that means. And then you AGREE that the flue has a season and everyone gets the flue during the so-called flu season. Now after you have confessed a good sound Biblical prayer and have resisted the symptoms of sickness in the mighty name of Jesus do NOT cast away the confidence in God's word which has great recompense of reward. You see you have just prayed a wonderful scriptural prayer taking authority over these symptoms, so don't nullify and cancel out your prayer by being double-minded by speaking negatively, saying how bad you feel. Satan will use even other Christians to come along and speak something negative to try and get you to AGREE with them. Do not agree with their negative speech. If you do then you will cancel out your prayer and you will have to start over. Remember that James 1:7,8 warns us that a double-minded man is unstable in all his ways and teaches us not even to think that a double-minded man should receive anything of the Lord. You need for your every day talk to agree with what you pray, or otherwise, you will be double-minded. You may not have realized this before and some of you may not accept this at first, but be assured this is sound Biblical teaching, which you will clearly see later on in this study. But for now, here is an example of keeping your everyday speaking in agreement with your praying. Suppose you stood in your authority as a believer over the symptoms of sickness this morning in the name of Jesus, resisted the sickness the enemy was trying to put upon you and you get to work and you still have the symptoms of the flu. And then a co-worker comes up and makes a comment like, “you do not look so good” and then you respond by saying something like, “I feel like a ton of bricks landed on me. I must be coming down with the flu or something.” You now just became a DOUBLE-MINDED man by speaking in opposition to God’s word and what you prayed earlier that morning. It doesn’t matter that what you are feeling is true in the physical realm, but only what God says. We walk by FAITH and not by what we see and feel. You see these circumstances, what we see and feel will change, ONLY IF we remain steadfast in our faith. Therefore, by agreeing with what you feel you are no longer speaking RIGHT WORDS. Your speech has become froward or perverse. And you just nullified every positive prayer that you prayed that morning. You can forget about receiving the healing that has already been purchased for you by the stripes of Jesus until you once again become single-minded and resist the enemy unto the end. That is to say until you receive the manifestation of healing in your body, then you can END your believing and confession of faith for that particular thing. Remember as long as you resist and remain SINGLE-minded and UNWAVERING the devil will flee from you every time. Just in case you were wondering sickness and disease are not your friend. Sickness and disease are your enemies, and they are from the devil, NOT God.
Proverbs 12:18 says,
“But the tongue of the wise is HEALTH”.
Therefore, use your tongue wisely. Don’t say at the first little sneeze. “Oh I must be coming down with the flu, or maybe it is a cold or an allergy. The root meaning of the word symptom is to fall upon. The devil goes about as a roaring lion SEEKING whom he may devour. So if his lying symptoms FALL UPON you, and you do NOT stand against the wiles, trickery, and lies of the enemy and resist him, then you will be overcome by him.
Proverb 15:4 tells us,
“A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit (heart).”
The word “wholesome” means entire, complete, healthy, SOUND, tending to promote health, nourishing, or in other words POSITIVE. The word “breach” means fracture, ruin, breaking, destruction, or the breaking down. Perverse speech, speaking words that are contrary to what the word of God says about us, will break down our spirits. This is what is called NEGATIVE speaking, which tears down or drains our spirit. In other words, the faith that has been built up in our spirits by the positive speaking or the preaching of God’s word is destroyed by perverse speech or perverse preaching. This is why it is so VITAL that we guard our hearts and take heed what we hear because perverse speech or perverse preaching will rob our faith. And without faith, we cannot receive from God. So consequently, the enemy will overcome us, if we continue to listen to any perverse speech, talk or even negative preaching in opposition to God’s word. Remember the words of Jesus. These are HIS words in a paraphrase the way we talk in our day, “For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Out of a GOOD treasure (God's word and positive faith-filled treasures that we deposit in our heart) will be spoken forth out of our mouth or confessed before men and those positive faith-filled words will bring forth good things or bear good fruit. BUT the EVIL treasure of a person's heart (Things opposing God's word and negative speaking) will bring forth into a person's life bad or evil things which are not desirable.” In other words, we bring bad things upon ourselves (how?) by the negative WORDS of our own mouth that we speak forth from our spirits. What is in our spirits our mouth cannot help but speak. For God's word says that out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. And what we continually listen to will eventually enter into our spirits and sooner or later it will be spoken. So if we want to speak and say what God's word says and be in agreement with the word of God, then we will have to spend time reading and studying his word. We must meditate, think, and ponder on the things of God through the day on a daily basis. Then when his word is written upon our hearts in abundance then our speaking will become positive and we will bring forth good things in our life. And at the same time, we will rid our hearts and mouth of any perverse and froward things that only produce evil in our life.
Now look at Proverbs 17:20, which says,
“He that has a froward heart finds no good and he that has a perverse tongue FALLS into mischief.”
The word ‘mischief” means bad, evil, adversity, calamity, affliction, sorrow, and trouble. There is nothing good about sickness and disease. Also notice the word “falls”, which has the meaning of being in a protected area such as a fortress and then something causes you to fall out or away from this protection. The Bible clearly teaches that a perverse tongue causes this protection from God to be removed. This is exactly what happened to Job. There was once a protective hedge around Job and Satan could not penetrate it no matter how hard he tried so he eventually gave up. But Job removed himself out of this protective hedge of God by the error of his TONGUE, by his having great fear, and by his pride.
Job 6:24,25
“Teach me, and I will hold my TONGUE: cause me to understand wherein I have ERRED. How forcible are RIGHT WORDS!”
In verse 30 Job asks God if the cause of this attack from the enemy could be perverseness in his tongue. But keep in mind that Job did not know about the enemy, Satan, and believed that God was putting all these troubles upon him. So Job asks God,
Job 6:30.
“Is there iniquity (sin) in my TONGUE? Cannot my taste discern perverse things?”
The word translated “things” here literally means words, matters of utterance, or spoken things. In other words, Job was saying, “Have I sinned with my tongue? I am WONDERING if I have sinned with my tongue by speaking PERVERSELY or negatively, but surely I would be able to discern if I have spoken something negative that would have caused these troubles to come upon me.” This is my paraphrased version of what I perceive to be what Job was saying.
HOW FORCIBLE ARE RIGHT WORDS!
There is a place under God’s protection that Satan cannot touch a believer, but it’s our job to keep ourselves in this area of protection.
Look at 1 John 5:18b.
“…but he that is begotten of God keeps himself and the wicked one TOUCHES him NOT.”
One of the principal things that keep us under God’s protection is speaking RIGHT WORDS. This is not the ONLY thing, but rather it is a VITAL and major principle that must be put into action to bring about the full protection that God provides for us.
Proverbs 21:23 tells us,
“Whoso keeps his mouth and his tongue KEEPS his soul from troubles.”
How much plainer can the word of God be than this? If we keep our mouth from speaking perverseness, then our tongue, by speaking only RIGHT WORDS will keep our souls from trouble.
Proverbs 6:20 says,
“YOU are snared with the words of YOUR mouth, and YOU are taken with the words of YOUR mouth.”
The words we speak will either work to our good or they will work against us depending upon whether we are speaking blessing or whether we are speaking cursing. Blessing means to say something that is good and right about something or someone. In other words, speaking positively and in agreement with God’s word. Cursing means to say something bad or evil about something or someone. In other words, speaking negatively or in opposition to God’s word.
Proverbs 12:13,14 says,
“The wicked is snared by the transgression of his LIPS, (Perverse speech) but the just shall come out of trouble. 14. A man shall be satisfied with good (How?) by the fruit of his MOUTH.”
Jesus tells us in Mathew 12:33-35.
“Either make the tree good and his fruit good or make the tree corrupt and his fruit corrupt for the tree is known by his fruit. 34. O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, SPEAK good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks 35. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.”
Therefore, in order to be satisfied with good things, we will need to fill our hearts with the good treasure of God’s word. We have a CHOICE to make. We can either BELIEVE the word of God and make our tree good by speaking positive faith-filled words, or we can REJECT this TRUTH of God's word by saying in our hearts something like, “Oh, I just don't believe all this positive confession stuff.” Jesus said either make the tree good or let it remain evil. It is your choice. If you choose to make your tree good, then out of the abundance of God’s word that has been written upon our hearts will begin to be boldly spoken forth in faith without wavering to bring forth good things. If on the other hand, you choose to fill your spirits with the evil treasures of UNBELIEF to say things like, “Well I just don’t believe all that name it and claim it confession stuff”, then your speech will continue to be negative and will thus bring forth things not desired or satisfying to you. Yes, I will agree that some Christians have gone to the extreme in this area of positive confession and have abused it by not rightly dividing the word of truth, BUT this error of abuse of God's word by a few does NOT nullify or do away with this sound Biblical TRUTH of speaking right words. Your words are powerful whether you choose to believe it or not. Whether or not a person believes God's word or not, does not diminish the TRUTH of God’s word. There are people that don't believe even in the very existence of God, but this does not alter the TRUTH of the matter that there IS, indeed, a God and a Day of JUDGMENT awaiting them. They have a right to their choice and you have a right to your choosing, but I pray that you choose WISELY.
Proverbs 13:2 says,
“A man shall eat good (How?) by the fruit of his MOUTH.”
Then in verse 3,
“He that keeps his MOUTH keeps his life, but he that opens wide his LIPS shall have destruction.”
Sometimes, we simply need to keep our mouths shut until we learn how to turn negative comments to be positive. In other words, if we keep our mouths from speaking negatively, or that which is contrary to God’s word, and we guard our words carefully so as NOT to speak any old thing that comes to our mind as if it doesn’t matter, and speak ONLY right words in faith from our heart then we will be satisfied with good and avoid destruction.
Proverbs 18:21 says,
“Death and life are in the POWER of the TONGUE; and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.”
If you love someone or something you will spend your time and ATTENTION toward them or it. If you are NOT a doer of God’s word, but a hearer only, then you are deceiving your own self as James 1:22 tells us, and you will not mix faith with what you have heard. Developing our faith is a choice we make. Wherever we choose to spend our time is where we will become most highly developed. Now if you CHOOSE to believe God’s word and begin to speak positively and in line with the word of God to become a doer of the word and not a hearer only as James 1:19 tells us, then the temptation to talk negatively will surely come to TRY our faith to see if we truly believe. But if we LOVE our tongue as the word of God says, then we will PAY ATTENTION and recognize the wiles of the enemy when he tries to use our words to talk negatively against us. When we are aware that temptation follows our hearing the truth to try us then we will GUARD the words we speak. You must believe this truth in your heart before you will begin to speak forth words MIXED with faith. Don’t open your lips wide and speak perversely, but rather keep your mouth speaking in line with God’s word no matter how hard it may seem. It will get easier in time. Look at Mark 4:3-20 and read the parable of the sower. It is vitally important that you understand this parable. In a brief summary of this passage of Scripture, Jesus is basically saying every time you hear the word of God then the seed of FAITH is planted in your heart and Satan will come and try to steal, kill, or destroy that seed of faith before it grows and bears fruit. If we are aware or ATTENTIVE to the enemy’s devices, then we will guard our hearts and not let the devil destroy our faith. We will resist him and he will flee from us. So don’t be surprised if it is a fellow Christian comes along bearing a story that, “so and so believed that, but it did not work for them”. Don't let Satan steal your faith by someone's unbelief. Let your faith be based on God’s word alone and not some story about “so and so”. Here is an example of how to use God’s word. Have you ever been “down” or depressed? Well, the answer to this feeling of being low or depressed is to SPEAK God’s word.
Proverbs 15:22 says,
“A man has JOY (How?) by the ANSWER of his mouth, and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!”
How you yourself answer depression when it comes knocking on your door will determine whether or not this feeling or SYMPTOM of depression will come on in and make itself at home, or if Satan will continue on down the road to another person’s house to try and devour them with sadness and depression. Don’t just accept these things like depression that the enemy brings before you as if they are a fact of life, and say things like, “this is just the way things are sometimes”. Or something like, “You have to take the bad with the good.” No, thousands of times no! Resist being brought down by the enemy who will use people and circumstances to steal your joy, your health, and your finances. So do NOT AGREE with the NEGATIVE things that other people say to you. RESIST those negative things no matter from where they come. Then maintain or hold fast to your profession of faith of God’s word which has great recompense of reward. Confess things in agreement with God's word like, “the JOY of the Lord is my strength”. Or “this is the day that the Lord has made and I WILL rejoice and be glad in it.” A man has joy by the answer of his mouth. Offer up a sacrifice of praise and by faith begin praising God. Thank him for his peace and his joy. Cast all your care, worries, and anxieties upon him, because he deeply cares for you. Rejoice in the Lord always and again I say rejoice. If you do this without wavering the depression or whatever else the devil is trying to bind upon you will flee from you. Remember the Bible tells us in 1 Peter 5:8 that Satan goes about (from household to household and from person to person) like a roaring lion SEEKING whom he may devour. That is why when the enemy overtakes one member of a family with a sickness or disease that other members of that household are also soon devoured by Satan with the same sickness or disease. The reason being is because they have been deceived by the enemy to just ACCEPT what comes their way as a fact of life. Watch and listen next time someone at work or even at church comes down with a cold. People all around will get worried and say stay away from me or I will be sure to catch whatever you have. Satan is using their OWN words against them and they don't even realize it. Hosea says, My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. I exhort you, please don't remain in darkness one day longer. Don't be deceived any longer. Be not faithless any longer in this area of speaking positive FAITH filled words. Guard every word that proceeds from your mouth. You see the devil can only oppress you if you ALLOW him. When the lying “SYMPTOMS” of depression come don’t talk negatively by speaking what you FEEL, but rather let God be true and your feelings a lie. Rejoice in the Lord always, again I say REJOICE! Confess the word of God. It is written, “A man has JOY by saying he has JOY”. Therefore say, “I refuse to be depressed in the name of Jesus, I am full of JOY! This is the day that the Lord has made and I WILL REJOICE in it! I CHOOSE to rejoice, as an act of my own will, for it is God’s will for me to be at peace and be full of joy. Satan you are a liar and there is no truth in you. I resist you in the name of Jesus and I will not allow you to steal my joy.” It all comes down to how you answer your thoughts and feelings when the devil comes to your door seeking to devour you. Remember the devil cannot just devour whomsoever he pleases, he has to SEEK out those who are ignorant of God's word and who do not have the KNOWLEDGE of God's protection. So now how are you going to answer the works of the devil now that you have heard the truth? Are you going to BELIEVE? Are you going to be a DOER of God's word and not be a hearer only? It is by the ANSWER of our mouth that not only brings joy but ALL of God’s blessings into our lives. Remember! What you say today will bring to birth your future, which will soon be your present state. Don’t misunderstand what I am saying. Just because you say something positive and in agreement with God’s word one time does not necessarily mean that your future will be instantaneous. Sometimes much patience is needed before we reap the harvest. That is to say, we must be patient and CONTINUALLY keep speaking positively, NOT WAVERING, until the manifestation of what we are confessing comes into being. Again, that is one of the definitions of FAITH. We must continually and consistently say the same thing in faith until it comes to pass. For if we bounce around being both positive and negative then we are double-minded and a double-minded person will not receive the blessings of God. The Bible tells us that we walk by faith and not by sight and that we look NOT at the things that are seen (present circumstances, lying symptoms, thoughts that bring worry and fear) but we look at or focus upon things which are not seen (God’s word, spiritual laws): for the things which are seen are TEMPORAL and subject to change: but the things which are not seen (spiritual laws such as faith and speaking words) are ETERNAL and steadfast. The Scripture reference for this is found in 2 Corinthians 4:18. The opposite spiritual law of faith is fear and worry. These spiritual laws are ALWAYS in force whether we know about them or not just like gravity works whether we know about gravity or not. Every person is either walking in faith or they are living in worry and fear. We all have a choice in which law we want to obey. We don't have to remain in darkness. The circumstances in life that come our way for whatever reason are always subject to change, they are temporal. We do not have to be ruled or overcome by our circumstances. If a circumstance brings FEELINGS of depression into your life, be a doer of the word and not a hearer only. Don’t walk or be controlled by your FEELINGS. Walk by faith and not by feelings or sight. Stay focused on God’s word, which is eternal and will never fail you IF you faint not and remain steadfast in your faith. Resist your feelings and call things that are not yet seen as though they already exist. SAY you HAVE JOY even though you FEEL lower than you have ever felt before, and begin by FAITH rejoicing in the Lord! It won’t always be easy. The enemy will try and convince you that you are lying or it won’t work, but sometimes we need to fight the good fight of faith and refuse to be removed from our steadfastness. That is why the Bible calls it a SACRIFICE of praise! Always remember to resist Satan and he will flee from you. If the lying symptoms of sickness or disease come against you, hold up your shield of faith and quench those lies of the devil. SAY with the stripes of Jesus I am healed. Get into the word of God and KNOW for YOURSELF the things that are WRITTEN in his word concerning your healing and health that God has provided for every BELIEVER. You must BELIEVE and refuse to give in to those lying symptoms before they will flee from you. Resist them in the name of Jesus and act as though you are already healed. Again, don’t misunderstand what I am saying. Your future may not be instantaneous. The GOOD treasure of the heart takes time to become the ABUNDANCE of a person's heart. You see there are also other variables involved in the effective operation of your faith other than just speaking right words. However, again, positive confession is a key principle needed to release your faith in order that you may receive from God, that which has ALREADY been freely given to you. Do you know, as in, do you truly BELIEVE that one of the BENEFITS of being saved is that HEALING has already been provided to heal ALL your diseases? Psalm 103:2,3. “Bless the LORD, O my soul, and FORGET NOT ALL His BENEFITS: 3. Who forgives ALL your iniquities; who HEALS ALL your diseases;” If you are not sure that you are saved please read the studies under the heading >>>WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?<<< Do NOT take speaking the right words lightly. We all need to TEACH our mouths to speak the right words, and carefully guard the words we speak. For you see, not only are or words a powerful creative force to bring the good things, but the wrong words also can deeply wound those we love if we are not careful in what we say. Speaking the right words is the wisdom of God.
Proverbs 16:23,24 tells us this.
“The heart of the wise TEACHES his MOUTH and adds LEARNING to his LIPS. Pleasant WORDS are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.”
This is a LEARNING process that takes time, so be patient. Talking positively and speaking in line with God’s word won’t just happen. Our mouths have to be taught. Speaking right words will not be an easy goal to attain, because it goes against the natural flow of the world, but we, though we may be in the world, are not of the world. And again be forewarned that you will endure much persecution because you believe in the power of your words by your very brothers and sisters in Christ who do not share your enthusiastic belief in God's word. You see Satan wants to steal your faith in this area because he knows how powerful your words truly are and he is fearful that other Christians may get a hold of this TRUTH that will help them enter into the full protection of God so that he will no longer be able to devourer them. Get a hold of this child of God. Satan is no longer our god and has no more dominion over us; therefore we no longer have to speak fear and unbelief. We can choose to speak positively and in agreement with God’s word regardless of what we feel or see. But in order to do this, we will have to fill our hearts with the GOOD TREASURE of the word of God by reading, meditating, studying, and prayerfully attending to be a doer of the word of God. Copy this study to your computer and print it out to keep reading it over and over again and again. Pass this study along to others. Let your light shine for our Lord and Savior Jesus the Christ the Son of the living God.
Proverbs 5:1,2 tells us,
“My son ATTEND unto my wisdom and bow your ear to my understanding that you may regard discretion, and that your LIPS may KEEP knowledge.”
You see there have been many who have heard this gospel of positive confession and have had this seed of speaking right words sown in their hearts, sometimes more than once and often many times. However, because they did not guard their hearts and attend to God’s word the devil came and stole the seed or choked the plant before it had a chance to bring forth its fruit. It is this reason of lack of bearing fruit that many speak out against this gospel of positive confession even though it is this very same principle in which they themselves receive their own salvation and forgiveness of their sins. Remember that the basic formula for salvation is the ABC’s of faith. It is the CONFESSING part that is where a lot of us need to spend more time developing, for without the confession part of confessing WHAT you BELIEVE in your heart there can be NO salvation. Did you not have to resist the lies of the devil when he kept coming to you and telling you that you are not really saved saying things like, “You are not saved, you just let your emotions run away last night at church. You don't really believe all that church stuff, those Christians are just a bunch of FANATICS” or did you let his lies talk you out of being saved? Did you not SPEAK your FAITH against all those lies of the enemy, before you received the peace and assurance of God in your heart? Exactly! I know that I myself needed to CONFESS my faith in God's word constantly and consistently without wavering BEFORE I received the peace and assurance of my salvation. And I would say that most of my readers had to do the same thing before they came to know that they know they are saved. So why is it so hard for some of you to BELIEVE with all your heart the rest of God's word and the power of your words in other areas of your life to CONFESS such things as healing that God has ALSO ALREADY provided for you? Don't be turned off any longer to the TRUTH of God's word because of a few, “name it and claim it” Christians, have abused and distorted words like PROFESSION and CONFESSION and POSITIVE SPEAKING. Hebrews 4, 10, and 11 teaches us that we need to hold fast to the PROFESSION of our faith and NOT to cast away our confidence. We have the need for patience in order that we may receive the promise, for he is faithful that promised. In Hosea 4:6 God tells us that his people are destroyed (why?) for lack of knowledge, and because some have REJECTED knowledge, God will also reject them. This does not necessarily mean that they will lose their salvation, but rather that they will not receive many of the blessings of God, such as healing, a blessing that has already been freely provided for them, because they rejected or lacked knowledge in this area. Don’t reject this knowledge of speaking the right words. It is a spiritual law established by God, a law of blessing and cursing. It is not just some kind of name it and claim it, “gimmick”. It is the TRUTH of God's word. How can anyone just ignore this vast amount of sound Biblical evidence presented in this study? If you feel I am wrong and that I am not speaking the TRUTH to you, then I exhort you to get into the word of God and PROVE what I say to be wrong BY THE WORD OF GOD ALONE and not by what “so and so said”, or by your past experiences.
Look at Proverbs 18:6,7, which says.
“A fools LIPS enter into contention and his MOUTH calls for strokes.”
YOU can be a born again Spirit-filled Christian and still act like a fool by speaking perversely. In the world, many of us have heard it said that ignorance of the law is no excuse. Likewise, not knowing and understanding God’s word will not be excuse enough to keep evil from overtaking you. Remember 1 John 5:18 tells us that it is our job to KEEP ourselves and THEN the evil one touches us not. And we have also already learned from Proverbs 13:3 that whosoever KEEPS his MOUTH keeps his life. However, if you do not keep your mouth, then the evil one is allowed to devour you.
Read what Proverbs 16:30 tells us.
“… moving his LIPS he brings evil to pass.”
What brings evil to pass? According to the word of God, SPEAKING wrong words brings evil to pass. The Bible clearly teaches that you WILL have what you SAY! Good or evil, depending upon whether your words are positive or negative. Your words will either work for you, or your words will work against you. It is your choice. The problem is that many have not come to this knowledge of the truth for one of two reasons. BUT God is NOT WILLING that any man should perish, BUT for ALL mankind to come to the KNOWLEDGE of the TRUTH. Reason number one for some not having come to this knowledge of the truth is because they have not heard the gospel (good news) of speaking RIGHT WORDS. And reason number two is that they heard the gospel of positive confession but eventually rejected it as being the truth saying that it is false teaching. I defend the faith movement BUT I warn my readers against the abuse of the prosperity message. Now one reason for rejecting this truth or positive confession in AGREEMENT with God's word may be because they “tried it” for a while to see if it was true, and when it did not work immediately for them they gave up and decided it must not be true, but you see “trying” something to see if it is the truth is not FAITH. Perhaps another reason is that they did not have patience and endure until the end of their trial. They cast away what confidence they had and gave in to the enemy’s temptation to speak negative and perverse words. Only those who ENDURE unto the END shall be saved. There are those, however, that have heard and do truly believe but have not totally come to a full understanding. So to you, I say welcome aboard, and I encourage you to remain steadfast in your faith. A farmer does not have to fully understand the total process of the germination of a seed, so all you need to know is that if you prepare the soil, let the seed (God’s word) be planted in your heart by believing, assure that it is properly watered (speaking right words), stay focused on the word of God, and keep the weeds out (the lies of the enemy) such as your friends and other Christians who do not have the same knowledge that you now have, then have patience until the seed grows to be a mature plant and bear fruit. You see all we truly need to know is that the word of God is true and is no lie and that God is faithful that promised, and that if we patiently wait for the harvest we shall receive the blessings of God which he has ALREADY freely provided IF we do not waver or faint and endure unto the end. Think about this for a moment. No one would ever reject the word of God concerning salvation for him or her if they truly had a full understanding of what salvation means. The problem comes in trying to convey this truth of the word of God to them, and to get them to come to the full knowledge of the truth. It is God’s will for all men to come to the knowledge of the truth and be SAVED (remember saved means to be healed, made whole, delivered, set free, and protection), but as I said before all men do not have this knowledge. Therefore, all men are not saved, in so much as they have not yet come to understand, and received their salvation. Yet salvation has ALREADY been provided for ALL men. God is no respecter of persons. So whosoever BELIEVES shall be saved. 1 Corinthians 2:12 tells us that the NATURAL man receives not the things of the Spirit of God because they are foolishness unto him, neither can he know them, for they are SPIRITUALLY discerned. The natural man tries to reason out the things of God, and when they don’t fit into the category of reason, then it is thrown aside as not being true.
Proverbs 16:25 says,
“There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.”
Just because the word of God does not always seem logical to the world does not mean that it is not true. This teaching on words being powerful and a creative force may not seem logical to you right now, but if you remember back before you became a Christian I am sure that you did not think Christianity was logical either. We need to humble ourselves (admit that our way is not God’s way) and submit ourselves unto God and his word. We must become DOERS of the word and not hearers only. Don’t TRY and see if God’s word works. Just DO IT, and know that he is faithful and just to perform his word. God’s word will never fail. It is us who fail God’s word by not truly and fully understanding the truth, and then walking in that truth unto the end. Romans 12:2 tells us to be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may PROVE what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Once you prove God’s word to be true to yourself the gates of hell will not be able to prevail against it. You will know that you know that it is the truth and no one will be able to steal it from you if you continually guard your heart.
“HOW FORCIBLE ARE RIGHT WORDS!” “SET A WATCH, O LORD, BEFORE MY MOUTH, KEEP THE DOOR OF MY LIPS.”(Psalm 141:3)
Pray God’s word as your prayer. This is His WILL for all of us. Thanks for reading and may God bless you richly as you CONTINUE to seek the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God.
Your brother in our Lord Jesus Christ, Brother Mark.
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