Lesson 15 The New Creation

     Many Christians have never heard the message that their words do matter, while some have simply chosen to ignore the message after they heard it.  Some have repeated the words of the people in Psalm 12:3-4 (Amplified), "May the Lord cut off all flattering lips and the tongues that speak proud boasting. Those who say, with our tongues we prevail; our lips are our own (to command at our will)-who is Lord and Master over us?" 
     Proverbs 22:17-18 (Amplified) says, "Listen (consent and submit) to the words of the wise, and apply your mind to My knowledge; For it will be pleasant if you keep them in your mind (believing them) your lips will be accustomed to (confessing) them."  You and I might never create a new universe like our Heavenly Father did and we cannot speak a world into subjection to God, but by our using the Laws of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus, His Words (from the mouth of His new creation) will change things in our lives and the place that He has instructed us to go as Ambassadors of Christ.
     When we preach carnal messages, we raise carnal Christians.  The only way for a new creation believer to grow, is by the Words of Life and Truth-the Spirit.  The spirit man must be fed spiritual food, which is the Word of God.  God isn't moved by the laws governing the carnal realm, only by the laws that governing heaven (the Spirit realm).  When we speak God's Word, He will move on it.  We cannot change the Laws of the Spirit or use it for our own purposes, but we can learn to govern ourselves by His laws and therefore, have "His will be done on earth, as it is in heaven."
     This message will seem to complicate and make salvation difficult, for some.  I'm not speaking about our not being saved if we fail to guard our tongues, but I'm speaking about being obedient to the Law of the Spirit.  Jesus demonstrated the power of His Words, in many of His teachings.  Jesus spoke to the fig tree in Mark 11:21-24 (Amplified) then, "Peter remembered and said to Him, Master, look! the fig tree which YOU doomed has withered away. And Jesus, replying, said to them, Have faith in God (constantly) Truly I tell you, whoever says to this mountain, Be lifted up and thrown into the sea! and does not doubt at all in his heart but believes that what he says will take place, it will be done for him."
     Jesus not only demonstrated the power of Words that He spoke, but also taught on the power of words for His listeners to speak, as an example of what words can do.  Jesus didn't say that words only work for Him, but that God's Word works for all who will believe it and speak it forth.
     Genesis 1:1-5 (Amplified) says, "In the beginning God (prepared, formed, fashioned and created) the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and an empty waste, and darkness was upon the face of the very great deep. The Spirit of God was moving (hovering, brooding) over the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light; and there was light."
     God has no less power before He spoke, than after He spoke.  He was still Almighty God, but nothing happened until He spoke.  His power was displayed when it came out of His Spirit by His Words coming out of His mouth.  The power was always in Him, but didn't manifest until He spoke.  This same account was given in John 1:1-3 (Amplified), "In the beginning (before all time) was the Word (Christ) and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. He (the Word) was present originally with God. All things were made and came into existence through Him; And without Him was not even one thing made that has come into being."
     Think about what we just read!  "Jesus was present originally with God" and the "Holy Spirit was hovering, brooding over the face of the deep."  In the first three verses of the Book of Genesis, we find God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit, all Three.  Although we seem to have all the necessary ingredients to bring about the Creation, nothing happened until "God said."  Now, His Word (Jesus) brought what God said into being.
     Hebrews 11:3 (Amplified) says, "By faith we understand that the worlds (during the successive ages) were framed (fashioned, put in order, and equipped for their intended purpose) by the Word of God, so that what we see was not made out of things which are visible."  We didn't see anything that was and is now visible, until God spoke it out of the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus.  It was "hidden in Him" until it was "spoken" and then it became "visible to all."
     You cannot see the mountains move, until the power of the Spirit in His Word moves it.  Remember what we've been studying and read John 15:7 (Amplified) where Jesus said, "If you live in Me (abide vitally united to Me) and My Words remain in you and continue to live in your hearts, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you."
     What will do the work of what you want to be done?  Jesus (the Word) that brought about creation, the new creation (us) and the Law of the Spirit of Life which is in Christ Jesus, God's Own Word.  His Word will uphold all that He has said for it to do, only we must appropriate what has been "forever settled in heaven," according to Psalm 119:89 (Amplified).  God's Word stand by its Own authority in heaven, and is not, nor can be altered.  When we make the decision to speak and act on His Word, it cannot fail.