Leaving Beyond – Grounded In Scripture

“God spoke into nothing and there was something. We cannot, by our speaking, bring anything into existence. We are creatures, not the Creator.” ~ R. C. Sproul

Why is it almost daily in my newsfeed the subtle, deceptive teaching of the power of your words and speaking life or death?

When will you be free from the evil lie that your words are so powerful that you have to be careful what you say because your words have the power of life and death—translated, your words are so powerful that when you speak them you literally have the power to create “life” (e.g. whatever it is that you believe is good and you are trying to speak into existence) or your words have the power to bring forth “death” (e.g. whatever you consider negative or against what you desire)?

The emphasis on being careful is not as noble as it seems, it is actually selfishly motivated. You believe your words are powerful to create life or death to what you desire, therefore you speak as accords with your desires.

Do you not see the bondage you are in? You are bound to only speak what you desire. If the truth contradicts your desire, you sacrifice truth.

Please bear with me when I say this for your sake though it may feel like an attack, but these teachings you have adopted are delusional. They promise what you desire but bind you to lies. You become a liar. Bear with me. You speak what you desire trying to manifest it. You rebuke any word against it even if it’s true. You have convinced yourself it’s not lies and it’s not delusional, that it’s faith. That’s the opposite of faith! Your faith is in your words, not God!

Your words are not that powerful! That should be such freeing words for you to hear.

Sadly, because of these false teachings, you cannot speak the truth if it is considered “death” or “negative”. You can’t make “negative declarations” which means you can only speak what confirms your desires and delusion.

This does not honor God. You do not have the same creative power as God. You are not God. You have bought into the little gods and Word-Faith false doctrines and maybe you don’t realize it. I would venture to say you are probably unfamiliar with church history and the history of your own movement/denomination.

I’m not saying you believe you are a little god. I am saying that perhaps you don’t know the history of what you are adopting beliefs and practices from. You are NOT getting this from a correct exegesis of Scripture. You are getting this from heretics.

If you haven’t subscribed to these beliefs but you hear someone teaching you to “be careful what you say because your words have the power of life and death” and they are saying this as a warning against speaking something that is true and you are made to suppress the truth so that you can speak what you desire, you are listening to someone who is misleading you, whether intentionally or not.

Yes, Scripture says a lot about what we should and should not speak. It is not because our words have creative power but because what we speak comes out of our hearts and reveals either that our hearts are being sanctified in the truth or controlled by our sinful desires.

What proponents of these false teachings fail to realize is that their desires—good or bad—are controlling what they say, even silencing the truth because it may be seen as “negative” or “death” to what they really desire. This is why you will not hear them expose false doctrine or false teachers. And it’s why you will only ever hear them speak what is “positive”. It appears good but it’s actually rooted in sinful desires and heretical doctrines that promise them what they desire.

Friend, Scripture commands us to speak the truth in love as it glorifies God. You can’t possibly share the Gospel or share the truth of who God is and who man really is before a holy God if your tongue is bound only to speak what sounds “positive”. That is why so many who have adopted these beliefs will only share a “Jesus loves you and has great plans for your life” version of the Gospel.

The Gospel is powerful, speak it! God’s Word is powerful, speak it. It is not powerful because you said it, it is powerful because God said it!

Grace and Peace, y’all
Soli Deo Gloria

April J. Buchanan