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PROVERBS 4:23
(KJV)
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are] the issues of life.
(Young)
Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it [are] the outgoings of life.
(Hebrew Names Version)
Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it is the wellspring of life.
(RSV)
Keep your heart with all vigilance; for from it flow the springs of life.
(NIV)
Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.
(NLT)
Above all else, guard your heart, for it affects everything you do.
It all takes place in the center of a man's being, his heart. The heart uses the soul to speak. The substance, energy or life of that sound is in and from the spirit. The spirit is, like we said, the man, the life of the man. The spirit is what is vibrating, ever moving, that is what we hear, internally. Actually, when you get right down to it, it is always vibrating, never stopping, the vibration itself is its breath. It is spirit and it is alive! Just as it is required for our physical body to breath (can I say vibrate?) to be alive, living, so too, the spirit has breath, in order to be alive. Life is movement, self creating energy. This is how we know it is alive, it vibrates, the spirit breaths. And through the action of the heart it uses the soul to form words, make sounds, which we hear, inside ourselves. We create our own language and this is how we are able to communicate with each other. This is also why there is so much mis-communication between us; we each have our own sounds, words and definitions which are not the same; they are different for each individual. Now what is this spirit, what is this living substance, this breathing organism, which we take and use to make and form a sound, a morpheme, a word, a language? Well I believe there are only two kinds of this type of "life", two kinds of this type of organism in existence. One is the spirit of life and one is the spirit of death.
One comes from and is created by God himself, who is life. One was created by the devil, when "iniquity was found" in him, and is death. One gives life and one gives death. One is life and one is death. One causes life and one causes death. One is a life giving spirit in quality, one is soulish (of this world) and is life taking in quality. One kind gives life and one type takes life Now do you see why we took the trip? Revelatory, to say the least! Let's confirm this now through the Word. Getting a clearer picture of this from God's point of view is of the utmost importance. This is not some new idea. This is what God is and always has been. Unless, we accept these definitions and the Word as from God we will ever be left to our own opinions. You see, this is what God wants us to know, and has always desired for us to understand. This is how we are what we are. This is everything explained all at once. God has shown us the key to life and death. It is in the power of the tongue, the words we speak. PROVERBS 18:21
(KJV)
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
(Knox)
...of life and death tongue holds the keys; use it lovingly, and it will requite thee
(Moffatt)
...death and life are determined by the tongue, the talkative must take the consequences
(GNB)
What you say can preserve life or destroy, so you must accept the consequences of your words
(Fenton)
Death and life are in the tongues power, and its lovers will eat its fruit
We control the production and distribution of either substance by what we say. We can speak words of life, or we can speak words of death. We can think words of life or we can think words of death. We can transmit words of life or we can transmit words of death. Our words can create life in others or they can create death. It is our choice. When we speak God's Word we transmit life, His life is in His Word. When we speak on our own we transmit death, because without Him we have no life. |