It’s a phrase that many of us are familiar with: “sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me.”
It’s a phrase that many of us are familiar with: “sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me.” This is one of the biggest lies ever. Not only is it not true, but it contradicts the very words of Life. “See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil” (Deut 30:15), and in verse 19 the Lord calls heaven and earth as a witness that He has given a choice of “life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live.” Meaning, the choice of the words we use makes us agents of life or death. “Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof,” (Proverbs 18:21).
Whatever we speak is a judgment for life or death. So, what is the nature of our hearts because Yeshua/Jesus says, “A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh,” (Luke 6:45).
The apostle John recorded these words which Jesus said. “The words that I speak unto you, are spirit and are life,” (John 6:63).
Now, regarding sticks and stones; Saul, then a teacher of the Torah of sin and death (Rom 8:2) stood by “ignorantly in unbelief” (1Tim 1:13) as Stephen, the first martyr died. Paul said, “I also was standing by, and consenting to his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him,” (Acts 22:20). Saul was on his way to Damascus (which means “silent is the sackcloth weaver”) when he encountered the WORD (Acts 9:3-6). There was an apocalypse, the removal of the veil from pharisee Saul becoming apostle Paul.
Sticks and stones may indeed break one’s bones, but words are far more powerful, for good or evil.
Sticks and stones may indeed break one’s bones, but words are far more powerful, for good or evil.
Origen, one of the Early Church Fathers said, “because the WORD and its healing power is stronger than all the evils in the soul, he applies this power to each one according to God’s will; and at the end of all things is the elimination of all evil,” (2). After his conversion, Paul learned the power of Christ the WORD, and he determined that his “speech and his preaching was not with the enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in the demonstration of the Spirit and of power,” (1Cor 2:4). We here at Forerunner International have seen that Power heal broken bones (x-ray proven) without signs of previous fracture; stage 4 cancers disappearing; spina bifida sonogram proven healed; scoliosis healed; skin cancers falling off; and even greater than those is the healing and transformations of our souls or the “inner man” that, as a body, we are experiencing. Why? The revelatory teaching by Pastor Michael Petro with fasting and prayer is bringing major inner healing to many. This was the pattern in the early church. James 1:21 says, “…receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.” It’s the power of the revelation of Christ the WORD that heals us from the stick and stones and everything else! So, until next time, “let the words of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom” (Col 3:16).
I’m pastor Roni, Shalom.
References:
1. All scripture references: King James Version of the Bible
2. Origen: Spirit & Fire, A Thematic Anthology of His Writings, Edited by Hans Urs von Balthasar
