The Words of Faith (Part 3)

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right in. Thank you, Father. We've been teaching.

I've been leading us in understanding the words

of faith. The words of faith. This is the third

session of it. The words of faith. Last Sunday

and on Wednesday and today is the third. The

words of faith. And today we'll just be looking

at the words of God on our lips as a subtopic.

The word of God on our lips. And let me just

give us a recap so far. On Wednesday we established

some facts. We said, God's walk through his words.

God, who is our example, our father, he walks

through his word. And his word carries the power

to establish his purpose on the earth. And we

read through the creation story. We saw this

in the creation theology in Genesis 1, how God

speak things and things come into existence.

And there was nothing that came into existence

without God speaking it. And we saw that even

in the creation of man, before man came into

existence, man was spoken of. And God set a pattern

for us. God set an example for us. In the activity

that he did on earth, we see that he used words

to speak things into existence. So, went on to

say that words have power. And what we hear and

believe and speak can shape. Our conduct, it

can shape our experiences and words can shape

our realities. And we saw an example in the fall

of man in Genesis 3. We saw it in the fall of

man in Genesis 3. We saw how the words of Satan,

you know, spoken to Eve and Adam in the Garden

of Eden, shaped the realities, their reality.

We see them believing the words that Satan spoke.

And then their realities were established. So

also on to Rosa, what we hear, what we give attention

to, and what we allow to reign supreme by words

have the capacity to shape our experiences and

our realities. And we went on to say that our

words can express either faith or unbelief. Our

words, the things we say, can express either

faith or unbelief. We're going to look more into

this in a few minutes to come. So our words express

either faith or unbelief. So we must take responsibility

for what comes out of our mouths. We don't just

open our mouth and speak anyhow. We assume responsibility

for every single word that comes out of our mouth.

Our words do not only have the capacity to shape

our own realities, but our words can also influence

others around us. It can either edify them or

tear them down. So we have a responsibility,

first and foremost. You know, in Scripture, the

Bible says that we will give account for every

idle word. We will give account for every word

that we speak. So therefore comes the responsibility

to speak properly. Because every word we speak,

the Bible says we give an account for it. And

as believers, we must learn to speak in agreement

to God's word. We must learn to speak always

in agreement with God's word, expressing faith

rather than fear. doubt, negativity, or unbelief.

The words we speak daily must always be in alignment

with the word of God. Our words must express

what must express faith rather than fear, doubt,

or negativity or unbelief. Now I want us to begin

by looking at the believer's confession. The

believer's confession. What is the confession

of the believer? The confession of the believer

must be the word of God. The confession of the

believers must be the word of God. Now, when

we say that your words shapes your realities.

And what we expect to see you speak are positive

words. Now, positive words must be the word of

God. Hallelujah. Your confession must be the

word of God. What is confession? What is confession?

Romans chapter 10, verse 8 to 10. Romans chapter

Romans 10:8–10 Romans 10:8–10

10, verse 8 to 10. But what does it say? The

word is near you. In your mouth and in your heart.

That is the words of faith which we preach. The

context here is the gospel. Now that if you confess,

what is that confess? What does it mean to confess?

What does it mean to profess? That if you confess

with your mouth, what are you confessing? If

you confess with your mouth, you confess what?

The Lord Jesus. and believe in your heart that

God had raised him from the dead, you will be

safe. So our confession to salvation is Christ.

We confess Christ and we are safe. For with the

heart one believes unto righteousness, and with

the mouth, oh, is it with the mind? With the

mouth, right? Confession is made. onto salvation.

Confession is made onto salvation with the mouth.

Hallelujah. So we make confession, we confess

Jesus. In fact, the confession that brings salvation

is not the confession of sins, but the confession

of Jesus. You don't confess sin to be saved.

I've given this example some years ago. I said,

when you catch a thief red -handed and him, Agreeing

there is a thief does not make him exonerated.

Hallelujah. Doesn't make him exonerated. But

when a judge passes a judgment of acquaintance

and a person confesses the judgment of the judge,

it becomes his reality. Look at what that confession

is. 1 Timothy 6, verse 12. 1 Timothy 6, verse

1 Timothy 6:12 1 Timothy 6:12

12. Find the good fight of faith, lay hold of

eternal life, lay hold on eternal life, to which

you will also call and have confessed. So what

have they confessed? They've confessed the confession

of faith. They've made the confession of eternal

life. The good confession in the presence of

many witnesses. Confession. Hebrews chapter 3

Hebrews 3:1

verse 1. Hebrews chapter 3, verse 1. Therefore,

Hebrews 3:1

holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling,

consider the apostle and the high priest of our

confession, Christ Jesus. So confession has specification

and the confession is a person. And the confession

is who? Is Christ Jesus. Hebrews 10, 23. Hebrews

Hebrews 10:23

chapter 10, verse 23. Hebrews 10, verse 23. Let

Hebrews 10:23

us hold fast the confession of our hope without

wavering. For he who promises is faithful. For

he who promises what? Is faithful. Now, the word

confess in the New Testament Scriptures is translated

from the Greek word homologio. Let me spell it.

H -O -M -O. L -O -G -E -O in the Greek. Homologio.

Some places we see homologia, equally meaning,

you know, similarly the same thing, which means

to speak the same thing. It means to speak the

same thing. That is, to assent to something.

To agree with something or with someone. To declare

what someone has said or to admit. So, confession

is not just speaking in the air. Confession has

a focus and a direction. Confession is to say

the same as God has said. Alright? We saw in

the scriptures we read that Jesus Christ is our

confession. So when the Bible says that Jesus

Christ is our confession, what we're saying is

that we are agreeing with what God has done in

Christ. Jesus came to die for the forgiveness

of our sins. So confessing Jesus Christ is admitting

that what God has done is your reality. That

is a confession. Hallelujah. Now, do you now

see why I said that we don't confess sin to be

saved? All right? We confess what God has done

concerning sin to be saved. And our confession

is a person, is Jesus Christ. Hallelujah. So,

confession is to say the same thing as God has

said it. Not just cutting scriptures in this

context, but believing and agreeing with scripture.

All right? The scripture is about the person

and the person is Christ. We boldly say what

God has said in his word. Confession is driven

by conviction. Confession is driven by what?

By conviction. Conviction is a state of persuasiveness.

You heard the thing. And you've come to know

that that thing is true. And there's no wavering

in your position concerning that which you've

heard. You are convinced, you are convicted within

your heart that this is a fact concerning what

you've heard. So confession is driven by conviction.

It is birthed from the faith that we find operational

in the heart of the believer. So confession of

faith should not be substituted for positive

confession. You know, we are in an era where

people are encouraged to speak positive things.

Now, when it comes to the confession of faith,

it's not just speaking positive things. Not every

positive thing you say is a confession of faith.

Positive confession... is to keep saying something

good and positive so that by saying it, it will

happen. That is positive speaking. But the confession

of faith is not positive thinking or positive

speaking. Somehow we found, you know, this misconception

in the faith teaching in many churches today

that they substitute positive speaking to the

speaking of faith. It is not the same thing.

In the case of faith speaking or speaking the

words of faith, speaking what you believe in

your heart with your mouth is positive. Alright?

Speaking what you believe in your heart with

your mouth is positive. But it is not positive

speaking. It is a confession of faith. For example

now, in the Bible, the Bible says that For example,

if I confess and say, I am the righteousness

of God in Christ Jesus, it's something positive,

right? I am the righteousness of God in Christ

Jesus is positive. But I'm not saying it to be

positive. I'm not saying it to make it good,

even though it's a good saying. The confession

of faith is Christ -centered speaking. It's a

Christ -centered speaking. Are we together? The

confession of faith is Christ -centered speaking,

specifically. It's a Christ -centered speaking.

It's not everything that is positive that is

Christ -centered. Are we together? So, confession

of faith is Christ -centered speaking, Jesus

-dominated speaking. It is a Jesus dominated

speaking. I'm distinguishing positive speaking

and the confession of faith. The confession of

faith is Christ centered speaking. It is a Jesus

dominated speaking. And this is birthed by Christ

dominated thinking. Hallelujah. It is dominated

by what? By Christ thinking. Christ centered

thinking. So my words must give expression to

that which has been done or will be done in Christ.

So the parameter of my confession is within what

Christ has done. what Christ is doing or what

Christ will do. This is the confession of faith.

So what I'm doing is that I'm agreeing that this

is what the Word of God says concerning what

Christ has done. What I'm agreeing, which is

the word confession, is that I'm agreeing with

what God will do in Christ because there are

some things that God will do in your life. And

it's... It's founded on what God has done already

in his death, in his burial and resurrection.

So what we do as we confess that we are agreeing

with what Christ has done. We are agreeing with

what God said he will do. We are agreeing with

what God says he's doing right now in our lives.

That is faith confession. That is a confession

of faith. Our words must give expression to that

which Christ has done or is doing or will do.

So the confession of faith are things that are

said that we thoughtfully consider the person

of Jesus Christ. The confessions of faith are

the things that we say that as we say them, we

are thoughtfully considering the person. The

character, the ability, the faithfulness, the

promises that are in Christ. So, our confession

has a boundary and the boundary is Christ. So,

when we talk about... good things, speak better

things, speak positive things. We're not saying

don't speak anything that you feel like speaking.

We're saying that your speaking has a parameter

and your speaking is situated within what Christ

has done. Your speaking is situated within the

character and the ability of God. Your speaking

is founded on the foundation of what God has

said, what God has done. What God is doing and

what God has said he will do. Therefore, the

word of God must dwell in us richly. The word

of God must dwell in us richly. Why will the

word of God, why must the word of God dwell in

us richly? So that our confession will be centered

on what God has said. The word of God must dwell

in us richly so that our thinking and our meditation

will influence the things that come out of our

mouth. So that we will have sufficiency of words

to speak concerning our lives, concerning situations,

concerning our realities, concerning our future,

concerning everything that pertains to us in

the earth. Joshua chapter 1 verse 8. Joshua chapter

Joshua 1:8 Joshua 1:8

1 verse 8. Let's see the exhortation that Moses

gave to Joshua. It says the book of the law shall

not depart from where? Hello? From your mind?

Where should the book of the law never depart

from? From where? From the mouth. Now, there's

no how you meditate without your mouth. Okay?

Let me establish this. Meditation is thinking

and speaking. The book of the law, this book

of the law, shall not depart from your mouth.

Which means that Moses explains that Joshua continually

speaks what God has said. It means that Joshua

should continually speak what God has said. In

his speaking, his teaching is what God has said.

In his life, he speaks what God has said. This

book of the Lord shall not depart from your mouth,

but you shall meditate in it day and night that

you may observe to do according to all that is

written in it. For then you will make your way

prosperous. And then you will have what? You

will have good success. But it begins from where?

From the word not departing from your mouth.

Hallelujah. Which means that his confession,

his profession, and his speaking continually

must be the word of God. The word of God not

departing from his mouth. Then we see his meditation,

what happens within his mind. As he meditates,

he speaks the word of God. Then we see his actions

also, the word of God. And then we see success,

we see prosperity. Colossians chapter 3, verse

Colossians 3:16–17

16 to 17. Colossians chapter 3, verse 16 to 17.

Colossians 3:16–17

It says, let the word of God, the word of Christ,

dwell in you, how? Richly. Richly. the word of

God dwelling in you richly in all wisdom, teaching

and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns

and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your

heart to the Lord. And whatever you do in your

speech or in your conduct, do all things in the

name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God

the Father through him. It says, let the word

of God dwell in you richly. So thinking about

God's word is good, but speaking the word of

God is much more important. Hallelujah. You can

think about it. When you don't speak it, you

limit what you're thinking from finding expression.

Hallelujah. So we have a duty to meditate, to

think over the word of God. But most importantly,

we allow the word of God to find expression in

our lips. It becomes our conversation. It becomes

our testimony. It becomes our reality. It becomes

our affirmation. It becomes what by which our

lives are shaped by. So the word of God becomes

our reality. It becomes our speech daily. It

becomes our songs. The word of God becomes our

songs. Hallelujah. Our words are empty as men

in regards to the purposes of God. In regards

to the purposes of God. Our words are empty as

men. We must fill them with God's word. Alright?

As regards to the purposes of God. Our words

are empty. We fill them with God's word to see

God's result manifested in our lives. Hallelujah.

So contextually, to God's plan and God's purpose,

our words have no effect. We fill them with what

God has said to see God's result manifested in

our lives. When we fill them with another word,

The words of God that can come from Satan, from

whatever, what do you call, origin, we will see

the result from that source. But believers will

fill our words with the words of God. We fill

our thoughts, our speech, with the word of God.

And we see the God kind of result in manifestation

in our lives. So God's words on our lips. It's

not only for sharing or for evangelism. Okay?

We go out to preach. We tell people about the

good news. We tell them about what Christ has

done. We tell people about what Christ wants

them to come into. But most importantly, the

Word of God on our lips is also for our daily

living. We keep saying God's words to see His

Word at work daily in our lives. Our desire in

this church is to see that your life daily is

shaped by the Word of God. Not only that you

accurately understand the Word of God, that you

are properly taught the Word of God in its accuracy,

but that you take up what has been taught and

make it your own meditation and make it your

own confession daily. Therein you will see the

prosperity, the prosperity that is in God's Word.

So God speaks his word so that we in turn can

have what to say. Our life, the Bible says that

the life that we live, we live by the faith of

God. Hallelujah. It means that we live by the

word of God. God's word is to be our word always.

God's word must always determine our communication.

God's word should always determine our communication.

Our communication must be based on the certainty

of what God has said. On the certainty. What

does it mean to be certain that God said this

thing? I believe it and I walk by it and I say

it. Because God has said it, it becomes my confession.

In all things and in all ways. Hallelujah. Now,

I want us to see also, if you're writing, you

can write the believer's authority. I want us

to see that the believer's authority in Christ,

the believer's authority is in Christ. That authority

that we have in Christ is expressed through the

words of faith. Without the expression of the

words of faith, it becomes impossible for the

believer to establish the authority on the earth.

The believer's authority is expressed by words.

We saw in the creation of Adam, the story of

creation. that Adam's dominion was transmitted

to him through words. That Adam's dominion was

transmitted through words. Genesis 1, verse 26.

Genesis 1:26

Quickly, give me Genesis 21. All you can write.

We've read this before. Last teaching. Genesis

1, 26 to 28. Genesis 2. But let's read Genesis

Genesis 2:15–20

2, verse 15 to 20. Genesis 1, 26 to 28 speaks

about God creating man. and giving him dominion.

And then in Genesis chapter 2, verse 15 to 20,

Genesis 2:15–20

Then the Lord God took the man and put him in

the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. And the

Lord commanded him, Man saying, Of every tree

of the garden you may freely eat. But of the

tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall

not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you

shall surely die. And the Lord God said, It is

not good that a man should be alone. I will make

him a helper comparable to him. Out of the ground

the Lord God formed every beast of the field

and every bird of the air and brought them to

Adam to see. And what he called them, whatever

Adam said concerning what was brought to him,

Whatever Adam called each living creature, that

was his name. So we see that in the plan of God,

that man will live on the earth and his expression

of the dominion will be in what he says. So man

began to express authority over creation. by

what he sees. So Adam gave names to all the cattle,

to the birds of the air, and to every beast of

the field. But for Adam, there was not found

a helper comparable to him. Hallelujah. Equally,

at the resurrection, in the new creation, we

also see Jesus Christ giving believers authority.

In Matthew 28, verse 18. And I want us to read

Matthew 28:18

this in the NLT. Matthew 28, verse 18. In the

Matthew 28:18

NLT. Jesus came and told his disciples, I have

been given all authority. I have been given all

authority in heaven. and in the earth. That is

Genesis 1 conversation. In the heavens and the

earth. Let's read that similar text in Mark.

Mark 16. Mark 16. So Jesus has been given authority.

How did he achieve that authority? By his death,

his burial and his resurrection, his humanity

and all that he has done on earth. Mark 16. Yes,

the same NLT from verse 15 to 18. And he told

them, continuation of that story. And he told

them, go into all the world and preach the good

news to everyone. So all authority in heaven

and the earth has been given to him. And then

he has delegated that authority to what? To the

believers. And in that delegation, he gave an

authority, he gave a commission to them. Verse

15. He gave them a commission. Give me verse

15. And he told them, go into all the world and

preach the good news to everyone. Verse 16. Anyone

who believes and is baptized will be saved. But

anyone who refuses to believe will be condemned.

These miraculous signs will accompany those who

believe. They will cast out demons in my name.

Does it look like authority? Yes. The believer

has authority to cast out devils in Jesus' name.

And they will speak in new languages. Verse 18.

They will be able to handle snakes with safety.

This is a qualified language here. And if they

drink anything poisonous, it won't hurt them.

They will be able to place their hands on the

sick. Doesn't look like authority on sickness,

right? And they will be healed. Now let's look

at verse 20. Did it happen? Verse 20. And the

disciples went everywhere. Now, the entirety

of the book of Acts is summarized in this one

verse. All we see written in the book of Acts

is summarized in this one verse here. And the

disciples went everywhere. We see in the book

of Acts. And they preached. And the Lord walked

through them, confirming what they said. By what?

By many. Miraculous signs. He confirmed what

they were saying with signs and wonders. So as

they say, we see the authority expressed in miraculous

signs and wonders. Hallelujah. But they have

to go about to preach, to say. So Jesus gave

authority to the disciples in the resurrection

as we've seen in this text. As they went speaking,

God was with them. And he was confirming their

words with their accompanying signs and wonders.

So we see in verse 15 that the gospel that saves

men is preached through words. Alright? One of

the ways a believer expresses his authority in

Christ is through the preaching of the gospel.

When you go about preaching the gospel, you've

been authorized by God to preach the gospel.

So a way by which you express authority you have,

you've been licensed by God in Christ to preach

the gospel. So one of the ways by which you express

our authority in Christ is actually by going

to preach. So the words that saves men is delivered.

What saves men is delivered by words. Yesterday

there was evangelism. I heard of testimonies

of people going out and they were speaking. Alright?

That's the authority. You are exercising your

authority by speaking. You have the authority

to speak to someone concerning Christ. Because

you've experienced Christ and Christ lives in

you, you've been authorized to speak about Christ.

To tell people about God. To announce to people

about the good news. They won't preach in that

verse 15. It's translated from the Greek word

kerouzo. The pastor was teaching us this. K -E

-R -U -S -O. Kerouzo. It means to proclaim, to

herald, to proclaim. Alright? To announce a message

publicly with conviction. That is with persuasion

in your heart. This announcement is done through

words. This announcement, this proclamation,

this preaching is done through words. For there

to be salvation, there must be a preaching of

the message of God. There must be The proclamation

of the message of God. There must be the announcement

of the message of God. Romans chapter 10, verse

Romans 10:14

14 and 15. It says that how can men be safe if

they have not heard the word? Romans chapter

Romans 10:14

10, verse 14 and 15 says, How then shall they

call on him whom they have not believed? And

how shall they believe? in him of whom they have

not heard. So they must hear of him to believe

in him, to call on him. And how shall they hear

without a preacher? All right, verse 15. And

how shall they preach unless they are sent? So

if you are not sent, it means you are not qualified

to preach. And by virtue of you believing, you've

been sent actually. As it is written, how beautiful

are the feet of those who preach the gospel of

peace, who bring glad tidings and of good things.

So salvation is in words spoken. If we don't

speak, there will be no salvation. Hallelujah.

See, you can do drama. You can act drama. Right?

And as you are acting that drama, Let me tell

you, what people are seeing is different. All

right? We can all watch the same movie, but what

we're seeing is different. But if we say something

about Christ, it's certain that this is what

Christ has done. Hallelujah. The gospel is in

words. God has made it that the salvation of

men will be through words. That the salvation

of souls, you were saved because of the word

you heard. You heard about Jesus by someone preaching

Jesus to you. And you came to believe in what

has been preached about Jesus. Acts chapter 11,

Acts 11:12–14

verse 12 to 14. Acts 11, verse 12 to 14. We see

Acts 11:12–14

an example. It says, Then the Spirit told me

to go with them, doubting not. The context here

is Peter. Moreover, these six brethren accompanied

me and we entered the man's house. And he told

us how he had seen an angel. Okay? How he had

seen an angel standing in his house who said

to him, send men to Joppa and call for Simon

whose son's name is Peter. Now, An unbeliever

had an encounter with an angel. The angel did

not preach the word of Christ to him. The angel

asked him to go and call a man. Peter. Alright?

Very specifically. Who will tell you words by

which you And all your household will be saved.

Why didn't the angel told him the word that his

household will be saved? Why didn't the angel

assume the responsibility of telling this unbeliever

the words by which he and his household will

be saved? God has delegated the announcement

of the words of salvation to us men. have the

responsibility to preach the word of God for

men to be saved. Hallelujah. In rare cases, I

will say this carefully, in rare cases, we see

angels sent to speak the word of God to people

so that they will be born again. In very rare

cases. But the usual way by which God acts on

the earth in announcing the gospel to men, It's

true men. And you and I have been commissioned,

we've been authorized, we've been given the ability

to do what? To exercise the authority that we

have in Christ by preaching and bringing authority.

Listen, when you go to preach, you are giving

people life. You've been authorized to give life

to men. And this life you are authorized to give

is an eternal life. You are the urgency by which

men will come to eternal life. Hallelujah. So

we must speak the words of salvation. Our authority

is expressed by speaking. By speaking words.

So the disciples had authority to cast out demons.

Mark 16 verse 17, you see, when Jesus was telling

Mark 16:17

them. Let's read back that Mark 16, verse 17.

Mark 16:17

In the NKJV, Mark 16, 17. It says, and these

saints will follow those who believe. In my name,

they will what? They will cast out demons. They

will speak with new tongues. So how will they

cast out demons? How? By speaking. The way by

which they'll cast out demons is by speaking.

When we read through the gospel, we see that

whenever Jesus had an encounter with demons,

he spoke to them and he exercised his authority

as God by speaking to the demons and then casting

them out. Equally, let's see in Acts chapter

Acts 16:16–18

16, verse 16 to 18. Acts 16, verse 16 to 18.

Acts 16:16–18

Now it happened as we went. To prayer that a

certain slave girl possessed with the spirit

of divination met us, who brought her masters

much profit by fortune -telling. This girl followed

Paul and us and cried out, saying, These men

are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim

to us the way of salvation. And this She did

for many days, which means that this slave girl

was with them for many days. But Paul, greatly

annoyed by what? By her activity, turned and

said to the Spirit. He spoke to the Spirit. He

said to the Spirit, I command you in the name

of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came

out that very hour. Hallelujah. So verse 18 says,

is it verse 18? Yes. Verse 16 says she did many

days with them. Is it verse 16? Verse 17, give

verse 17. Yes, verse 18, is it verse 18? And

this she did for many days. That means that she

has been saying and speaking. Until Paul decided

to cast out the demon by speaking a word. Now,

was the authority, was Paul having the authority

for those days that he has been speaking the

word of God? And the demon was in the girl. And

we don't see the authority exercised. We don't

see the demon coming out. Until when Paul decided,

alright, to act on his will. And in acting on

his will, concerning that demon, concerning that

devil, he spoke words of authority. He gave an

instruction and he spoke and we see that the

demon left the lady. So until we speak, nothing

happens in our lives. It is not the absence of

power. It is oftentimes the absence of speaking.

And sometimes even when we speak, do we speak

with conviction? Do we believe what we are speaking?

Do we agree with persuasion that that which we

are speaking will happen? So I want to throw

us a challenge. We must go on speaking the word

of God concerning situations, concerning circumstances.

Casting out devils is a way by which the believer

expresses authority. And every believer has that

ability, has that authority in him to cast out

devils. So we must speak with confidence that

the power of God is indwelling in us. And as

we speak, we look forward to seeing the power

of God at work through our lives. Hallelujah.

So, we see also that Peter was able to exercise

healing. The Bible says that they will lay hands

on the sick and the sick will be healed. Mark

Mark 16:18

16 verse 18. How will the sick be healed? The

sick will be healed by the speaking of healing.

They will take up serpents and if they drink,

anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them.

They will lay hands on the sick and the sick

will recover. The laying of hands is accompanied

by the speaking of that healing. And the healing

takes place. Acts chapter 3 verse 1 to 8, an

Acts 3:1–8

example of this happening. Acts chapter 3 verse

Acts 3:1–8

1 to 8, we see consistently in the life of the

apostles. especially Peter in this context. Now

Peter and John went up together to the temple

at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. And a

certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried

home. They lay daily at the gate of the temple,

which is called beautiful to ask alms from those

who enter the temple. Who seeing Peter and John

about to go into the temple asked for alms and

fixing his eyes on him with John. And Peter said,

look at us. I mean, Pastor Carson was teaching

this. So he gave them his attention. And his

attention he was expecting what? To receive something

from them, to receive money from them. Then Peter

said, silver and gold I do not have, but what

I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ

of Nazareth, rise up and what? And walk. And

he took him by the hand. and lifted him up, and

immediately his feet and ankles bones received

strength. So he, leaping up, stood and walked

and entered the temple with them, walking, leaping,

and praising God. Hallelujah. Peter spoke healing

into this man's body, and lifting him up, laying

hands on him and lifting him up, he received

healing. Let's see another example, Acts 9, verse

Acts 9:32

32. To 35, Peter was able to heal through the

use of words. We see the power of God in him,

finding expression by his speaking of faith and

establishing the healing in this life, in the

life of this man. Acts chapter 9, verse 32 and

Acts 9:32

35. And Peter said to him, Now it came to pass,

as Peter went through all the parts of the country,

that he also came down to the saints who dwell

in Leda. There he found a certain man named Aeneas,

who had been bedridden eight years and was paralyzed.

Eight years. And Peter said to him, Aeneas. Peter

said to him. Peter spoke the word of healing.

Aeneas, Jesus the Christ heals you. That is how

we administer healing. We speak healing to people.

Alright? We speak healing to people. We declare

healing by our words. Someone is sick, when you

lay your hand on him, don't speak in tongues.

Speak healing. Hallelujah. Speak healing. Sometimes

we speak in tongues because we don't want to

say something that we don't believe in. Speak

healing. Alter healing. command the sickness

to go, command healing to come. And Peter said

to him, Aeneas, Jesus the Christ heals you. Arise

and make your bed. Then he arose. How? Immediately.

All the examples of healings we see in scriptures,

the Bible says immediately. Hallelujah. And verse

35. So all who dwell at Leda and Sharon saw him

and turned to the Lord because of what they've

seen. Hallelujah. So we must believe that healing

proceeds when we speak. When we utter words,

healing happens. The apostles also did miracles

by speaking the words of faith. Acts chapter

Acts 13:4–12

13 verse 4 to 12 is an example of So being sent

out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia,

and from there they sailed to Cyprus. And when

they arrived in Salamis, they preached the word

of God in the synagogue of the Jews. They also

had John as their assistant herein. in Salamis.

Now, when they had gone through the island to

Paphos, Paphos is in the Greek site, they found

a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew whose

name was Bar -Jesus, who was with a proconsul,

Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man

called for Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear

the word of God. But Elymas, the sorcerer, for

so his name is translated, withstood them, seeking

to turn the proconsul away from the faith. What

was he doing? He was doing magic. Alright? He

was doing... What would I call it? I know it

in my tribe, but I can't say it in English. He

was doing some things anyway to shift the attention

of... The proconsul from hearing. Alright? Then

Saul, who also is called Paul, fear with the

Holy Ghost, look intently at him. And he said

to him, O fool of all deceit, he said, and all

fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all

righteousness, will you not cease perverting

the straight ways of the Lord? And now indeed

the hand of the Lord is upon you. That is a declaration,

that is an exercise of authority. He is speaking,

exercising his authority to what? To withstand

the activity of the devil through the man Elemas.

And you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for

a time. If it's your Bible, please, when you

read this verse 11, underline that for a time.

All right? And immediately a dark mist fell on

him, and he went around seeking someone to lead

him by the hand. Hallelujah. Then a proconsul

believed when he saw what had been done, being

astonished at what? At the... teaching of the

Lord. What made Elie Mas, what made the proconsul

believe is not the miracle. Alright? Come on.

Those people, they've seen power manifesting.

Those kind of activities are not new to people

in power. Alright? So, Elie Mas has been doing

a lot of miracles. They've seen many things happen.

But, Seeing that Paul was able to exert a particular

authority that tamed Elemas, and then by the

teaching of the Lord, the proconsul came to faith,

was able to believe. Hallelujah. He believed

by what Paul was able to speak and teach. Hallelujah.

So we see here that Paul was able to, for a time,

limit the activity of Satan, the activity of

the devil by the exercise of his authority. And

we see him exercise authority by speaking what

he wants to see in that particular time and it

happened. Hallelujah. So as we close, as we close

for today, greater works require greater expression

of faith. And God has given us his word so that

it can fill our hearts. It can shape our thinking

and also become our confession. So God has given

us his word and his word is expected to fill

our hearts. That is, we believe in God's word

and God's word is our meditation. And then we

give room for the Word to shape the way we think.

We think through the lenses of what God has said.

We judge circumstances and situations by the

Word of God. We use the Word of God to measure

the things we hear. We use the Word of God to

measure the decisions we take. So God has given

us His Word so that it can fill our hearts to

shape our thinking. And also become our confession.

Faith is not merely believing what God said.

Believing what God said is very important. But

it's not just believing what God said alone.

Faith speaks what God has said. Amen? Faith does

what? Faith speaks what God has said. You believe

what God has said, you speak what God has said.

I believe what God has said, I speak what God

has said. So faith speaks. Our authority is expressed

through words. If you want to see authority in

your life, daily manifested, then you must take

advantage of your words. and speak. But your

words must be filled with the words of God. So

our authority is expressed through words. So

we must train our words to agree with what God,

with God. We must train our words to agree with

God. That is to agree with what God has said.

Rather than fear, Rather than doubt, rather than

the circumstance, rather than unbelief, rather

than what is presented before you as facts. Of

course, you can feel some symptoms on your body.

It's a fact that you have a problem with your

stomach. But what God is saying is you are healed.

So you agree with what God has said that I'm

healed. You side with what God has said concerning

your healing. Until you see you are healed, you

keep confessing the word of God. You keep believing

the word of God. And then you see healing manifested.

So this week as we go, we must put the word of

God in our lips. Joshua 1 verse 8. The book of

Joshua 1:8

the Lord, the word of God, the doctrine of God,

the teaching of God, the heart of God. Must continually

be on our mouth. Must continually be on your

lips. The word of God must continuously be on

your lips. So we must fill our hearts. Spend

time daily in God's word. Spend time in God's

word. You must think the word of God. Firstly,

fill your heart with the word of God. A man that

is not worded is a man that cannot express authority.

Because you don't just speak your own word, you

speak the word of God. You speak from your position

of understanding of God's word. You speak from

the position of the conviction that you have

in God's word. So the word of God must fill your

heart. You must spend time daily in God's word.

Secondly, you must think the word of God. Meditate

on what God has said, not on your circumstance.

Some of us are fond of meditating. Every human

being meditates. If you can worry, it means that

you can meditate. Worry is a form of meditation.

You are just thinking about your problem before

you know it. You start speaking. Have you ever

seen someone walking around and he's just talking

to himself? He's just speaking to himself. He's

speaking his problem. Speaking the things happening

to him. It's not fear. How can I be in this kind

of a thing? And then all that comes from you

is expression of the things that is happening

to you. This week, make up your mind that your

meditation will not be about the problem. In

fact, if you keep meditating on the problem,

you will not see solution. Hallelujah. So, your

mind must be transformed by the word of God.

And your mind must be filled by the word of God,

meditating on the word of God rather than the

circumstance. Then number three, you must speak

the word of God. Make God's word your confession

concerning every situation. Alright? Number four,

reject contrary words. Because your circumstance

will speak. People will speak. The media will

speak. Chadibity will speak. Some of us, the

moment we just have a symptom, the first place

to go is to Chadibity. We tell Chadibity what

we're feeling. And Chadibity has a way of telling

us what he feels about your situation. Now, I'm

not saying that having a knowledge is bad. What

I'm saying is that your faith is important. And

must be founded in the word of God. So reject

contrary words. Refuse fear and doubt. Refuse

worry. Refuse negativity. And speak the word

of God. Number five, the last one. Act on your

confession. Let your words, let the words of

your faith, let your words of faith produce corresponding

actions. Alright? We say that faith is expressed

in our conduct, in our actions. So let your words

of faith produce corresponding actions. Thereby,

you know, you see the power of God fully expressed

in your life. Hallelujah. We appreciate you being

here today. We hope you carry this word with

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