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“Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith” (verses 22-23). Those are exciting verses. If you’ve been around faith folks very much you probably know them well. You also know, if you’ve stepped out and put them into practice, that reading them is one thing, but acting on them is another. While it’s easy to believe that Jesus could speak to fig trees and mountains and they’d do what He said, it can seem a lot more difficult to believe that you can do the same. Your boldness of faith can sometimes wane when it’s your turn to speak to the mountain. Yet, according to the Bible, that’s not how it has to be! It absolutely assures us that, as believers, we have full authority to speak by faith in God’s WORD and expect Him to back our words with His power. It tells us we can follow in the steps of Abraham, call “those things which be not as though they were” and see our words come to pass (Romans 4:17). It says we can ask anything in Jesus’ Name, and as He said in John 14:13, “Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.” “Yeah, but Brother Copeland,” someone might say, “that last verse doesn’t have anything to do with speaking to mountains. It’s just a prayer verse.” No, it’s not. In the Greek, the word translated ask literally means “demand.” It refers to the kind of command Jesus gave to the fig tree. It speaks of the kind of thing Peter did in Acts 3 when he said to the lame man at the Temple gate, “In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.” That was a faith demand, and it produced results. Immediately the man’s feet and ankle bones received strength and he got up “walking, and leaping, and praising God” (verses 6-8). Some Christians think that happened because Peter was an apostle. But Peter told the amazed bystanders that day, it had nothing to do with his power or holiness. “The God of Abraham…hath glorified his Son Jesus,” he said (verse 13). “And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong” (verse 16). If what Peter said there is true (and obviously it is), then if you have faith in Jesus’ Name, you can expect to get the same kind of results Peter got in that situation. You can be as confident as he was that when you speak words of faith they’re going to release God’s power and produce supernatural results. Why? Because Jesus Himself is backing those words! He is personally overseeing the demands of faith you make in His Name and seeing to it that they come to pass. * * * * * article continues on p. 6 * * * * * **************************************** Points to Get You There: You can speak by faith in God’s Word and confidently expect Jesus Himself to back your words with His power. 1) Jesus said that if you speak to them by faith, the mountains in your life will obey you. Mark 11:23 2) He promised He would see to it Himself that anything you ask (or demand) by faith in His Name is done. John 14:13 3) Jesus, as your High Priest, is the Administrator over your words of faith. Hebrews 3:1 4) The LORD Advocate General of the Church, the High Administrator of the universe is in you, with you, and behind you, all the time, empowering you to get His results. John 14:12 5) When you speak to things by faith, those things hear your voice and the voice of the Lion of Judah behind you, and they respond. Romans 8:28 BVOV : 5

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