Frank Broom
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A portion of my favorite scriptures is Proverbs 4:20-23 because I have experiences with it. It talks about God's word being our medicine, remedy, healing, and cure that's what the word health is translated as. Just this week I had a toothache that was so bad I could hardly chew, I couldn't even chew a banana without pain. But, what did I do I started speaking the word (taking God's medicine). I started taking in God's word, By his stripes I am healed Isa 53:5/Jesus carried my pains Isa 53:4/Through the blood of Jesus I am redeemed from toothache Eph. 1:7. And by the next day when I got up I could chew as normal, that was not just natural that I know. But, that's what the word says in Romans 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 1. To believe the word you have to know what the word says. 2. The word confession means-to say the same thing. 3. Salvation means-healing, deliverance, preservation, wholeness.
Notice, that you confess unto salvation so you are going to have to be saying something. Romans 3:3,4 says "Let God be true(found true) but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. Well, Jesus said, "For by thy words thou shalt be justified(free), and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. The way God will be found true for you is by putting your faith in his word. Jesus said in John 8:32 that the truth would make you free. Well, God's word is the truth Jesus was referring to. John 17:17 Jesus said, "Thy word is truth." We have to learn the difference between fact and truth. What's the difference? Fact is basically something that exists, or is present in reality. Hence, these are things that can be seen visually, and these are the things that can actually be verified. It is not just something that you believe, but rather these are more or less the things that can be observed empirically, or by the senses. So, facts can be seen and heard, as well as proven by the other senses.
But truth can be described as the true state of a certain matter. So, God says whatever your flesh or your senses might be telling you that might be a fact, but what God says is the truth of the matter. That's why 1 Corinthians 5:7 says, For we walk by faith, not by sight. Walking by sight you walk by facts and walking by faith is walking by truth, God's word. I chose to walk by God's truth and not my flesh's facts. And I found God to be true and my flesh a liar. God said in Isa. 55:11 that his word shall not return to him void, but it shall accomplish that which He pleases and prosper in the thing whereto He sent it. His word returns to him when you speak it.
It is not God's will that any should perish. And I wouldn't want to end this article without giving someone the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess that Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen
Notice, that you confess unto salvation so you are going to have to be saying something. Romans 3:3,4 says "Let God be true(found true) but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. Well, Jesus said, "For by thy words thou shalt be justified(free), and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. The way God will be found true for you is by putting your faith in his word. Jesus said in John 8:32 that the truth would make you free. Well, God's word is the truth Jesus was referring to. John 17:17 Jesus said, "Thy word is truth." We have to learn the difference between fact and truth. What's the difference? Fact is basically something that exists, or is present in reality. Hence, these are things that can be seen visually, and these are the things that can actually be verified. It is not just something that you believe, but rather these are more or less the things that can be observed empirically, or by the senses. So, facts can be seen and heard, as well as proven by the other senses.
But truth can be described as the true state of a certain matter. So, God says whatever your flesh or your senses might be telling you that might be a fact, but what God says is the truth of the matter. That's why 1 Corinthians 5:7 says, For we walk by faith, not by sight. Walking by sight you walk by facts and walking by faith is walking by truth, God's word. I chose to walk by God's truth and not my flesh's facts. And I found God to be true and my flesh a liar. God said in Isa. 55:11 that his word shall not return to him void, but it shall accomplish that which He pleases and prosper in the thing whereto He sent it. His word returns to him when you speak it.
It is not God's will that any should perish. And I wouldn't want to end this article without giving someone the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess that Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen
