“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: Your life is always the harvest of your words. Mind what you say for you shall have what you say.
Some crucial facts about Adam’s sin in Genesis 3 were that it was in words. 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 that words were communicated to him, but he did not receive it. What was communicated to him? Genesis 1:26-27 “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”. The plan of God was for man to be in the image and likeness of God. The word “image” was translated from a word that means a figure. The word “likeness” describes a similitude, that is, to be found in another location. Therefore, the image and likeness of God would mean God found in humanity as a man. Jesus is called the image of God.
Colossians 1:15 “Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature”. The word “image” was translated from a word that was historically used for craftsmen. It means to carve on another surface such that you would not be able to distinguish the two. Hebrews 1:3 “Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high”. The word “express image” means to reproduce exactly. It does not refer to a photocopy. So Adam was to receive sonship through Jesus Christ. This was communicated in the tree of life. Genesis 2:16-17 “And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die”. What does this tell us? We will see it in the next study. Glory!
INSTRUCTION: Mind the words you speak, your life will reap the fruit of it.
DECLARATION: I release faith-filled words always. I don’t give room to fear and negative talk in Jesus’ Name, Amen.
QUOTE: The words you release are seeds sown in which your life will reap its harvest or fruits.
DAILY BIBLE READING: MORNING: GENESIS CHAPTER 2; EVENING: GENESIS CHAPTER 3
LIGHT FROM THE WORD 