Genesis 1:26-28 was and still is, God's Original Intent for His family, when He created this earth and everything on it. After creating the earth and the heavens, the scripture tells us that God "saw that it was very good and He approved it." Once God created the heavens and earth, He created man and set that man in the Garden. God told Adam, "I have given you authority and dominion over this earth and over everything in it."
There wasn't sickness, the Curse, wild beasts to fear, or lack in the Garden, God created for His family. God gave His family total provision, good health, long and eternal life, as well as authority and dominion over the earth and everything on it. There was no force on earth, that was out of the authority of God's children. Adam was to speak what he needed or wanted, in order to replenish the earth, just like the Father did when creating everything. Things didn't go wrong, until Adam went against the Father's directive to, "Do no eat from this Tree" and turned his inheritance over to the enemy.
Whether or not we understand it today, we still have authority in our words and in this earth. Whether we speak good words or bad words, they still hold authority in this earth today. If you're born-again, then you have authority in heaven as well. When we speak words of death, sickness, defeat, and futility, then we've given license to satan to begin bringing them to pass, as faith filled words. We sometimes have more faith in words of the world, rather than the Kingdom.
When we speak words of defeat and sickness, we've loosed our authority as men/women, to bring to pass "whatsoever he says," according to Mark 11:23. We mostly think this means prayer and things we want, but Jesus didn't say, "Only what you want, but what you believe." Jesus teaches further about prayer, saying, "Believe in this that you want and you shall have it."
God isn't the only one who hears what you say. The enemy listens very closely to our words, because they're his license to move in our lives. Satan has no ability, unless we empower him, by our words. God gave the authority to man, not to satan. Satan only has the authority we give him, with the idle words we speak. We need to put a filter between our mouths and our brains and think before we speak. We need to learn how to keep our mouths in line with God's Word and think before we loose authority in the earth and in our lives.
We mostly have more faith in the things of the earth, than we do the things of God. We've been trained for centuries, to speak like the world has taught us to speak. We confess that, "This never works for me," "I will probably catch this sickness," "I don't think I'll ever get out of this mess," along with many other things. Many times we say these things, without thinking. Words are power in life. Words produce either good or bad.
We were created in God's Image and Likeness and need to understand that God only spoke what He intended to come to pass. We speak many things, that we're not wishing to happen, but they have creative ability, once they're released from our mouths. Man didn't lose his authority over the earth, when Adam fell. Adam lost his relationship with the Father and transferred his authority over into the hands of the enemy.
During His earthly ministry as a Man, Jesus only spoke what He intended to come to pass. He taught about speaking idle words and giving account to our words in Matthew 12:34-37 (Amplified). Jesus taught about words that come out of the heart or spirit in Verse 35, where He say that both good or evil (bad) things come out of our spirit and both have the power to produce. Jesus goes on in Verse 37 saying, "For by your words you will be justified and acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned and sentenced."
We confessed Jesus is our Lord, with words from our spirit or heart and by these words and faith in these words, we were born-again. Did you know that before you spoke those words in faith, you weren't saved yet? Words have the ability and power to change you life even today. Our words either prevent God's Word from working for us, or our words allow God's Word to work for us. We can speak the Word of God into our spirit and then speak it out of our hearts.
We were returned to what God Intended us to be, when He created us in His Image, when we were born-again. We've been restored to sons and daughters, we've been returned to a sinless state by Jesus, and we've been Redeemed from the Curse, so that the Blessing has now come upon us again. We've been set free from the Laws that needed to be followed and fulfilled, in order for us to be Blessed. By Grace, all these Promises are now "Yes and Amen in Christ Jesus to the Glory of God."
Watching what comes out of our mouths, will make our salvation more apparent and the Blessing more prominent, in our earthly lives. I've heard believers say, "I don't think we have to do all these things, in order to go to Heaven." They are right. You don't have to watch what you say, you don't have to confess that you're Redeemed. You don't have to stand on God's Promise that, "By His stripes you are healed." You don't have to know or do, any of these things, in order to go to Heaven. All you are asked to do, is to "Believe in your heart that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, that He died for your deliverance and confess Him as your Lord" and then you'll be saved.
I want to know Him more, while I'm still here on earth, as well as when I arrive in His Presence. I want to walk worthy of the Lord and be filled with the knowledge of Him and what He has given unto us, by His Sacrifice. If Jesus thought it was worthy dying for, then I think it's worth fighting for. If He died so I could have it, then I refuse to allow satan to take it from me, without a fight.
Does this make God love me more? No. He already loves you as much as He loves Jesus. Jesus prayed in John 17:23 (Amplified), saying, "I in them and You in Me; in order that they may become one and perfectly united, that the world may know and definitely recognize that You sent Me and that You have Loved them even as You have Loved Me." This is an astonishing statement and if anyone other than Jesus said it, then I probably wouldn't believe it. BUT HE DID SAY IT!!!
This isn't a matter of being loved and saved, but a matter of being pleasing unto God. Hebrews 11:6 (Amplified) says, "But without faith it is impossible to please and be satisfactory to Him. For whoever would come near to God must necessarily believe that God exists and that He is the Rewarder of those who earnestly and diligently seek Him out." I exercise my faith in God's Word, to demonstrate my love and to show Him that I trust in His Word and Promises. I exercise my faith in His Word, in order to be pleasing to Him. The Holy Spirit leads Paul to write about Abraham in Romans 4:20 (Amplified), saying, "No unbelief or distrust made him waver (doubtingly question) concerning the Promise of God, but he grew strong and was empowered by faith as he gave Glory to God." I want to be strong and give Glory to God, in my faith, while I'm in this world.
The more I know Him, the more I want to know Him. The more I know Him, the more I realize that He suffered the things on Calvary's cross, so I could be free from them. I don't want Him to have done anything on the cross, that I don't appreciate. I want to accept His act of Love and receive them by faith in that Love.
We've placed limits on our Christian walks today, on how far we can actually trust God's Word for our lives. We've become like those in the Wilderness (Hebrews 3:7-8). We have hardened our hearts and limited the Holy One in our lives. I believe that the Same God Who did the things during the Exodus, can still do anything and will do anything for me, and more. Those people didn't have the Holy Spirit or the new birth. We're new creation people and have more ability to believe, because of the new birth. But, we sadly limit our Father, just like they did. To what extent can we really Trust God today? Many say it's foolish to think we can believe God, like Abraham did. God wants to do great and mighty things in our lives today, it we will only believe Him.
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