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“It is the spirit that

quickeneth; the flesh profiteth

nothing: the words that I speak

unto you, they are spirit, and they

are life.” (John 6:63)

I think sometimes we miss what

Jesus said. There is spirit life in the

spoken word.

That’s why it is important for us to

confess what God has already said

about us in His Word. Words carry

spiritual forces. Words can transmit fear

or words can transmit faith. They

transmit images after their kind to

others. God’s Word transmits the image

God wants you to have. The devil’s

words transmit the image he wants you

to have.

If I wanted to have an image of my

car, I would simply describe it. Every

detail I give would transmit a clearer

image. I could describe it in such detail

that you would recognize it when you

saw it. God also transmits the image He

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has of you in His written Word.

Your words are also powerful

transmitters. Be careful what you say to

yourself and others.

FAITH IS TRANSMITTED BY WORDS

In Romans 10:17, Paul said: “So

then faith cometh by hearing, and

hearing by the Word of God.” That is

a truth, but it is not the whole truth.

When Paul made that statement, he was

talking about faith in God and in His

Word. Faith in God’s Word comes by

hearing what He said. But there is a

reciprocal of that truth. Just as faith in

God comes by hearing and receiving the

Word of God, faith in the devil comes

by hearing and receiving the words of

the devil.

The opposite of faith is fear. Most

of the time, fear is actually faith in the

devil. So that’s why I say, don’t take “A

truth” and make “THE truth” out of it.

For if we dogmatically declare that the

only way anyone can obtain faith is by

hearing the Word of God, that’s not the

WHOLE truth. You can have faith in

the weather man by hearing him predict

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the weather.

SAME SPIRIT OF FAITH

The truth is that faith comes by

hearing. Whether you are hearing me or

hearing the weather forecast, faith

comes by hearing. Spoken words

transmit a corresponding spirit. Fear-

filled words produce fear in those who

hear and receive them. Faith-filled

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ords produce f aith in those who hear

and receive them.

The Apostle Paul said in II

Corinthians 4:13, “We, having the

same spirit of faith, according as it is

written, I believed, and therefore

have I spoken; we also believe, and

therefore speak...” This reveals you

can transmit the spirit of faith with

words. That’s one reason Jesus said,

“The words that I speak unto you,

they are spirit, and they are life.”

Jesus transmitted the spirit of faith and

life that was in Him to you through the

words. Life-giving faith comes more

quickly if you give voice to His Words.

Then the Apostle Paul stated in

Romans 8:2, “... the law of the Spirit

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of life in Christ Jesus hath made me

free from the law of sin and death.”

How did that spirit of life which

was in Christ Jesus get in Him? It was

resident in God’s Word and Jesus was

the Word personified!

Jesus admonished the disciples, “...

take heed what ye hear...” (Mark

4:24). You should not sit under teaching

you know is in error, because that spirit

of error is being transmitted—even

though you may know that it is wrong—

it will eventually affect you if you hear

it long enough.

Some people say, “You ought to be

as smart as a horse. They eat the hay

and spit out the sticks.” That sounds

good, but it doesn’t always happen that

way. Several years ago, we had a horse

that wouldn’t eat anything. We called

the veterinarian and he opened that

horse’s mouth, ran his arm down her

throat, and pulled out a stick that was

stuck in her throat. The horse would

have starved to death if the stick had not

been removed.

Some people are like that horse.

They don’t always know the difference

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between the hay and the sticks. The

spirit of error is transmitted through

words. Jesus gave us good advice when

he said, “take heed what you hear.” In

other words, don’t give your ears to

wrong teaching.

FAITH IS THE ABILITY TO CONCEIVE

GOD’S WORD

When faith comes it is spiritual

conception. Faith is developed by

continually hearing the Word of God.

When you first hear it, you don’t

necessarily receive it.

If you have been raised in certain

denominations, you may have been

taught that healing went out with the

Apostles. If you were taught that way,

you believed it until you heard that God

had something different. Then it took

you a while to decide whether or not

you were going to receive it. You had to

make a decision to receive that Word

which was the “seed of truth.” Once the

Word was conceived in your spirit, it

manifest itself in you in the form of

faith.

A HEARER OF THE WORD

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In Luke, chapter one, we find a

classic example of a man who heard a

word from God—a message sent by an

angel—but he didn’t receive it at first.

Zacharias and his wife, Elizabeth, had

been praying that they would have a

child (she was barren). Then the angel

Gabriel appeared to Zacharias:

... when Zacharias saw him,

he was troubled, and fear fell

upon him. But the angel said unto

him, Fear not, Zacharias, for thy

prayer is heard; and thy wife

Elizabeth shall bear thee a son,

and thou shalt call his name

John. And thou shalt have joy

and gladness and many shall

rejoice at his birth. For he shall

be great in the sight of the Lord...

And Zacharias said unto the

angel, Whereby shall I know

this? For I am an old man, and

my wife well stricken in years.

(Luke 1:12-15, 18)

It seems that Zacharias was asking

the angel: “What sign will you give me

so that I will KNOW you are telling the

truth?” Zacharias was not willing, at

that point, to receive the Word of God

without a sign. He wanted more

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evidence than the Word of God sent by

the angel.

CONDITIONAL AND UNCONDITIONAL

PROMISES

Some promises of God are

conditional and some are unconditional.

If they are unconditional, God will bring

them to pass. Many of the promises in

the New Covenant are conditional.

Some of the promises God made to

Israel and to Abraham were

unconditional. God had established the

promises; then, He set in motion exact

principles that caused those promises to

be fulfilled.

When Zacharias asked for a sign,

the angel replied... “I am Gabriel, that

stands in the presence of God; and

am sent to speak unto thee, and to

shew thee these glad tidings. And,

behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not

be 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.” (Luke 1:19-20)

The angel knew if he didn’t stop

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that doubt and unbelief, the miracle

wouldn’t happen. His sign was that He

would not be able to speak until God’s

promise was fulfilled.

God closed Zacharias’s mouth so he

couldn’t speak until God’s declaration

came to pass.

These verses indicate that there are

some prayers God wants to answer and

things He desires to do that will never

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ppen unless we g et i n agreement with

Him. So many have said, “Well, if it’s

the will of God, it will happen and if it’s

not the will of God, it wouldn’t happen

anyway.”

Jesus gives us a biblical prospective

concerning this matter “... all things

whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer,

believing ye shall receive.” (Matthew

21:22) In other words, you are only

limited by what you can believe when it

is based on the authority of God’s

Word.

Then there are some things that will

happen whether you believe or don’t

believe. Jesus is coming again. You can

believe it or not believe it, but He is still

coming. What you believe about that

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promise is not going to change the fact.

But when it comes to the promises of

God and entering into the provisions He

has made for you, then your words of

faith or unbelief will either activate or

eliminate the promise as far as you are

concerned.

In the book of Hebrews, we find a

classic example of unbelief keeping all

the people who doubted God from the

Promised Land:

So we see that they could not

enter in because of unbelief. Let

us therefore fear, lest, a promise

being left us of entering into his

rest, any of you should seem to

come short of it.

For unto us was the gospel

preached, as well as unto them:

but the word preached did not

profit them, not being mixed with

faith in them that heard it.

For we which have believed

do enter into rest, as he said, As I

have sworn in my wrath, if they

shall enter into my rest: although

the works were finished from the

foundation of the world.

(Hebrews 3:19-4:3)

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Make a decision to mix faith with

the promises of God so you don’t come

short of God’s promises. The tongue is

the mixer. What you continue to speak

you will eventually believe. This is how

you become fully persuaded that the

promises of God are yours. When your

words come into agreement with God’s

Words, they create an atmosphere of

faith and produce an exact image of the

promise inside you. Once that image is

perfected on the inside, you will be a

partaker of the exceeding great and

precious promises of God. (II Peter 1:4)

MARANATHA!

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Document Outline

- Words Transmit Images

- 1 Words Transmit Images

- Faith is Transmitted by Words

- Same Spirit of Faith

- Faith is the Ability to Conceive God’s Word

- A Hearer of the Word

- Conditional and Unconditional Promises

Table of Contents

Words Transmit Images

1 Words Transmit Images

Faith is Transmitted by Words

Same Spirit of Faith

Faith is the Ability to Conceive God’s Word

Conditional and Unconditional Promises