Deliverance: The power of words and generational sin.

1 John 5:14-15, Revelation 3:14, Matthew 26:39, Roman 8:28, Job 1:20-22; 19:25-27, John 16:33

3. The power of words… Proverbs 6:2 & 18:21. ‘In the beginning of the Words section, the workbook states that God had only to speak and everything came into being.⁽²⁶⁾ But the analogy between God speaking and man speaking breaks down since man is not God and cannot speak things into existence. Also, it was not the power of God's words that brought forth creation, nor faith, but the very fact that it was God who did the speaking!’[1]

1. A man may do a great deal of good, or a great deal of hurt, both to others and to himself, according to the use he makes of his tongue. Many a one has been his own death by a foul tongue, or the death of others by a false tongue; and, on the contrary, many a one has saved his own life, or procured the comfort of it, by a prudent gentle tongue, and saved the lives of others by a seasonable testimony or intercession for them. And, if by our words we must be justified or condemned, death and life are, no doubt, in the power of the tongue. Tongues were Aesop's best meat, and his worst.

2. Men's words will be judged of by the affections with which they speak; he that not only speaks aright (which a bad man may do to save his credit or please his company), but loves to speak so, speaks well of choice, and with delight, to him it will be life; and he that not only speaks amiss (which a good man may do through inadvertency), but loves to speak so (Ps 52:4), to him it will be death. As men love it they shall eat the fruit of it.[2]

3a.   Matthew 16:13-20 [Whatsoever thou shalt bind ...] The phrase "to bind" and "to loose" was often used by the Jews. It meant to prohibit and to permit. To bind a thing was to forbid it; to loose it, to allow it to be done. Thus, they said about gathering wood on the Sabbath day, "The school of Shammei binds it" - i.e., forbids it; "the school of Hillel looses it" - i.e., allows it. When Jesus gave this power to the apostles, he meant that whatsoever they forbade in the church should have divine authority; whatever they permitted, or commanded, should also have divine authority-that is, should be bound or loosed in heaven, or meet the approbation of God. They were to be guided infallibly in the organization of the church:

1. by the teaching of Christ, and, 2. by the teaching of the Holy Spirit.

This does not refer to persons, but to things - "whatsoever," not whosoever. It refers to rites and ceremonies in the church. Such of the Jewish customs as they should forbid were to be forbidden, and such as they thought proper to permit were to be allowed. Such rites as they should appoint in the church were to have the force of divine authority. Accordingly, they commanded the Gentile converts to "abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood" (Acts 15:20); and, in general, they organized the church, and directed what was to be observed and what was to be avoided. The rules laid down by them in the Acts of the Apostles and in the Epistles, in connection with the teachings of the Saviour as recorded in the evangelists, constitute the only law binding on Christians in regard to the order of the church, and the rites and ceremonies to be observed in it.[3]

4. Generational Sin. Exodus 20:5; 34:7, Leviticus 26:38-39, Lamentations 5:1-7, Deuteronomy 24:16

[Visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children] This necessarily implies-IF the children walk in the steps of their fathers, for no man can be condemned by divine justice for a crime of which he was never guilty; see Ezekiel 18:5-23 Idolatry is however particularly intended and visiting sins of this kind refers principally to national judgments. By withdrawing the divine protection the idolatrous Israelites were delivered up into the hands of their enemies, from whom the gods in whom they had trusted could not deliver them.[4]

5. We don’t fight against sin's influence, we concentrate on Christ. Sin’s power is already broken (Colossians 2:13-15).

Say to your body, "You're whole, body! Why, you just function so beautifully and so well. Why, body, you never have any problems. You're a strong, healthy body." Or speak to your leg, or speak at your foot, or speak to your neck, or speak to your back; and once you have spoken and believe that you have received, and don't go back on it. Speak to your wife, speak to your husband, speak to your circum­stances; and speak faith to them to create in them and God will create what you are speak­ing.'

Marilyn Hickey, “Claim your Miracles” (Denver: Marilyn Hickey Ministries) audiotape #186. Side 2 http://www.mhmin.org/

I had a witch tell me this.... She said, "You know that we are taught in witchcraft how to kill birds with words and how to kill people with our mouth.... We were taught with words to bring disease on, on, on men ... by speak­ing certain words that defeat them." She can actually cause sickness that could very well kill.... She said, "With words, I used to kill birds. I used to kill birds." She said she would speak to a bird and the bird would drop dead. ... I said, "Dear God, I didn't know the Devil has such power." And the Lord spoke to me, and He said, "The Devil can kill with words, then you with your words can bring life." And it just come [sic] and clicked inside of me, brother. . . . And we Christians don't realize the power in our mouths.°⁸ Benny Hinn, “Praise the Lord”, TBN June 1, 1989 http://www.bennyhinn.org/default.cfm

Now this is a shocker! But God has to be given permission to work in this earth realm on behalf of man.... Yes! You are in control! So, if man has control, who no longer has it? God.... When God gave Adam dominion, that meant God no longer had dominion. So, God cannot do anything in this earth unless we let Him. And the way we let Him or give Him permission is through prayer.⁵²  Frederick Price, Prayer: Do you Know what Prayer is…and How to Pray? The Word Study Bible. (Tulsa, OK: Harrison House, 1990),1178

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When God says that Job had spoken right, Hinn says Job made a negative confession. Several times in the first two chapters of Job, God makes it clear that Job was blameless and upright, that he feared God and shunned evil (Job 1:1,8; 2:3). In fact, the Lord even declared to Satan that "there is no one on earth like" Job (1:8; 2:3).

Despite this divine commendation, Hinn persists in blasting Job. In one of the most horrifying scenes I have ever witnessed on Christian television, Hinn not only vilifies Job for his lack of faith, but denounces one of the greatest state­ments of faith ever uttered in the midst of tragedy.

Despite the somber warning of Proverbs 30:6 ("Do not add to his words, or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar."),² Hinn adds the word "never" to the text in Job 1:21 and thus completely reverses the meaning of the passage. Encouraged by his audience, Hinn sniggers, "You know what? We've said this a million times and it's not even scriptural ­all because of Job: `The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. Blessed be the name of the Lord' [Job 1:21]. I have news for you: that is not Bible, that's not Bible. The Lord giveth and never taketh away. And just because he said, `Blessed be the name of the Lord,' don't mean that he's right. When he said, `Blessed be the name,' he was just being religious. And being religious don't mean you're right."³

Hinn's outburst is not unique. Long before Hinn blud­geoned Job, men like Copeland,⁴ Capps,s Savelle,⁶ Crouch,? and a host of others had done the same thing.

Not only do these Faith teachers alter the passage to read precisely the opposite of what is recorded in the Bible, but they ignore the fact that the very next verse in Scripture commends Job with the following words: "In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing" (1:22). Hank Hanegraaff, Christianity is Crisis. P 98 (My note: All quotes very well sourced.) http://www.equip.org/

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