As we know, words definitely have power. They have the power to start world wars, to tear down kingdoms and to build them up. Words have power to destroy souls and curse generations of families.
As Christians we must learn how to build one another up as the scriptures tell us and not tear each other down to prove our point or to be considered 'right'. We must learn to choose our words carefully and to have the words that we speak seasoned with the grace of God. How is that possible? By having our hearts and minds cleansed of all unrighteousness by the blood of Jesus. We must become new creations of God, transformed by the renewing of our minds, conformed to the image of Christ Jesus, and established by the word of God in our hearts.
It was God's word that formed the Heavens, the earth and everything in it.
Psalm 33:6-9
"By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth. He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap; He lays up the deep in storehouses. Let all the earth fear the Lord; Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him. For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast."
In contrast, satan, a fallen angel who rebelled against God and was cast down out of Heaven, deceived Eve, with evil words that she listened to which led to the corruption of her mind and she in turn, enticed her husband, causing them both to sin by disobeying the direct commandment of God.
Genesis 3:1-7
"Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”
And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’ ”
Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings."
satan, who is completely evil and has the power to deceive the whole world, spoke a few sentences that brought down humanity and caused us all to suffer corruption, a cursed earth, and disconnection from God at birth, being born with a carnal nature, prone to sin.
This is why Jesus said it's what comes out of a man that corrupts him, for out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks!
What do you talk about all day long? What do your friends talk about? Your spouse? Your children? Pay attention, because that's what your heart is full of! Is your heart full of the wisdom and words of God or is it full of the world and the things of this world?
We know what James said about the tongue!
James 3:5-12
"Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things.
See how great a forest a little fire kindles! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell. For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. But no man can tame the tongue.
It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so. Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening? Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh."Be careful what you speak to yourself and others! Words have power!
In Christ,
Tyrone
