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One of these basic spiritual laws has to do with words. It’s called the Law of Confession. God designed words to control the earth. They are basic to everything about our lives. God’s words created heaven and earth. They established His intent for His kingdom in the Garden of Eden. The devil used words to convince Adam and Eve to forfeit their authority. Jesus, the Living Word, came to reestablish God’s kingdom and to show us how we were designed to live and operate in it. He demonstrated with power how to use the Law of Confession—words—to establish the will of God on this earth. In Matthew 12:34-37, Jesus lays out this basic spiritual principle: "O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned." In these verses, Jesus teaches that the Law of Confession works for everyone. Whatever is in our hearts in abundance is destined to come out our mouths and establish every aspect of our lives. That’s the law. That’s how God designed it. Seeing the Principle Work You can see a good example of the Law of Confession bringing about change in Numbers 13, where Moses sent out 12 men from the tribes of Israel to spy out the Land of Promise. They brought back physical proof of exactly what God said they would find there (see Exodus 13 and Leviticus 20). They also brought back eyewitness reports about the people God said would be there—the Amalekites, Hittites, Jebusites, Amorites and Canaanites. They actually confessed part of what God had said. But fear overtook them, and the most important thing God had said to them, they failed to confess: “But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it…I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people” (Leviticus 20:24). Moses had delivered God’s message to them this way: “The LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee” (Exodus 13:11). The land they had spied out was their land. God had promised it to their forefathers and to them. God had told them to go in and take it. But they had no faith in the promise of God. They didn’t believe God. Not only did they fail to confess what God had said, but most of them actually confessed the opposite. And, that failure resulted in their generation receiving exactly what they had confessed. None entered the Land of Promise…except for two—Joshua and Caleb. God said Joshua had the Spirit (Numbers 27:18), and He said Caleb was a man of another Spirit (Numbers 14:24). In other words, only these two had developed their hearts to believe God and to agree with Him. They confessed that what God had promised could be done, and they received the promise! Your Words Change Things This Law of Confession, like the laws of flight, has the power to take you where you want to be. The laws of flight can take you into the air and then land you safely. They are designed to work every time. The Law of Confession works the same. It has the power to change things in your life—taking you to the places and things God has for you. If you believe His Word and fill your heart with it, you can use words the same way He did and you will get the same results. Jesus demonstrated that during His days on earth. You have power without measure just like Jesus did. And it’s contained in what comes out of your mouth. We were designed to live this life in the flesh by the power of the spirit—our heart and what comes forth from it through our words. Look at the state of your life right now. It is a direct result of someone’s words. Mostly the words have been your own, but they probably have been undergirded by words spoken by your parents or someone else. Yes, words have formed your life. But you can’t blame other people’s words, because God’s Word and Law of Confession have the power to override everything that has ever been said over you. 14 : BVOV

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