Rom.10:17(Amp) says, "So then faith comes by hearing what is told, and what is heard comes by the preaching (of the Message that comes from the lips) of Christ (the Messiah Himself)."
One of the first preachers I heard, after being born-again, was Charles Capps. He has since gone Home to be with the Lord, but the revelation of what he spoke has gone on in me ever since. He preached about the "words of our mouth" and "watching the words of our mouth." Much has been taught about our confession since that time and much of the Light of Truth has been lost about it. Many call it, "name it and claim it" or "blab it and grab it," but these are men's interpretation, without Revelation.
Does it really matter? Do we just want to go to Heaven when we die or do we want to walk victoriously with God? Is our salvation something held in the future or can we truly walk in God's Presence and Power on this earth? Do the words we continually speak mean anything?
Let's delve into God's Word and find the answers to these questions. Let's start though, recognizing that this planet and the universe are controlled by words. We're free in this country, because of the words held in our Constitution and the "Declaration of Independence." Others are held in bondage and slavery, to a government that makes proclamations over them. Wars have come about, because of words that are spoken and heeded.
Prov.4:24(Amp) says, "Put away from you false and dishonest speech, and willful and contrary talk put far from you." Prov.8:13(Amp) says, "The reverent fear and worshipful awe of the Lord (includes) the hatred of evil: pride, arrogance, the evil way, and perverted and twisted speech I hate." Prov.10:32(Amp) says, "The lips of the uncompromising righteous know and are therefore utter what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked knows and therefore speaks only what is obstinate, willful and contrary." Prov.12:18(Amp) says, "There are those who speak rashly, like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing." Prov.13:2-3(Amp) continues, "A good man eats good from the fruit of his mouth, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence, He who guards his mouth keeps his life, but he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin."
Prov.14:3(Amp) says, "In the fools own mouth, is a rod to shame high pride, but the wise man's lips preserve them." Prov.15:4(Amp) says, "A gentle tongue with its healing power is a tree of life, but willful contrariness in it breaks down the spirit." Prov.16:23-24(Amp) says, "The mind of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning and persuasiveness to his lips. Pleasant words are as a honey comb, sweet to the mind and healing to the body." Prov.18:20-21(Amp) says, "A man's moral self shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth: and with the consequences of his words he must be satisfied, whether good or evil. Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they who indulge in it shall eat the fruit of it for death or life." Prov.21:23(Amp) says, "He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from troubles." Prov.22:17-18(Amp) admonishes, "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 mind, believing them, your lips will be accustomed to confessing them."
Psalm17:4(Amp) tells us, "Concerning the works of men, by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent, the paths of the destroyer." Psalm12:3-4(Amp) says, "May the Lord cut off all flattering lips and the tongues that speak proud boasting. Those who say, with out tongues we prevail; our lips are our own to command at our will, who is Lord and Master over us?"
Jesus told His followers in Matt.12:36-7(Amp), "But I tell you, on the Day of Judgement men will have to give account for every idle, inoperative, non-working word they speak. For by your words you will be justified and acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned and sentenced."
I've provided many scriptures, but I'm not saying that we will go around quoting them like parrots. I am saying though, that our words must line up with God's Word. Words are the most powerful thing on this planet and God has given them to men and women. We're the only ones who can speak and proclaim God's Word or repeat the enemy's words. Words have the ability to create or destroy.
Our Heavenly Father used Words to create everything. Jesus used words to stop storms, raise the dead, cast out demons, kill the fig tree, fed the multitude with five loaves and fishes, along with so many other things. Jesus told us in Mark11:23(Amp), "If you believe what you say you could move a mountain and whatever you believe in your heart and say with your mouth, you would have whatsoever you say."
What words are we saying, that we believe in our hearts? Jesus didn't say that if we only spoke His Word, that we would have whatsoever we said. Do we believe His Word and speak according to them? Or, are we speaking contrary to His Word and receiving accordingly? Could we be speaking words into our lives, that are bringing things we don't wish?
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