Mark 11:21-23 (NKJV)And Peter, remembering, said to Him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree which You cursed has withered away.”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, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.
This passage recounts how Jesus cursed the fig tree, and it withered away at His command, showing us that there is power in the spoken word. The seen world is shaped by the unseen Words of God. God spoke creation into existence and His Word continues to uphold the universe. Scripture also tells us that God’s Word will not return void but will accomplish His purposes and prosper in all that it is sent to do.
God holds the highest position and there is no being that is above Him. Through the power of His spoken Word, He created the heavens, the earth, and the universe, bringing forth visible things from the invisible, and creating something out of nothing. As human beings, we are made in the image of God, and we are endowed with the capacity to speak like He does. Of all of God’s creations, only mankind has the ability of speech.
Hebrews 11:3 (NKJV) By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
God has given us the right to make choices in our lives as free moral agents. Therefore, nobody has authority over our lives but ourselves. Hence, what we speak, confess, or declare with our mouths carries tremendous power and releases the authority to act over our lives. Though the spoken word may be invisible, its effects are set into motion the moment it is uttered. Our words will give power or authority to either God to act or the enemy to bring forth destruction. Death and life are in the power of the tongue. The fruit we consume in our lives is determined by the words we speak, and the power to shape our circumstances lies within our tongues.
Proverbs 18:21 (NKJV) Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruits.
We need to begin to act on what Jesus asked us to do which is to speak to the mountain! We do not just pray about the problem or ask Jesus to do something about it; Jesus asked us to speak to the mountain.
Because you have been given the authority to run your own life, you must want to have the problem removed, and you must speak and release it to God to act on it. This is the reason why Jesus asked us to have faith in God after we have spoken to the mountain.
Sermon Series: Cell Group Campaign (2305 Session 2)
言语的力量
马可福音11:20-24早晨，他们从那里经过，看见无花果树连根都枯干了。21彼得想起耶稣的话来，就对他说：拉比，请看！你所咒诅的无花果树，已经枯干了。22耶稣回答说：“你们当信服神”。23我实在告诉你们，无论何人对这座山说：你挪开此地，投在海里！他若心里不疑惑，只信他所说的必成，就必给他成了。24所以我告诉你们，凡你们祷告祈求的，无论是什么，只要信是得著的，就必得著。
这段经文讲述了耶稣如何咒诅无花果树，以及无花果树在祂的命令下枯萎了，向我们展示了言语的力量。 可见的世界是由看不见的神的话语塑造的。 神用话语创造了万物，祂的话语继续支撑着宇宙。 圣经还告诉我们，神口所出的话语不会徒然返回，而是会成就祂所喜悦的，并在祂差遣去做的一切事情上亨通。
神拥有至高的地位，没有任何存在能凌驾于祂之上。 通过祂话语的力量，祂创造了诸天、大地和宇宙，从不可见中产生可见的事物，并从无中创造出有。 作为人类，我们是按照神的形象创造的，我们被赋予了像祂一样说话的能力。 在神的所有创造物中，只有人类拥有言语的能力。
希伯来书11:3我们因著信，就知道诸世界是借神话造成的；这样，所看见的，并不是从显然之物造出来的。
神赋予我们作为自由意志主体在生活中做出选择的权利。 因此，除了我们自己之外，没有人对我们的生活掌权。 因此，我们用嘴所说、承认或宣告的话都带有巨大的力量，并释放出对我们的生活采取行动的权柄。 尽管口头言语可能是看不见的，但其效果在说出的那一刻就开始发挥作用。 我们的话语将赋予力量或权柄，让神采取行动，或让敌人带来毁灭。 死亡和生命都在舌头的力量之中。 我们生命中所吃的果子是由我们所说的话决定的，而塑造我们处境的力量就在我们的舌头之中。
箴言18:21生死在舌头的权下，喜爱它的，必吃它所结的果子。
我们需要开始按照耶稣要求我们的去行动，那就是对山说话！ 我们不只是为这个问题祷告或求耶稣解决这个问题； 耶稣要求我们对山说话。
因为你被赋予了管理自己生活的权柄，所以你必须想要解决问题，并且你必须将问题交托给神，让神采取行动。 这就是为什么耶稣要求我们在对山说话后要相信神。
讲章系列：细胞小组活动（第二部分）
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