Using Words Rightly
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy
words thou shalt be condemned (Matthew 12:37).
The Bible shows us the importance of words as
it pertains to salvation. Romans 10:9 says, “...
if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus,
and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised
him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” This is the
Bible way to receive salvation.
A man will go either to heaven or to hell on the
basis of his confession; what he said or didn’t say. If he
spoke the words that God said to speak for salvation,
he’d be catapulted into salvation and will eventually go
to heaven. But if he didn’t, he’d go to hell, and that’s
not because of what he did wrong, but because of what
he didn’t say. The acknowledgement and confession
of the Lordship of Jesus Christ is the God-ordained
way to receive salvation. Legally, the whole world has
been saved. Jesus died for everybody. However, for
the salvation that He brought to be a vital reality for
anyone, that person must speak the right words.
Salvation is a big word; it encapsulates all
that the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus
Christ consummated for us. In salvation, you have
deliverance, protection, divine health, preservation,
prosperity, peace, victory, success, the extraordinary
life of righteousness, etc. To enjoy all of these require
the use of words. There’re blessings untold for the
one who’s born again, but to enjoy them, you must
acknowledge and speak them forth.
All that some Christians have known is a life of
struggle and defeat. They aren’t enjoying themselves in
salvation and in the Christian life, and they don’t know
why. It’s because they aren’t living according to what
God said. They aren’t using words rightly. To live the
authentic Christian life, you have to speak the right
words. To keep yourself in the course that God has set
for you, you have to have a wholesome tongue.
1 Peter 3:10 says anyone who wants to enjoy
life and see good days must use words rightly. Where
you are today in life is a reflection of what you’ve
been saying all your life. Create the future you desire!
Speak words that are consistent with the glorious life
of righteousness, peace, health, wealth and joy that
God has made available to you in Christ Jesus.
Prayer
I’m a doer of the Word; therefore, I’m preserved and sustained in
the divine life. Thank you, Father, for making me a partaker of your
indestructible, indomitable, and imperishable life. Your glory and
your righteousness are revealed in me today, as I speak and apply
the Word in all I do, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Further Study:
James 1:25; 1 Corinthians 1:18; romans 1:16-17
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Zechariah 12-14
revelation 20
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
revelation 21:13-27
Zechariah 13-14