Word of Faith is not an Occult

The reference to God calling Abraham the father of many nation is found in Romans 4. It shows how God operates. We are not saying that we are God, rather we are saying that believing and speaking is the way the principal of faith works.

1. In Proverbs 18:21 it tells us that the Power of life and death is in the tongue. Just like the physical power of life and death are in the tongue, the way we eat food, so spiritual life and death are in the power of the tongue by the words we speak, the prayers we pray, the oaths we swear, the vows we make, etc.

Pro 18:21 are in the tongue, those who love it will eat its fruits.

2. Believing in the heart and speaking with the mouth is how we receive (or apply) salvation to our lives. Paul teaches us that with heart is how man believes and with the mouth is how confession is made unto salvation. The word salvation is comes from the original word which is all inclusive (salvation, preservation, deliverance, etc.). This is how the word of faith (believing in God and applying that belief) works.

Rom 10:8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;

Rom 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Rom 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

3. Jesus told us in Mark 11:22 - 24 when Peter saw the fig tree Christ had cursed and it dried up, that we should have faith in God (some translations read have the faith of God or the God kind of faith). He told us that the way faith works is by believing and speaking. Look up the work "say" in a concordance and you will see that it leaves the idea of command. Jesus was giving the disciples faith instructions and how it works.

Mar 11:22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
Mar 11:23 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.
Mar 11:24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

4. Jesus also said that a man would be justified or condemned by his words. that you could tell a tree by the fruit it bears and you can tell the condition of the heart by the words that come out of the mouth.

Mat 12:33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.

Mat 12:34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Mat 12:35 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.

Mat 12:36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

Mat 12:37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

5. In the Book of James we are told that the tongue is the most unruly member and that if we learned to control it, it is like a bit in a horses mouth or the rudder on a ship that if you control your tongue that you turn or set the direction. Just like the rudder on a ship and a bit in a horses mouth. This scripture shows how powerful the tongue is. Untamed or uncontrolled it can do serious damage. However, the opposite is true tamed or controlled it can produce life. No man came tame the tongue but the Holy Spirit can tame the tongue and speaking the word is like the "bit" or the "rudder", the word of God controls the tongue so it sets you in the direction of life instead of death.
Jas 3:1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

Jas 3:2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.

Jas 3:3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.

Jas 3:4 Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.

Jas 3:5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

Jas 3:6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

Jas 3:7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:

Jas 3:8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

Jas 3:9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

Jas 3:10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

Jas 3:11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?

Jas 3:12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.

Jas 3:13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

Jas 3:14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

Jas 3:15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

Jas 3:16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

Jas 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

Jas 3:18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.



Jesus is also known in Hebrews as the High Priest of our profession or confession. That is not just our profession of faith to be saved but He should be Lord over our mouth and the confessions we make or the words we speak.

So to conclude; the principal of faith is that we should speak out of our mouth what we believe in our heart. Aligning ourselves with the Word of God puts us in agreement with God. Like 1 John says when we pray we ask according to the will of God (which is His word) and if we ask according to His will, we know He hears us and we have the petitions that we desired of Him. Romans 10:17 says, Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. So the Word of God, Believing and speaking that word is biblically how we cooperate with God is our prayer life and our believing life. Then we must have corresponding actions or works. Like James says we must show our faith by our works or corresponding action. So, we pray, believe, speak, act, and worship with thanksgiving. That is the rhythm of a believing Christian in the gate of his faith walk. The Character of a Christian is in the fruit that he bears and the lifestyle that he lives in believing, responding, and living according to the commandments of Jesus.