'The Power of the Blood' by HA Maxwell WhyteCleansing, Healing, Words pg 114-116
Wise King Solomon wrote, "There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health" proverbs 12:1. The words that proceed from our tongues will give clear evidence of the state of our health. Dr William Standish Reed MD of the Christian Medical Foundation Medford Oregon informed us that such terribly destructive things as criticisim, grumbling, self pity, hatred, cursing and bearing grudges are the cause of much physical sickness, and all these things are manifest through the tongue.
Solomon again wrote, "Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou are taken with the words of thy mouth" Proverbs 6:2. It is we ourselves who destroy ourselves. Satan puts into our heart all these evil thoughts, wich find their almost inevitable expression as words in our mouths. As we speak them, we ensnare ourselves so that Satan has perfect right to come along and tell s there is no hope for us, for He is the angel of death, and the wages of sin is death.
No wonder Solomon warned that negative words, sush as those of hate, envy and criticisim, are as "piercings of a sword". There is always a positive for a negative, a day for night, light for darkness. Thank God, there is another sword than that of Satan- the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
The same tongue that spewed out vile, evil things that corrupted and destroyed us can be tamed, not by ourselves, but only by a true work of the Spirit of God in transforming our spirits. Our whole nature is changed and now the heart that was a cesspool of every foul thought becomes cleansed by the blood of Jesus.
Instead of unclean water spilling out of our mouths, now the Holy Spirit will give us words of truth, of life and of health. "The tongue of the wise is health".
2 comments:
what prompted you to blog this book? How were you personally challenged by this book?
Jen
Not quite finished it yet, but I suppose the thing that struck me was just the power that comes through the blood of Jesus Christ. I think it has just challenged my mind set about the blood of Jesus, and the provisions made through it. I dont think I have the faith or theological perspective to accept all of it as it is written in the book (ie blood = total healing), but my faith is certainly being challeged through this book.
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