Proverb 18:21, Death and life are in the power of the tongue, j that have it shall eat the fruit thereof. Prov erbs 21:23, Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Matthew 12:37, For by thy words thou shalt be justified and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Mark 11:23, 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.
Faith has been taught in churches for years and people have been encouraged to believe, but we haven’t heard much teaching about words, or saying what you believe. The scriptures we used illustrate the importance of words.
Another verse, which also does is Hebrews 4:14, Seeing then that we have a great high priest that is passed into the heavens Jesus the son of God, let us hold fast ours profession.
The word translated profession here is the same Greek word that’s translated confession elsewhere. The word profession or confession is defined as, to say the same thing. So this verse could be read, “Let us hold fast to saying the same thing.” Find out what God says about you and say the same thing. Notice again, that words are involved.
For us to get the word to work for us, we need to understand the saying side of faith. Faith must be released in order for it to work for us.
II Corinthians 4:13 says “that faith believes and speaks.” So just because you believe the Bible doesn’t mean it will work for you. You won’t get healed or get your prayers answered just because you have faith. The Bible doesn’t teach that. The Bible teaches that you get saved because you believe and say something, not just because you believe.
Romans 10:9-10 says that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised Jesus from the dead. Thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Not only does your heart have something to do with your salvation, your mouth has something to do with it, too. Words have something to do with it.
The Bible doesn’t say simply that if you believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead, you will be saved. You will not be saved just because you believe it. Verse 10 says with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Mark 11:23, Whosoever 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. This was Jesus teaching here in Mark 11:23. He did not teach that we would have whatsoever we believe. He taught that we would have whatsoever we say, what you speak, you will have your words.
Faith is always expressed in words. Faith must be released in words through you mouth. We can see that in all these scriptures we’ve read. When you speak something, that is action. I’m not talking about the words you speak in church, or the words you use when you pray. I’m talking about the words you use in your every day life, the words you speak at home with your friends, at work.
These every day words do three things: The words you speak identify you; the words you speak set the boundaries of your life; and the words you speak (your inward man).
If you want to locate yourself, just listen to the words you speak. You will never realize beyond your words or as Jesus said it: He shall have whatsoever he saith.
The thing that defeats a lot of people is their double confession. One time they will confess one thing and the next time they confess something else.
You talk to them one time and they say, “yes the Lord is my Shepard, I shall not want” and they quote Philippians 4:19, my God supplies all my needs, I’m believing God to supply my needs.
But then they go on to the next person and they have their problems on their mind and they say, “I just don’t know how were going to pay our bills.” The second confession nullified the first one.
