Sermon Tone Analysis

We’ve been teaching on the subject of God’s Divine order of faith.

So far we’ve said that *STEP 1* is *“IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM.”*

*STEP 2 was to “MAKE A DECISION TO STAND IN FAITH.”*

*Step No. 3 FIND THE EVIDENCE or FIND THE PROMISE IN THE WORD OF GOD*.

*STEP No. 4 is twofold* *1st* of all you need to *understand the importance of hearing the Word of God*.

*And* *make a conscious effort to hear the Word of God*.

*Step 5 is “MEDITATION on the Word of God.” *

*I) **STEP # 6* is the 1 with the most controversy and that is *CONFESSION** or* we *should call it* the *“Confession of our Faith.”*

*A) **1** of the **reasons* that *we’re **not receiving* the *promises* of God *is that* *our **confession* is *not in line with the Word* of God.

*But* it *goes even further* than that, *if** our **confession** is **wrong** and **negative* it *may **bring the problems* *into our life* or *even* cause us to fall into *bondage*.

*1) *Turn with me to *PRO 6:2*

*a) *The word *“**Snared**”* *means **“To be trapped or caught, tied”** It has do do with the **catching** of **an animal**.

It has to do with **alluring someone away from their real purpose** in order to **destroy** them.

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*b) **The word “**TAKEN**” means to **capture**, **seize**, but it also means **“to control an object”** or to have the **rule over by force.”*

*c) **If we look* *at* this *V in context* it *refers* *to* *giving our word* to someone in order to *guarantee* someone else’s *loan*.

*(i) *This V is a *warning not to do that*, or you can be *brought into bondage* *by the word of your mouth*.

*2) **But there is also a spiritual side to this* that we’ll begin to see.

*B) **Many Christians will say*, *“Well**, I’ve **tried** **confessing** the **Word** of God and it **doesn’t work.”*

*1) **Yet** on the other hand, **Many** **say**, “**I’ve seen in my own life** **how confessing the Word** of God **works.”**

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*2) **Why** do **some** **have results* *and **others don’t?* *They both might speak the Word over their situation the same amount of times*.

*3) **The key* to that is *found in* *MARK 11:23* so let’s turn there*.

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*4) **We know** that Jesus is talking about CONFESSION*.

*3 times** in this 1 V* *he tells us to speak to the mountain* *or to your problem*.

*BUT SPEAKING ISN’T ENOUGH*.

*a) **According to Jesus*, *what is the KEY?* *“And shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe.”

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*b) **You have to believe that the promises of God are already yours*, *but your have to go 1 step further*, *you have to see yourself as already walking in the promise*.

*In other words* you have to *see yourself* as *healed*, *prosperous*, *delivered*, or *victorious*.

*5) *Jesus said in *(Matthew 12:34)**/ /**“Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.”*

*a) **If it’s in your heart** **you’re going to speak it out of your mouth*.

*b) **Not only* are you *going to speak it** **or** **confess it*, *but if it’s in your heart** **you’ll also* *think on it* *and* *you’re go to* *see yourself in light of it*.

*6) **If it’s in your heart* *that you’re a failure* *then* *you’re going to see yourself as a failure*.

*C) *That’s *also true* for the *positive side*.

*If you have it in you heart* *that you’re a success* *then* *you’re going to see yourself as a success*.

*1) *Look at *Proverbs 23:7a *

*a) **An important aspect** **to the subject of confession* *is seeing yourself in the proper image*.

*The way you see yourself** **is what you’ll be confessing* *and* *what you will become*.

*2) **Remember*, *Solomon said* in *(PRO 23:7)* *“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.”*

*a) **Jesus said*, *“If it’s in your heart, you’re going to be speaking it.”*

*3) **If you put the 2 Vs together* *it would say**, “If it’s in your heart, you’re going to be speaking it, and If it’s in your heart and you’re speaking it that will come to pass in your live.”*

*II) *Turn with me to* **NUM 13:33.**/

/*I’ve *used this V before* but it *backs up* the *V* I just *read* to you in *(PRO 23:7)*.

*(“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.”)* (*V 31 what they said*)

*A) **Notice* the part that says*/, /**“We were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.”**

**We need to see ourselves in the proper image**, **seeing ourselves according to the Word* of God; as the *head*, *not the tail,** **Victorious**, An **overcomer**.*

*1) **Seeing ourselves* as *healed* and *walking in divine health*.

*B) **ROM 1:16 *

*1) *Paul said, *“The gospel is the power of God unto salvation.”*

*2) **What is the GOSPEL?

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*a) **It’s the Good News**.*

*b) **The Gospel** *is *also* *the Word of God*.

*3) *This *V* is telling us that *“The Word of God is the power of God unto Salvation.”**

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*a) *The word *“Salvation”* comes from th*e **Greek** root word** **“Sozo”** *

*(i) *Which also *means**, **“Save,”** **but** **it means* much* **more** *than that it is an *all inclusive word* *meaning*, *salvation**, healing, deliverance, safety, and soundness of mind.**

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*(ii) **It really means anything that you can be saved from.**

**(Lack, poverty, destruction)*

*(iii) *In other words it’s *all the promises** of God**.*

*b) *If we *use* th*e **Definitions* that *I just gave you* *(ROM 1:16)* *would say*, *The Word of God is the power of God unto healing, soundness of mind, deliverance, safety and salvation.

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*c) **It’s the power of God unto all of His promises**.

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*C) **HEB 4:**12 *

*1) **The Word* of God *is alive* *and it is powerful*, that *sounds* a lot *like (ROM 1:16).*

*(“The Word of God is the power of God.”)*

*D) **According to (ISA 55:11)* *When* you *speak out* *the **Word** of God**, **it will not return void**, or **empty** **as* th*e **NIV** puts it**, *But *it will accomplish that which it was sent out to do*.

*1) *Turn to *HEB 10:23 *

*a) *The word *“Profession”* in this *V* is the same *Greek* word for *“Confession”*.

*b) *So in other words this *V* *says*, *“Hold fast to your confession of faith, for God is faithful that promised.”*

*III) **MAT 8:5-10, **13 *

*A) **Jesus spoke the Word* and th*e **servant** was **healed**.*

*1) *But *notice** **something else* that *Jesus said* in *V 10** (read)*

*a) **Why* did *this man** have* such *great faith?** *

*b) *He *had a revelation** **of the power and authority** **of the Word* of God.

*B) **JOSH 1:8*

*1) *The *“Book of the Law”* *is the Word* of God, and he says *do not let it depart out of your mouth*.

*In other words* *“Speak the Word*, *Confess it.”*

*a) **Then he says* we are to *meditate on it* (*the Word*) *day and night*.

*b) *The *Hebrew word* for *“Meditate”* here *means*, *“To roar,** **growl**, **groan**, **to utter**, **speak**, **to meditate**, **devise**, **muse**, **and** **imagine.”

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*IV) *Look at *LUKE 17:5-6*

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

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

*2) *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 obey you.”*

*a) **Faith speaks* *and** **when it does the circumstance will change*, *it must obey you*.

*(i) *This *did not say* it *would **obey God*, and it *did not say* that it would *obey* the *H.S.* *It says** that **it would obey you*.

*B) *Now *notice* that the *apostles said*, *“Lord, Increase our faith,”* *“Lord, why don’t you just give us more faith?

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

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

/**You need to understand that faith works like a seed**/, /**unless you plant it**/, /**it will not do you any good.”*

*a) **A seed will do you absolutely no good unless you plant it**.*

*2) *In *(LUK 17:6)* *Jesus said** to the apostles**, “If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed**/, /**ye would say unto this sycamore tre**e*.”

*C) **Jesus tells* *2 great faith secrets* here.

*1) **1st*, *Faith is as a seed*; *it works like a seed*.

*2) **2nd*, *You plant it by speaking it*.

*a) *Again *(Mark 11:23)* Says, *“For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.”*

*V) *Let’s just *look at* some *important truths in* the *Word* of God that *give us more light* in this are*a.

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*A) *(*NUM 14* turn there) *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*.

*1) **The people listened to the evil negative report* of the 10 spies.

*2) *The *people began to murmur*.

*B) **Look what God said because of it*.

*NUMBERS 14:26-29.**

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

*Joshua told the people* that *they could not even say a word*.