Sermon Tone Analysis

We’re going to *continue* our teaching *on* *confessing the Word of God*, which we’ve been on for a number of weeks now.

And let’s *pick up* where we *left off* last time.

*I) *If you have your Bibles *turn* with me *to* *Romans 4:17*.

*A) *(*Verse 17*) *tells us* that *God calls those things that be not as though they were*.

*1) **This is the same* type of *faith* that *Jesus told the disciples to have* *back in (MARK 11:22)*.

*a) **Calling those things that be not as though they were*, is a *principal* *from the Word* of God that *all of us should be putting to practice*.

*b) **That means* *we should be SPEAKING *forth *the PROMISES *of God *and* *PUTTING *your *FAITH IN GOD that those words will come to pass*.

*B) *Back *in* (*Romans 4:18*) it says, *“Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.”*

*1) **When Paul says, “Who against hope believed in hope”* it *means* that *in the natural it LOOKED IMPOSSIBLE *for him *to HAVE CHILDREN*, *but* *he CHOSE to BELIEVE that IT WAS POSSIBLE*.

*a) **And how could he believe* that was *possible?*

*Because of God’s Word*, which said, *“So shall thy seed be?”*

*2) **The next 3 Vs.

tell us how he received* the promise.

*C) *Let’s read *Romans 4:19*.

*1) *The Word *“CONSIDERED”* here in this *verse* means *from the Strong’s* concordance, *“TO FIX ONE’S EYES OR MIND UPON.”*

*a) **He REFUSED TO LOOK AT THE CIRCUMSTANCES* *and* *he REFUSED to LET HIS MIND STAY ON the NEGATIVE*.

*2) **You might be experiencing some problems today.

It might be sickness, financial problems, emotional problems, family problems, mental problems or just about anything else.*

*a) **Refuse to look at those things*.

*Sure do what has to be done *in the natural, *but GET your MIND off the PROBLEM AND on the ANSWER*, *which is found in the Word* of God.

*3) *In *(verse 20)* *it says* that *HE STAGGERED NOT AT THE PROMISE OF GOD THROUGH UNBELIEF*.

*a) **Staggering at the promise* of God *would be keeping your eyes* *and mind* *on the problem*.

*b) *But *Abraham was strong in faith*, *which means* *he believed* what *God* said.

*4) *The *last part* of (*verse 20*) *says* *“GIVING GLORY TO GOD.”*

*a) **He gave glory to God* *and* *praise God* *before* he ever *saw* the *answer*.

*b) *And in (*verse 20*) it *says that HE WAS FULLY PERSUADED*.

*In other words*, *he was IN UNWAVERING FAITH that what GOD promised He WOULD BRING IT TO PASS*.

*D) *Paul said in (*1THES 5:24*) *“Faithful is He that called you, who will do it*.”

*God is faithful to perform it*.

*1) *In (*JER 1:12*) the Lord said*, “I will hasten my word to perform it*.”

*E) *Turn to *HEB 10:23*.

*1) *The word “*PROFESSION*” in this *V* is the same *Greek* word for “*CONFESSION*”.

*a) *So in other words this *V* *says*, “*Hold fast to your CONFESSION OF FAITH, for God is faithful that promised*.”

*II) **MAT 8:5-10, 13*.

*A) **Jesus spoke* the* **Word* and the *servant was healed**.*

*1) *But *notice** something else* that Jesus said in *V 10** (read)*

*2) **Why* did *this man have* such *great faith**?*

*a) *He *had revelation** **of the power and authority** **of the Word* of God.

*B) **In order for you to have this same kind of GREAT FAITH, you to need to have this same REVELATION.*

*1) **Not only* did *this man have a revelation* *of the power of words*, but he *also* *HAD FAITH *that *the boy would be healed*.

*a) *Again *you can’t separate faith and confession* they go hand-in-hand.

*2) *Just a little *side thought*, but *why was this centurion* *so worried about his servant?*

*a) *In the *Greek* the *word* “*SERVANT*” in this verse *refers to a boy or young child*.

*b) *The *centurion had faith* *that* *Jesus would heal the boy*.

*3) *In (*HEB 11:3*) it says, “*Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the Word of God*.”

*a) *The *worlds* were *framed by the Word* of God.

*b) **There is power in* the *spoken Word* of God.

*III) *Look at */LUKE 17:5-6/*.

*A) *The KJV says*/, “/**If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed/, /**ye might say*...”

*1) *But *in the **Greek it’s a **little different*.

*a) *The *Greek interlinear* (along with the *Wuest* Translation and *New American Standard Bible says*, “*If you had faith as a seed/ /**you would say*”*/ /*

*b) *The *ASV* *says* the *same thing*.

It’s *worded like this*, “*And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed/, /**YE WOULD SAY **unto this sycamore tree/, /**Be thou rooted up, and be thou planted in the sea; and it **WOULD OBEY YOU/./*”

*c) *Faith has a voice.

*(i) **Faith speaks* *and **when it does the circumstance will change*.

*It must obey you.*

*2) *This *did not say* it *would obey God*, and it *did not say* that it would *obey* the *Holy Spirit*.

*It says that **IT WOULD OBEY YOU*.

*3) *Now *notice* that the *apostles said*, “*LORD, INCREASE OUR FAITH*,” “*Lord, why don’t you just give us more faith?

That’s what we need, we need more faith*.”

*a) **Jesus replied* to that statement, “*You don’t need more faith*.

*(i) *All you *need* is a *drop* of faith, something that’s the *size* *of a seed*.

*(ii) *But *Jesus* was *implying* is that *you need to understand how faith works.*

*b) *The main *point* that *Jesus is trying to get across* *is that FAITH is RELEASED WHEN YOU SPEAK IT.*

*(i) *The very *power* that is *contained in faith* *is released* *when you speak it*, when you *confess it*.

*c) *Look at *MARK 11:23*.

*(i) *Notice Jesus’ teaching here.

*1st* *He says*, *“You have to say it.”*

“Speak to you mountain.”

*(ii) **Then he says*, *“You can’t doubt it*, *but your have to believe it.”*

*(iii) *The *3rd* thing that *He says* here is that *after you speak it*, *and believe it*, *it will come to pass*.

It will happen.

*(iv) **The power of faith is released when you speak it*.

*IV) *In the book *Numbers chapter 13*.

*Moses sent **12 spies into the promise land* to spy out the land, but only *2 spies came back with a good report, **10 came back with an evil report*.

*A) *When the *people listened to the evil negative report* of the 10 spies, they *began to murmur*.

*1) *And *because of that* *the Lord said* *in (NUMBERS 14:28-29*) *“As ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: Your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness.”*

*a) **The power that is contained in Faith* *is released when you speak the Word* of God *and* *believe it*.

*b) **But* *doubt and unbelief* *also has a power* *and* *it too is released* *by speaking it*.

*B) *We *also have* the *story in the book* of *JOSHUA* *where* the *children* of *Israel came to* the city of *Jericho*.

*Joshua told* the *peop**le* that they *could not* even *say* a *word*.

*1) **/JOSHUA 6:10/*.

*a) **What was so important* *about the words* *that came out of their mouth?*

*b) **If* the *people* would have *been allowed to talk*, then I’m sure *there would have been a lot of negative talking*.

*(i) *The *wrong confession*, *like* *how are we ever going to take this city*, *they are going to destroy us*.

*(ii) **There **had to be a stop to it **before they would reap the fruit of their lips*.

*C) *In the book of *(LUKE 1:13, 18-20)* an *angel appeared* to *Zacharias* and *told him* that he was *going to have a son*.

*1) **Zacharias could not believe it*.

Because of it the *angel said* in (*Luke 1:20*) *“And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.”*

*a) **Because* *Zacharias did not believe*, he *would have spoken* his *unbelief*.

*(i) *It would have *come out of his heart*.

*D) *(*Proverbs 18:21*) says*, “Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue.*”

*1) *We *have to have* this *revelation for ourselves **and **you’ll* begin to *change Situations through the Word* of God.

*V) **HEB 11:1-3*.

*A) *We could *word* *(**HEB 11:3)* *this way, “We understand that it was through faith that the worlds were framed* *by the Word* of God.”

*1) **That’s how God framed the worlds.*

It was *through* *the spoken Word *of God.

*a) **God spoke the words* that *brought everything into existence*.

*b) *All things were made by words.

*2) **JOHN 1:1-3.*