Your Words

1 John 4:5 ESV 5 They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them.

"They" is talking about the evil spirits discussed previously in the chapter. These evil spirits are in the world and they speak to the world and the world listens to them.

The way the world speaks is completely different than the way the Lord speaks, and should be completely different than the way believers speak. The world speaks death, constantly putting each other down and saying words that discourage. The world talks about their neighbor behind their neighbors back. The world doesn't recognize the power of their words so they don't think about the words they're speaking.

These spirits speak from the world, and the world listens to them. The world has a hard time hearing the Word of God because God's Word is Love. The only way you can understand Love is to know the greatest Lover. Everyone gets challenged by God's Word because He calls us to Love. The world listens to the words everyone else speaks because they make sense to them: take care of #1, be as successful as possible by any means, money is happiness. These are all lies, but they are lies the world believes. The world is looking for something to fulfill them so they try these things and they find they don't work so they keep looking but they refuse to look to the One thing that will satisfy them. If what the world has told you is true isn't working, try something new.


Watch the words you speak. When something goes wrong don't assume that everything's going to fall apart. Instead, speak out your faith. As believers, we are blessed. We are loved without end. We have everything that we need in Christ. Be careful to speak blessings and not curses. What you speak will return to you. Speak life instead of death, speak love instead of hate. What you speak is what you believe in. What kind of life do you want to live?