Confession 3

       We're going to continue teaching on WORDS & t power of those words. Most people don't realize t power of words. That's why were going to continue on this subject until God tells me to stop. T words that you are speaking out of your mouth are setting t cornerstone of your life.

       I. Last time we ended looked at (PRO 11:3), so lets start there.

                                         c. PRO 11:3

                                                     i. T word "PERVERSENESS" according to my Wilson's O.T. word study, here means "smoothness, flattery, he that is turned in his tongue"

                                                     ii. This V is telling us that those that have a turned tongue, those that speak contrary to t Word of God, those that speak out t negative -- it will destroy them.

                 B. You may have heard people say, "What you don't know won't hurt you."

                             1. There are some things that if you don't know about them it could kill you.

                                         a. Jesus said in (JOH 8:32) "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." (KJV)

                                                     i. I take that to mean that if you don't know t truth you will be in bondage even death.

                                         b. (ISA 5:13) Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because {they have} no knowledge.

                                                     i. (HOS 4:6) "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge."

                                                     ii. If you don't have a knowledge of t Word of God you're in trouble.

                             2. Look at PRO 18:21

                                         a. If you don't have a knowledge of that, you're going to face t consequences of it.

                                         b. We're talking about how to get our spoken words in line w/ t Word of God.

                                                     i. God's Word conceived in our heart, then formed w/ t tongue & spoken out of t mouth becomes a spiritual force which releases t ability of God.

                                                     ii. Where do you conceive God's Word?   In t human spirit or as t KJV says it "t heart."

                 C. You can also conceive & speak out other words.

                             1. If it's t Devil that you're quoting, you are releasing t power of t Devil.  It's that simple.

       II. ROM 10:17

                 A. Hearing God's Word causes you to have faith in God & in His Word to come to you.

                             1. Faith is t spiritual force which is released out of your mouth when we speak t Word of God.

                             2. That's why Paul said in (PHI 4:13) "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."{ (KJV)

                                         a. Paul understood that t Word conceived inside him & spoken out of his mouth would set t course of his whole life.

                 B. Turn w/ me to JOSH 1:8.

                             1. Do you want to know how to make your way prosperous?

                                         a. 1st of all you have to do things God's way.

                                         b. T key is right here in (V 8), 1st of all don't let His words depart from your mouth & do them.

                             2. God is telling you right here to be a doer of t Word & confess them.

                                         a. T words that you speak are more important to you than anyone else.

                                         b. There going to have more affect on you than any one else.

                                         c. T whole course of your life are changed according to your words.

       III. Sometimes people wonder why Jesus had so much faith.

                 A. It wasn't because He was t Son of God.  He set aside all His deity when He became a man.

                             1. So how did Jesus get so much faith?

                 2. Again (ROM 10:17) Says, "So then faith {cometh} by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." (KJV)

                                         a. Look at JOHN 12:47-50

                                         b. Jesus spoke t words of His Father & when He did it, it caused faith to come on the inside of Him.

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

                                                     ii. Faith that is in God's Word gets into your spirit when you speak it.

                                                     iii. That's t spiritual force that we're talking about.

                 B. There has been some medical research which has discovered that t part of your brain which controls your speech is connected to every nerve of your body.

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

                             2. T Word of God is more powerful in your life when you hear it spoken out of your mouth.

                                         a. Words will affect you more when they are spoken out of your mouth.

                                         b. MATT 12:34

                                                     i. What you speak out is what you believe. It will affect you much more if you already believe it in your heart than if you hear something for t 1st time.

                                                     ii. Sure some faith will come if you here me speak t Word, But even more will come if you speak it out of your mouth.

                                         c. That's why God told Joshua in (JOS 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 get highly developed in t God kind of Faith.

                                                     ii. Put God's Word in your mouth.

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