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Hab 2:2-4 Then the Lord answered me and said: "Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it. 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry. 4 "Behold the proud, His soul is not upright in him; But the just shall live by his faith.
What is the purpose of words?
Communicate
o to establish, declare, fight, encourage, tear down, destroy, create covenant, build up, motivate
2 Cor 4:13 And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, "I believed and therefore I spoke,"* we also believe and therefore speak
You must have faith and speak. They are connected
Establish winning righteous victorious direction.
o Control your mouth and control you destiny
Faith comes by hearing and hearing the Word. It matters what you hear, so it must matter what you speak
Mark 11:22-24 So Jesus answered and said to them, "Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart (Take captive in mind), but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.
Have you ever played the game where you set down when the music stops and if there is not a chair you loose? This came from the OT.
3 men refused to play by the rules and consequences more drastic
Dan 3:16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king.
Faith declares what God is going to do – Faith know God’s ways and what He will do
1 Way conversation – speak to, not about it, did not pray
o Don’t argue with satan. Take captive of thoughts – where did they come from?
Jump off cliff
Shut up, come out – Jesus to demons
vs 17 But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up."
o But if not – The king decides not to throw in fire, not that God may not deliver them
o Faith has no plan B. God will deliver us…and if not we will sell the car
Lam 3:37-40 Who is he who speaks and it comes to pass, When the Lord has not commanded it? (We learned from Abraham that you must have a word) Is it not from the mouth of the Most High That woe and well-being proceed? Why should a living man complain, A man for the punishment of his sins? Let us search out and examine our ways, And turn back to the LORD;
Lam 3:37-40 Nobody can speak and have it happen unless the Lord commands it. Both bad and good things come by the command of the Most High
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