Sermon Tone Analysis

We’re going to continue where we left off last time in our teaching on faith and confession.

*I) *If you have your Bibles with you, turn with me again to *LUKE 17:5-6*.

*A) *The KJV says*/, “/**If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say*...”

*1) *But *in the **Greek** it’s a **little different*.

*a) *The *Greek interlinear* (along with the *Wuest* Translation and *New American Standard Bible** says*, *“If you had faith as a seed**/ /**you would say*.”

(*Not* *“might say”*, you *“WOULD say.”*)

*b) *The *ASV* *says* the *same thing*.

It’s *worded like this*, *“And the Lord said**, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed**/, /**YE WOULD SAY** **unto this sycamore tree**/, /**Be thou rooted up, and be thou planted in the sea**; and it WOULD* (*not SHOULD*, but *WOULD*)* OBEY YOU**/./*”

*c) *“*If ye had faith ye WOULD SAY*.” *Faith has a voice*.

*(i) **Faith speaks* *and** **when it does the circumstance will change*.

*It must obey you.*

*(ii) *The *circumstances* *don’t change just because you said it*. *Faith is also involved*.

*Again* *faith and confession go hand-in-hand*.

*2) *This *did not say* it *would obey God*, and it *did not say* that it would *obey* the *Holy Spirit*.

*It says** that **IT WOULD OBEY YOU*.

*3) *Now *notice* that the *apostles said*, *“LORD, INCREASE OUR FAITH,”* (verse 5) *“Lord, why don’t you just give us more faith?

That’s what we need, we need more faith.”*

*a) **Jesus replied* to that statement*, “You don’t need more faith.”*

*(i) *All you *need* is a *drop* of faith, something that’s the *size* *of a seed*.

*(ii) *What *Jesus* was *implying* is that *you need to understand how faith works.*

*b) *The main *point* that *Jesus is trying to get across* *is that FAITH is RELEASED WHEN YOU SPEAK IT.*

*(i) *The very *power* that is *contained in faith* *is released* *when you speak it*, when you *confess it*.

*c) *Look at *MARK 11:23*.

*(i) *Notice Jesus’ teaching here.

*1st* *He says*, *“You have to say it.”*

“Speak to you mountain.”

*(ii) **Then** he says*, *“You can’t doubt it*, *but you have to believe it.”*

*(iii) *The *3rd* thing that *He says* here is that *after you speak it*, *and believe it*, *it will come to pass*.

It will happen.

*(iv) **The power of faith is released when you speak it*.

*II) *In the book *Numbers chapter 13*.

*Moses sent** **12 spies** into the promise land* to spy out the land, but only *2 spies came back with a good report**, **10 came back with an evil report*.

*A) *When the *people listened to the evil negative report* of the 10 spies, they *began to murmur*.

They murmured against Moses and Aaron, but they also began to say, “Did God bring us out here to die in the wilderness.”

*1) **Because of that* *the Lord said* *in (NUMBERS 14:28-29*) *“As ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: Your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness.”*

*a) **There’s power in faith, and that power is released when you speak it out of your mouth.*

*(i) **Israel here had faith in the wrong thing.

They believed that they were going to die in the wilderness, and when they spoken out of their mouth, that’s what they received.*

*(ii) **Speak God’s Word and believe it.

When you do the power that is contained in faith is released.*

*B) *We *also have* the *story in the book* of *JOSHUA* *where* the *children* of *Israel came to* the city of *Jericho*.

*Joshua told* the *peop**l**e* that they *could not* even *say* a *word*.

*1) **JOSHUA 6:10*.

*a) **What was so important* *about the words* *that came out of their mouth?*

*b) **If* the *people* would have *been allowed to talk*, then I’m sure *there would have been a lot of negative talking*.

*(i) *The *wrong confession*, *like* *how are we ever going to take this city*, *they’re going to destroy us*.

*(ii) **There **had to be a stop to it** **before they would reap the fruit of their lips*.

*C) *In the book of *(LUKE 1:13, 18-20)* an *angel appeared* to *Zacharias* and *told him* that he was *going to have a son*.

*1) **Zacharias could not believe it*.

Because of it the *angel said* in (*Luke 1:20*) *“And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.”*

*a) **Because* *Zacharias did not believe*, he *would have spoken* his *unbelief*.

*(i) *It would have *come out of his heart*.

*D) *(*Proverbs 18:21*) says*, “Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue.”*

*1) *We *have to have* this *revelation for ourselves** **and** **you’ll* begin to *change Situations through the Word* of God.

*III) **HEB 11:1-3*.

*A) *We could *word* *(**HEB 11:3**)* *this way, “We understand that it was through faith that the worlds were framed* *by the Word of God.”*

*1) **That’s how God framed the worlds**.*

It was *through* *the spoken Word** *of God.

*a) **God spoke the words* that *brought everything into existence*.

*b) *All things were made by words.

*2) **JOHN 1:1-3**.*

*a) **“Without him”**,* *“was not any thing made that was made.”*

*Who* is the *“**HIM**”* that *we’re talking about?*

*(i) *It’s actually talking about the Lord *Jesus* Christ, *who is the Word* of God.

*b) **Without the Word*, *nothing was made*.

*(i) **In the beginning*, *all creation* was *made* *by the Word*.

*(ii) **John said* that *the Word was God** **in (V 1**)**, **and** **God is all-powerful**.*

*If that’s true* then *the Word is all-powerful* to *change* your *situation*.

*(iii) *(Hebrews 4:12) says, “For the Word of God is quick and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword.”

*B) *But I just want *WARN YOU** *that *sometimes* when you start confessing the Word of God *people will say*, *“All that faith stuff doesn’t work”* *or* they’ll just sit back and *say*, *“We’ll just see how long they keep up that faith and confession stuff.”*

*1) **Don’t let** their* *thoughts** and comments* *shake you*.

*Stay with it* *no matter how long it takes*.

*Keep* on *doing* *what* you know that *the Word of God says*.

*2) **Say what the Word* of God *says** **about the situation**.*

*a) *Now *not saying* that *we should* *ignore* the *circumstances*, we should *do all* we *can do* *in the natural*, *but* you *also* need to *do all that you can do* *in the spiritual*.

*b) **When you confess God’s Word* *and* *place your faith in His Word* *you’re begin to change the situation*.

*IV) *Back in *HEB 11:1** *let’s just turn there.

*A) **It says* that *faith is the “SUBSTANCE”* *of things hoped for*.

*1) *The word “*SUBSTANCE*” *means* “*ESSENCE**, ASSURANCE, CONFIDENCE, CONFIDENT, SUBSTANCE*.”

*a) **FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE what causes the things** you’ve prayed for* *to manifest**.*

(Godly things).

*b) *This *verse also tells us* that *“FAITH IS CONFIDENCE.”*

*(i) **Faith is always confident that the Word of God is bringing the answer*.

*2) *I like to read *(HEB 11:1)* like this, *“Faith is the substance of things.”*

In other words, *FAITH *is what *CAUSES THINGS TO COME INTO EXISTENCE*.

*a) **God did not see the world* *when He created the earth*.

*3) **But God had faith* *in His Word* *that what He spoke would happen*.

*4) **He framed the worlds* *with His Words*.

*a) **You can’t build something without substance*.

*b) **Faith filled Words* *was the substance that was needed*.

*5) **God never does anything without saying it 1st*.

*a) **In* (*Genesis* chapter 1) *God didn’t create anything* *until he first spoke it*.

(GEN 1:3, 6, 9, 11, 14, 20, 24, 26.)

*b) *Even in the Gospels *Jesus did the same thing*.

*(i) *(LUKE 5:23-25), (JOHN 5:8).

*(ii) **Jesus always spoke* *and said, “Be whole*, *or* *rise up and walk.”*

These were *statements of His faith*, confessions of His faith.

He *spoke* these things *before* the *person received* there healing.

*(iii) *It *doesn’t only have to be God* the Father or the Lord Jesus Christ *to speak* out *the Word* *and see* the *results*.

*c) **Acts 3:4-6*.