Sermon Tone Analysis

We’re going to continue teaching on the subject of “*Faith and Confession*.”

*I) *Turn with me to* ROM 10:17*.

*A) **Hearing *God’s Word *causes* you to have *faith in God **and* in *His Word* to come to you.

*1) **Jesus told us* starring *in* (*Mark 11:22-24*) to *have the God kind of faith that speaks to your problem*.

*2) **Faith* is the *spiritual force that is **released out of your mouth* *when we speak* *the Word* of God.

*a) *That’s why Paul said in *(PHI 4:13)* “*I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”*

*b) **Paul understood* that *THE WORD **CONCEIVED** **INSIDE** him* *and **SPOKEN OUT** *of his mouth *would **SET** THE **COURSE OF** HIS *whole *LIFE.*

*B) *Turn with me to *JOSH 1:8.*

*1) **If you want to know how to make your way prosperous, you have to **do things God’s way.*

*2) *The *key* is right *here* in *(V 8)*,* **1st* of all *don’t let* *His words depart from* your *mouth **and **do them*.

*3) **God is telling you* right here to *be a doer* of the Word *and confess them.*

*a) *The *words* that *you speak* are *more important* *to you* *than what anyone else says.*

*b) **The words* *that come out of your mouth* *will have more affect on you* *than the words that others speak over you*.

*c) **The whole course of your life *is *changed **according to your words.*

*II) **Sometimes* *people wonder* *why* *Jesus had so much faith.*

*A) *It *wasn’t because* He was the *Son of God.*

He *set aside* all His *deity* when He became a man.

*B) *So *how* did *Jesus get* *so much faith?*

*1) *Again *(ROM 10:17)* Says, “*So then faith {cometh} by hearing, and hearing by the word of God*.”

*2) *Look at *JOHN 12:47-50*.

*a) **Jesus spoke* the *words of His Father.*

*When He did, it caused faith to come* inside of Him.

*(i) **(ROM 10:17)* *So then faith {cometh} by hearing, and hearing by the word of God*.

*(ii) **Faith *that is *in God’s Word gets into* your *spirit when you speak it **or* *when you hear it.*

*(iii) *That’s the *spiritual force* that we’re talking about.

*C) *I remember hearing something or reading something a while back that said, “*Medical research* has *discovered* that the part of your *brain* that controls your speech* is **connected to every nerve *of your body.”

*1) *What you *speak about yourself* can *affect* your *health.*

*a) *The *Word *of God is *more powerful in your life **when you hear it spoken out of your mouth.*

*b) **Words* will *affect you more **when *they are *spoken out of your mouth.*

*2) *Again (*Matthew 12:34*) says, “*For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh*.”

*a) *What *you speak out **is what you believe.*

*b) *And *it will affect you much more* *if you speak out from your heart what you believe* *than just **mimicking* what you hear *someone else* say.

*(i) *Sure *some faith will come **if you here *me preach the *Word*, *but* even *more will come if you speak it* out of your mouth.

*c) *That’s why God told Joshua in (*JOSH 1:8*), “*Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth*.”

*(i) **If you went around* *speaking everything God said, **you would be highly developed in the God kind of Faith.*

*III) **REV 12:11*.

*A) **1 of the commentaries* that *I was reading* *said* that the *definition* of the *word*, “*WORD*” *in this V means* “*THE SAYINGS OF GOD*.”

*1) **We overcome Satan* *by the BLOOD OF THE LAMB* *and* *THE SAYINGS OF GOD* *or* by *SPEAKING THE WORD OF GOD*.

*B) **I like* how the *Matthew Henry Commentary* puts it.

*1) *It says that “*The servant’s of God overcame Satan*, *By the blood of the lamb*, *and* *By the word of their testimony*, *which is the sword of the Spirit*, *that is the WORD of GOD*, *and it is mighty, through God, to pull down strongholds*.”

*a) *This V says that it was “*Their testimony*.”

*C) *When I looked at the *definition of the word* *“TESTIMONY”* in (*Revelation 12:11*) I found *something very interesting*.

*1) *The *Enhanced Strong’s Concordance* says that the Word *“TESTIMONY”* *means*, *“What one testifies or says.”*

*2) *But the *main definition* of the word *“TESTIMONY”* is this; *“The office committed to the prophets of TESTIFYING CONCERNING FUTURE EVENTS.”*

*a) **I like that* part which says, *“TESTIFYING CONCERNING FUTURE EVENTS.”*

*b) **When we confess God’s Word* *we are testifying of what will be* *or* *future events*.

*c) **For instance* if I was to *confess*, *“My God shall supply all my needs according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”*

*(i) *In essence *what I was saying is this*, *“I have a need right now*, *but according to the Word* of God, *all my needs are met*.

*But this is what has taken place in the spirit*.

*But as I confess God’s Word* *I will see it manifest* *IN THE FUTURE**.”*

*(ii) **That’s exactly what* the word *“TESTIMONY”* *means* *in* (*Revelation 12:11*).

*d) **It was through their use of the Word of God that gave them the victory*, *along with the blood of Jesus*.

*(i) **Put God’s Word in your mouth*.

7~/25~/90 WED PM TFC and WOLCC 3~/27~/96 and WOLCC 11~/10~/96 Sun AM and W. O. L. C. C. Thursday, October 01, 1998.

Thursday, October 15, 1998