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Subject: please explain proberbs 18:21 |
Bible Note: "Death and life are in the power of the tongue." "Name it and Claim it" teachings have absolutely no Biblical foundation. The Biblical teaching it to ask God for what we want or need, and look to Him to supply it or not according to His will. Php 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. Matthew 6:33 "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." Notice this does not say "...then seek all these things." We seek God's kingdom, and don't concern ourselves with 'what we get'. Let's look at the extreme: Can I speak a new world into existance? Of course not! Only God can create. Did James, as he wrote concerning the power of the tongue, of speech, include creating? No. He wrote regarding the tongue's power to influence other people. "Death and life are in the power of the tongue." Do we have the power, through our speech, to cause another to live or die? And I do not mean to "make them so depressed that they give up living", I mean can I speak the word and you will die because of the power of my speech? Of course not! Daniel wrote of God, concerning Belshazzar, "God who has your very breath in His hand." Paul said to the Atheneans Acts 17:25 "seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;" Can I speak a life into existance? No, I am not God. So, if I do not give or take away life, how can anyone say I can speak other things into or out of existance? And if that is so, how can someone build a doctrine that I do based on this verse "Death and life are in the power of the tongue"? I think this verse speaks of the power to influence others, as James also writes, and if you recognize and appreciate and use that fact, you will reap the result" - that is my thinking on this passage however I have not studied it. But it does not mean we can take upon ourselves the power of God. Not even the "prayer of faith" is this kind of "gab it and grab it". When I pray in faith, my faith is in Him Who has the power to do His will. Personally, I don't want that power. God knows much better than I do. Love in Christ, Mark |