#andgodsaid

In Genesis 1 the creation of the world we live in was recorded.  The only living being then was God and the angels.  God was and is a spiritual being with no physical form, but was capable of creating living physical formations including man as His highest creation. During the entire process His method of this creation was verbal.  As a spirit being He had no vocal chords to produce sounds, but the Bible says He said commands and the creation responded to His commands and came into being. These words were spoken in the spiritual realm of God and had an effect.   In John 1:1 we read, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and Word was God.  He was in the beginning with God.  All things came into being by Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.”  These words refer to Jesus.  Before He became a man in physical form He was in the spirit with the Father.

So words have the power to create and they are spirit.  Jesus said in John 6:63, “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I speak to you are spirit and they are life.”  Jesus always spoke words of life because He was a sinless man and had never fallen.  There was no darkness in Him or in His words.  He said that the words He spoke were not of His own initiative, but they came from His Father.  The same was true of His works of miracles of healing.  He did what the Father said to do.  He said we could see the Father by looking at Him.  He did the will of the Father.  If we want to know the will of the Father we should look at Jesus and listen to what He said and watch what He did!

We see the power of words all through the Bible.  The truth of the power of words is what we call a kingdom principle meaning that it is applicable all the way through both the Old and New Testaments.  Many principles are applicable for the Old Covenant or the New Covenant only.  One example of the power of words is in Proverbs 18:21, “Death and Life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.”  Love here means to “have an affection for.”   Wow!  Those are powerful words!  What we say can produce life or death and we will eat the fruit of what we say.  

There are many more examples in the New Testament.  Ephesians 4:29 says, “Let no unwholesome (rotten, lifeless) word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, that it may give grace to those who hear.”   In our relationships, in all of our lives, the words which proceed out of our mouths are going to have an effect on us and those who hear or about whom we speak.  We are to watch what we say, only speak for edification for the present need giving grace to the hearer.  That is kindness and compassion for the other person and thoughtfulness in our choice of words.  The basic tenant to follow would be to only speak from the Holy Spirit to others and to pray in the spirit to build up our most holy faith and let God do the talking.

But all too often the words which come out of our mouths are not from the Holy Spirit.  They are from darkness residing in our souls.  That is why we must ask the Holy Spirit to fill us and also receive the gift of the spirit called discernment.  In Matthew 12:34b - 37 we read, “For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.  The good man out of his good treasure brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth what is evil.  And I say to you, that every careless word that men shall speak, they shall render account for it in the day of judgement.  For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned.” Jesus spoke these words before He bought our freedom while men were still sinners and had not been redeemed.  After our new creation spiritually the remaining demons in our souls are the ones who will be judged.  But we are told to be sober and vigilant because the devil prowls about like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour.  1 Peter 5:8.   He devours many by the words of their mouths which are left unbridled and will cause a disastrous harvest in their lives.

James 1:19 tells us, “But let everyone be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger.”  If we could all do this, the devil would not be able to gain such victory in our lives.  James 3:2-10 talks about how the tongue is like the small rudder of a great ship and may move it in the direction the pilot wishes.  A great forest can be set aflame by such a small fire (tongue).  It can defile the entire body and set on fire the course of our life.  No one can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil and full of deadly poison.  We can bless the Lord and curse man.  Blessing and cursing can come from the same mouth.