SECRETSOFSPEAKI

NGTOTHEMOUNTAI
NREVEALED

Ther
eare3ver
sesi
ntheBibl
ewher
eJesusmentionaboutspeaki
ngtothemount
ain.Andthere
i
s1v er
sei
ntheBi
blewher
eJesusment
ionaboutspeaki
ngtothesycaminet
ree(
mul ber
rytr
ee).

Thesecrettospeaki
ngt
othemount
aini
sunl
ockedbyf
ir
stunder
standi
ngaboutspeaki
ngt
othe
mulber
rytree:

Luke17:
5Andt
heapost
lessai
dunt
otheLor
d,I
ncr
easeourf
ait
h.

Luke17:6AndtheLordsai
d,I
fyehadfai
thasagrai
nofmust
ardseed,yemi
ghtsayunt
othis
sycaminetr
ee(mul
berrytr
ee)
,Bethoupl
uckedupbyther
oot
,andbethoupl
ant
edinthesea;
anditshoul
dobeyyou.

Not i
cethatt heapost l
essai dtotheLor d"Increaseourf ait
h."AndwhenJesussai dfait
hasa
grainofmust ardseed, hewasi nessencet el
li
ngt hem don' tbeconcer nedabouthav ingfaith,
j
ustf ocusonspeaki ngandspeaki ngandspeaki ngandt hethingt haty ouspeakaboutwi l
l
happenf ory ou.Andy ourf ait
hwi l
lgrowi nthepr ocessofy ourspeaki ng.Must ardseedf ait
hi s
thesmal lestamountoff aith.I
faper soncanopent heirmout handj ustsaysomet hing,they
alreadyhav eenoughf ait
ht odoso.I fther
ewasabsol utezer of aith,theywoul dnotbeabl et o
opent heirmout htosayi tatal l
.Speakingisanexpr essi onoff aith.Thewor d"say"i
si nthe
i
mper f
ectt ensewhi chmeanskeeponsay ing.Themul berrytreehasav er
ystrongtrunkandi t
s
rootsgov erydeep.Buty oucansayunt othemul berryt reetobepul l
edupbyt herootsandbe
plantedint hesea, anditwi l
lobeyy ou.Themul ber r
yt reeisav eryr oot edtree.Itcanrepresent
problemst hataresoent renchedthatt heyareseemi nglyimpossi blet or emov e.I
tcouldbea
healthprobl em thedoct or ssayisincurable.Itcoul dbeabankr upt cyt hatisbey ondhel p.
Commandy ourproblem t obepl uckedupbyt her ootsandpl ant edint hesea.Youmaynotknow
whati sther ootcausebuty oucancommandi ttobepl uckedupbyt her oots.

Nowweshal
lexami
net
he3v
ersest
hatt
alkaboutspeaki
ngt
othemount
ain:

Matthew17:20AndJesussai
dunt othem,Becauseofyourunbeli
ef:
forver
il
yIsayuntoy
ou,
If
yehavefai
thasagrainofmustar
dseed, yeshall
sayuntothi
smount ai
n,Removehencet
o
yonderpl
ace;andi
tshal
lremove;andnothingshall
beimpossibl
euntoyou.

Onceagainthesamephr ase" f
ait
hasagr ai
nofmust ar
dseed"ismentionedhere.Wehav e
alr
eadyunlockedthemeani ngofitfr
om t
hev er
seaboutspeaki
ngtothemul berr
ytree.Justli
ke
sayi
ngandsay ingandsayingtothemulberr
yt r
ee,youdothesamethingbysay i
ngandsay ing
andsayingtothemountain.ThistimeJesusreveal
sthatt
hissecr
etmakesnot hingimpossibl
e
foryou.

Matt
hew21:19Andwhenhesawaf igt
reeint
heway
, hecametoit
,andf
oundnothi
ngther
eon,
butl
eav
esonly,andsai
duntoi
t,Letnofrui
tgr
owontheehencef
orwar
dforev
er.Andpr
esentl
y
thef
igt
reewit
heredaway.
Matt
hew21:20Andwhent
hedi
sci
plessawi
t,t
heymar
vel
l
ed,
say
ing,
Howsooni
sthef
igt
ree
wi
theredaway
!

Matthew21:21Jesusansweredandsai
duntothem,Veri
lyIsayuntoyou,I
fyehavefai
th,
and
doubtnot,y
eshallnotonl
ydothi
swhichisdonetothefi
gtree,butal
soifyeshal
lsayunt
othi
s
mountain,
Bethour emoved,
andbethoucasti
ntothesea;i
tshallbedone.

Onceagai nthe"Ifyehavefaith",wealreadyknowwhati tmeansfrom whatJesusmeantabout

must ardseedfaith.Thi
stimet herei
st hewor d"doubt"menti
onedi nt
hisv er
se.Thewor d
"doubt"intheGreeki s"
Diakri
no"whi chmeanst omakeadi st
inct
ion,t
odi scr
iminate.Noti
cethat
i
nt hisverse,t
hef i
gtreeandt hemount ainarement i
oned.Jesushadspokent othefigtr
eeand
i
twi ther
edanddi edandt hediscipl
esmar v
ell
ed.WhenJesussaydon' tdoubt(diakr
ino)heis
sayingdonotmakeadi f
ference,don'tmakeadi sti
nctionbet
weenaf igtreeandamount ai
n.
Justuset hepowerofspeaki ngandsaywhaty ouwanthappent oitanditshallbedone.

Mar
k11:
13Andseei
ngafi
gtreeaf
aroffhavi
ngleav
es,hecame,i
fhaplyhemi
ghtf
indanythi
ng
t
her
eon:
andwhenhecametoit
,hefoundnothi
ngbutl
eaves;
fort
hetimeoffi
gswasnotyet.

Mark11:14AndJesusanswer
edandsai
dunt
oit
,Nomaneatf
rui
toft
heeher
eaf
terf
orev
er.
Andhisdisci
pleshear
dit
.

Andi
nthemor
ning,
ast
heypassedby
,theysawt
hef
igt
reedr
iedupf
rom t
her
oot
s.

Mar
k11:21AndPet
ercall
i
ngtoremembr
ancesai
thunt
ohi
m,Mast
er,
behol
d,t
hef
igt
reewhi
ch
t
houcur
sedsti
swit
heredaway.

Mar
k11:
22AndJesusanswer
ingsai
thunt
othem,
Hav
efai
thi
nGod.

Mark11:23Forveri
lyIsayuntoyou,
Thatwhosoevershallsayuntot
hismountai
n,Bethou
r
emov ed,andbethoucastint
othesea;andshal
lnotdoubti nhi
sheart
,butshal
lbel
iev
ethat
t
hoset hi
ngswhichhesaithshal
lcometopass;heshallhavewhatsoeverhesai
th.

Inthi
sv er
se,t
her
eisthephrase"shal
lbeli
evethatt
hosethingswhichhesay sshal
lcomet o
pass".Thi
smeanst obel
ievet
hatspeakingsomethingwi
llcauseittohappen.Becausethe
ver
sesay sheshal
lhavewhatsoeverhe"say"notheshal
lhav ewhatsoev
erhe" bel
i
eve".I
tisal
l
aboutsaying,
sayi
ng,say
ing.

Noticet
hatthev er
sement ionssaying3t i
mesandbel i
eveonly1time?Whosoevershall
"say"
(1stmenti
on),shal
l"beli
eve"(1stment i
on)thatthoset
hingswhichhe"say
"(2ndmention)shal
l
comet opass,heshallhavewhat soeverhe"say"(3rdmenti
on).

Manyofyouar
ebeli
evi
ngtheri
ghtt
hingsbutar
eyousayingi
t?I
tisnotenought
obel
i
eve.The
spi
ri
toff
ait
hsaysIbel
i
evether
efor
eIspoke(2Cori
nthi
ans4:
13).

Ther
eshoul
dbe3t
imesmor
epr
eachi
ngonsay
ingt
hanbel
i
evi
ng.
Doyoufindt
hatmostoftheser
monsthaty
ouhearabout"
hav
efai
th"andpeopl
ear
est
il
l
st
ruggl
i
ng?Butyouhardl
yhearaser
mononspeaking?

Andifyouspeaklongenough,y
ouwil
lst
artbel
i
evi
ng.Evenperpetual
liar
sbegintobel
i
evein
thei
rownstori
es.Whenwespeakoutwhatwebeliev
einChr i
st,
wear enotlyi
ngbutwear
e
procl
aimi
ngGod' str
uthr
eveal
edinHi
swordaboutourl
ives.Theworldisil
l
usionandMaya,
but
God'swordi
sTr uth.

TheBibl
esays"
Hei sthehighpr
iestofourconfessi
on"and"Letushol
dfastt
oourconfessi
on
ofhope,
forHeisfai
thful
thatpr
omi sed"
.Itisnotj
ustaboutspeaki
ngGod'
swordbasedon
chapt
erandver
se.Speakoutwhaty oubelieve.

TheBibl
esays"t
hewor doff
ait
hisnearyouinyourmouthandi nyourheart
".Not
icei
tisfi
rsti
n
yourmouthbef
oreitdr
opstoyourhear
t.Yousayitlongenough,y
oust ar
ttobeli
evei
t.Youstar
t
tobel
iev
eit,
youstartt
osayit
,thi
ngswil
lhappen.Jesussaidyouwill
havewhaty ousay.

NoticethatPetersaidtoJesus"Thef i
gt r
eewhi chyoucur
sed".Jesusdi
dnotevensaytheword
"Icurse".Hejustspokeitint
obecomi nguseless.Thi
sshowsthatwheny ouwanttocur
se
somet hing,
youdon'thav etosay"Icurse".Al
lyouhavetodoisspeakiti
ntobecomingusel
ess.
Cursey ourproblemsbysay i
ng"Itshallbenomor e".

Mat
thew13:
31Anotherparabl
eputhefor
thuntothem,
say
ing,Theki
ngdom ofheav
eni
sli
ket
o
agr
ainofmust
ardseed,whichamantook,andsowedi
nhisfi
eld:

Matthew13:
32Whi chindeedist
heleastofal
lseeds:butwheni
tisgr
own,iti
sthegreatest
amongherbs,andbecomet hatr
ee,
sot hatt
hebirdsoftheai
rcomeandlodgeinthebranches
ther
eof.

Youcanst artcommandi ngev enwhenyourfait

hisassmal lasamust ar
dseedwhi chisless
thanalltheseedsi ntheear t
h.Itwi
ll
growintothegreat estherb.I
fyouhavefait
hassmal lasa
must ar
dseedandy oustar
tcommandi ng,that'
showy oui ncreaseyourf
ait
h.Intheverseson
speakingt othemul berr
ytreeandmount ai
n,theword" say"isintheimperf
ectacti
veindicati
ve
tensewhi chisrepeatedaction.Youcanspeakt oyourpr obl
em againandagain.Youcan
commandt hatcondit
ionagainandagaintobeupr ooted.Sayi tever
ydayandsomet i
mesev en
mor ethanonceaday .