“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”– Mark 11:23
LIGHT FOR NOW: To align your words with God’s word, feed your mind on his word.
Salvation, eternal life was received by the saved man via the vehicle of words (Romans 10:13-17; 10:9-10). Hence, the believer must recognize that words have eternal value. Solomon also spoke about the importance of words in the Old Testament texts of the bible. Proverbs 18:20-21 “A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; And with the increase of his lips shall he be filled. Death and life are in the power of the tongue: And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof”. The words eat, fruit, and tree are terms figuratively used to refer to words. Adam’s sin in Genesis 3 was in words – Read Matthew 7:15-21; Matthew 12:31-37 for more references. The book of Genesis was written by Moses. The events he documented were communicated to him in a vision. A vision would be a combination of both the literal and figurative. For example, Acts 10:10-43, Peter was told to kill and eat unclean animals in his vision. Interpreting it literally would not have explained that this was in reference to the gospel being preached to the Gentile nation – Acts 11:1-18.
Romans 5:12 “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned”. Romans 5:19 “For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous”. The word “disobedience” means a refusal to hear. This means words were communicated to him, but he did not receive it. What was communicated to him? Genesis 1:26-28 “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth”. The plan of God was for man to be in the image and likeness of God. We will look into it in the next study. Glory!
INSTRUCTION: Discern your words before you release them.
CONFESSION: I speak words that align with what God has done in Christ for me, in Jesus’ Name, Amen
QUOTE: Your mouth can’t release God’s word if your mind hasn’t fed on his word.
DAILY BIBLE READING: MORNING: GENESIS CHAPTER 1; EVENING: GENESIS CHAPTER 2
LIGHT FROM THE WORD 