Sermon Tone Analysis

We’re going to pick up were left off last time in our teaching on Faith and Confession.

So he had your Bibles with you turn with me to Revelation 12:11.

*I) **REV 12:11*.

*A) **As we said last time “the Word of their testimony” was “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) *The *Matthew Henry Commentary* 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) *This verse also tells us that the Word *“TESTIMONY”* in this verse refers to things spoken concerning future events.

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

*a) **When I confess*, *“My God shall supply all my needs according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”*

*(i) *What I’m saying is that, *“I have a need right now*, *but according to the Word* of God, *all my needs are met*.”

*(ii) **But this is what has already taken place in the spirit*.

In other words it’s done now in the spirit.

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

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

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

*a) **We need to begin to put God’s Word in our mouth*.

*II) *A few messages ago I read to you (*John 12:47-50*) *which said* that *Jesus spoke only the words of his father*.

*In other words* *he spoke the Word* of God.

*A) **Jesus became highly developed* *in* the area of *faith* *by speaking the Word* of God.

*1) *We *know* the *Word* of God *is true* and *it says* in (*Romans 10:17*) *“Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.”*

*2) **Jesus* *became* so *highly developed* *in faith* *because* *he only spoke* the *words of the Father*.

*a) *When *you speak* *Word* of God it *causes* *faith* to go into your spirit.

*3) *What you *speak about yourself*, will *affect* your *health*, your *finances*, your *social life*, your *mental state*, your *success*, the *way other people see you*, every area.

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

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

*(ii) *What *you **speak out *is *what* *you **believe.*

*(iii) *Again, Jesus said in *(MAT 12:34)*, *“For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.”*

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

*b) *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 so **highly developed in the God kind of **Faith.*

*B) *Turn to *Matt 4:4,7,10*.

*1) *Notice *something very **interesting **here*, *Jesus never said **Devil I rebuke you, **flee from me, **go now*.

*a) **All* those things are *part of the Bible* and *part of* the *authority of the believer*, *authority* that we have *over Satan*.

*2) *But I think that *Jesus was **giving us a very valuable lesson here.*

*3) **What* did *Jesus do* here to *defeat the **Devil?*

*a) *He *confessed the word* of God!

*(i) *(*Ephesians 5:1*) Tells us that we are to *be* *imitators of God*, as dear children.

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*(ii) *We are to *do* the same *works of Jesus*.

*b) **What did Jesus do*? *He spoke the word*.

(John 12:50)

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*C) **PRO 3:3*

*1) *He says, “*Write them upon the table of thine heart*.”

*a) **How* are you *going to write* “*Things*, *Anything*” *on* the table of *your heart* (or *spirit*)?

*(i) **Peter* *refers to the heart* *being the spirit of man*.

(*1PET 3:4*)

*b) **(**PSA 45:1)* Says, “*My tongue {is} the pen of a ready writer*.”

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*(i) *(*Psalm 119:11*) “*Thy word have I hid in mine heart*, that I might not sin against thee.”

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*(ii) **Where did he put the Word of God*? *In his HEART*.

*2) *Look at *ROM 10:8*.

*a) **When you have* *the Word* of God *in your mouth* *it’s going to be in your heart*.

*(i) *“*Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh*.”

*II.

*Look at *Josh 1:8*

              *A.

**God told Joshua*, “*Don’t let the Word depart out of your mouth*.

*Meditate* therein *day and night*.

*Observe to do all* that is written therein.

*Then you will make your way prosperous*.”

*1.

**Did you here* *1 of the steps to PROSPERITY* that *the Lord told Joshua*?

                                           *a.

**He said* *step # 1* *Don’t let the word of God depart out of you mouth*, *then you make your way PROSPEROUS*.

*2.

**Faith will come* to you much *more quickly **and* have a much *more powerful effect* in your life *when you speak it out* of your mouth.

*B.

**JAMES 1:26*

                        *1.

(**NIV) (**JAM 1:26)* “*If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless*.”

*a.

*The word *“**deceiveth”* means *“**to cheat,* i.e. *delude*: *deceive*.”

*i.

**We’re causing our spirits **to be deceived **by not bridling our tongue.*

*ii.

*In other words, *we’re cheating our spirits **by not confessing the Word* of God.

                                           *iii.

*The *tongue will deceive the heart* *if* we’re *not confessing the right thing*.

*2.

*Look at *JAMES 3:3-6*

                                  *a.

*But notice in (*V 3*) he *likens* the *tongue to a* “*BIT*” *in the horse’s mouth*.

*i.

**That bit can change the horse’s direction*, *our tongue can change out entire direction*.

*b.

*(*V 4*) *refers to a rudder* which can *change an entire ship’s direction*, *again* *our tongue can change the entire direction of our life*.

*III.

**MARK 4:14*

              *A.

**What is the man sowing?

**WORDS*

                        *1.

**This V* is *specifically* *talking about the Word *of God.

                        *2.

*The* **Bible calls the Word* of God the *INCORRUPTIBLE SEED.*

                                  *a.

(**1PE 1:23)* Says, “*Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever*.”

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                                  *b.

**Peter* *shows* a *difference between* *2 kinds of seeds*.

*i.

**1 CORRUPTIBLE* and the *other* *INCORRUPTIBLE*.

*c.

**If **there is an incorruptible seed* *then there is* a *corruptible seed.