Bible study: "Changing the Seen & Shaping the Unseen" (By Charles Capps)
Chapter: (5)
Subject: A Time to Speaks, A Time to Be Silent
Prayer:
Father God, we come to You in Jesus' name, asking for knowledge, wisdom, and understanding of Your Word today. Amen.
Study:
This is a long chapter, but very inspirational. I learn a great deal in this chapter. Deep revelation for the soul. This chapter is the meat of the whole book, I believe, but we will see in chapter (6) weather it is or not. So much was introduced to us here. Especially when he talked about Kingdom Principles. Kingdom principles is within the realm of God's kingdom, and can not be seen with the natural eye, but must be believed with the spiritual concept. I will share more on Kingdom Principles later.
Let get started....................
The Word of the Lord has been spoken. God's Word is out. God's Word is the final authority on any subject.
To change the seen things, sometimes you must get your mouth in motion.
There are other times, if you're going to change what's seen, you will have to practice the vocabulary of silence.
This is especially true in situations where Satan comes against you so strongly that you can't bring yourself to say the things that are positive or in line with the Word of God. The pressure is on, the circumstance is wild, and all that rises up within you is against what God says. You know if you say anything, it will be negative; so don't say anything.
Have you ever founded yourself in that predicament?
Be quiet before God because His Word has already been spoken. You have confessed it for weeks, but now it's time to be quiet.
Jairus is a good example of keeping quiet after confessing in faith. In the 5th chapter of Mark, verses 22 and 23, Jairus came to Jesus in behalf of his daughter:
Behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,
And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.
Words of Faith
Jairus said, ... and she shall live. Those are his faith-filled words. He is building a faith image—shaping the unseen. He set the law of faith in motion with his words of faith.
Follow Jesus, in verses 24-27, as He goes to Jairus' house and see how it worked:
Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him.
And a certain woman, which had
an issue of blood twelve years,
And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
"Grow Worse" Image
Notice what was said of this woman. After spending all she had (indicating she may have been rich at one time) and suffering many things, she was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse. No doubt this woman had within her a "grow worse" image.
Many Christians have formed within themselves a "grow worse" image. They never see themselves getting any better. They never see themselves having any more than what they have had because of past experiences.
Perhaps they allowed fear to creep in and cause the circumstances to be as they are. Sometimes it is just a wrong decision they made that brought on the problems. Then the devil said, "These problems are happening because God is teaching you something."
When they believed him, they received that "grow worse" image as being from God the Father. Then they couldn't pray in faith. That image held them in bondage for years because they were deceived by the evil one.
All that time, God in His mercy would have loved to heal them or deliver them if they had released faith in God's deliverance.
Image Change
No doubt that "grow worse" image had hold of the woman in the 5th chapter of Mark. Notice what changed this "grow worse" image into a faith image: When she had heard of Jesus ... (v. 27).
What had she heard about Jesus?
No doubt she heard words that Jesus had spoken. He was going about touching people and saying, "Be healed. Be clean. Go and be whole of your plague."
She heard that these people were instantly healed. Most likely she heard what Jesus had said concerning sickness and oppression of the evil one. (Luke 13:12.) I am sure she heard about the Covenant.
We know she heard about Jesus. Jesus was the Word of God. When she heard about Jesus, she heard the Word. Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God (Rom. 10:17).
Words Produce Images
This is so important because its true. Your words will either bless you or curse you, as was said in chapters before. We have to watch what we say!
When she heard these things, they produced faith inside her. They began to change her image. Then she started changing the seen and shaping the unseen. Marvelous!
How did she do it? With her words!
The Amplified Bible says, "She kept saying, If I only touch His garments, I shall be restored to health."
She started down the road to where Jesus was and kept saying, "If I can but touch His clothes, I will be made whole. If I can but touch His clothes, I shall be restored to health. I shall be ... I shall be ...."
Then her religious head screamed out,
"When are you going to be healed and restored to health? You don't look any better. You'll go to your grave without ever having been any better. When are you going to be whole?"
She thought about that for a minute and then she said out loud, "When I touch His clothes, I shall be made whole. That's when I'll be made whole." She established a point of contact to release her faith.
She then began the process of building a faith image within her spirit. Keep in mind that The Amplified Bible says, "She kept saying." She didn't quit saying it.
Don't let the Word depart out of your mouth. Meditate therein day and night. Observe to do all that's written therein: Then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. (Josh. 1:8.)
So she set out to get rid of that "grow worse" image by building an image of health, life, and strength. She did it by speaking faith-filled words.
God created this universe by speaking faith-filled words. The Bible says in Hebrews "When are you going to be healed and restored to health? You don't look any better. You'll go to your grave without ever having been any better. When are you going to be whole?"
She thought about that for a minute and then she said out loud, "When I touch His clothes, I shall be made whole. That's when I'll be made whole." She established a point of contact to release her faith.
She then began the process of building a faith image within her spirit. Keep in mind that The Amplified Bible says, "She kept saying." She didn't quit saying it.
Don't let the Word depart out of your mouth. Meditate therein day and night. Observe to do all that's written therein: Then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. (Josh. 1:8.)
So she set out to get rid of that "grow worse" image by building an image of health, life, and strength. She did it by speaking faith-filled words.
God created this universe by speaking faith-filled words. The Bible says in Hebrews 11:3 that He framed the worlds by the Word of God. Faith-filled words framed this world. The Word of God will frame your world also, if you will begin to speak it continually.
That woman began to create a faith image in herself by saying, "When I touch His clothes, that's when it will happen." She was changing the seen and shaping the unseen.
When she touched His garment, straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague (v. 29). The last thing that happened was she felt in her body that she was healed. Sometimes we want that to be first. We say, "If I feel it, I'll believe it. If I see it, I'll believe it." That's not the way it works.
You must hear, believe, speak, and then receive
Bad News
Remember, Jairus was with Jesus and the multitude. They were on their way to Jairus' house when all this happened. Verse 35 describes what happened next:
While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further?
Here is Jairus' opportunity to let the words he has spoken depart and let fear come. But he has already built a faith image in himself by speaking those things in faith.
The Faith of Silence
As soon as Jesus heard what the runner said, He turned to Jairus and said, Be not afraid, only believe (v. 36).
Now look at what Jairus said:
Nothing! Not one word. God will take the things that are not and bring to naught the things that are.
There was Jairus. His little daughter was dead. But Jesus said, "Don't be afraid. Only believe."
Faith is the substance of things hoped for, or desired. Faith is the raw material, the spiritual raw material, from which things you desire are made. Fear is the opposite force of faith. It is the substance of things not desired.
If you have fear, the thing you don't desire will come to pass.
Jairus didn't say anything. At this point, he took things he didn't say and brought to naught the things that were said. The word of faith had already been spoken: She shall live.
Jesus walked into that situation, and there was the little girl, dead. All the relatives were there, weeping and wailing, and He ran them all out—Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Susie, Uncle LeRoy, all of them.
Listen to the words of Jesus: "She's not dead. She's asleep!" (v. 39, paraphrased).
Now wait a minute! She is dead, but Jesus said she's not. That sounds like a lie. But Jairus' words and his silence would not allow the death. Bad news was destroyed by silence.
Jesus is talking and acting in Kingdom principles. We must get an understanding of this if we are going to operate on the same level of faith. He is talking things that are not and speaking as though they were.
What is Jesus doing? He is not trying to convince them she is alive. That would be a lie because, naturally speaking, she is dead. He is effecting something by what He's saying. He is highly developed in the God-kind of faith.
Here is where some people are missing it. They say, "I started saying certain things, and nothing happened. I said it four or five days and it didn't come to pass." They are not developed in it.
Keep saying. Keep speaking. You're shaping the unseen. It doesn't come overnight; it is a process, a way of life.
The first thing your words are doing is causing faith to come. (Faith comes by hearing, and hearing comes by the Word of God.) You're really not going to effect many things until faith comes.
Speaking words builds an image inside you. It's shaping the unseen. It all goes back to seed-time and harvest. Anyone knows that if you plant today, you don't harvest tomorrow. Speaking words causes faith to come. Your words are like seeds: they will produce a harvest.
Jesus walked in and spoke to that dead girl, and she rose up! That was creative power flowing out His mouth because He was highly developed in Kingdom principles.
I want you to realize this is the way Jesus ministered in the earth. On every occasion when He set out to change the seen, He absolutely would not talk about what was seen. He would not consider the thing that was seen as being permanent, only temporary.
Speak The End Results
I love this one, because I can speak to my mountain, and then see results because I believed, because I saw what I desired and just believed it. Sometimes when it seem hard, just keep speaking and believeing.
Take, for instance, in the 11th chapter of John, when the runner came and told Jesus, He (Lazarus) whom thou lovest is sick (v. 3).
After hearing that, Jesus said: This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby (v. 4).
He did not say Lazarus' sickness was for the glory of God. Let me show you why you can't interpret it that way.
Jesus said, This sickness is not unto death. In the same sentence He said,... but for the glory of God. You must interpret all of that verse the same way. You can't change rules of interpretation in the middle of the sentence.
Jesus said, This sickness is not unto death. If you interpret that literally, you make Jesus a liar. But Jesus did not lie. He was speaking the end results. He would never let death in His mouth. He would never establish death as a fact upon anyone.
Later on, He said about Lazarus, "He died." (v. 14.) The King James Version states that He said, Lazarus is dead. But, according to the Greek, He didn't say that. It should have been translated, "Lazarus died." There is a big difference in someone who died and someone who is dead. If you don't believe that, look at Jesus: He died, but He isn't dead!
Lazarus had died, but Jesus didn't see him dead. Jesus looked beyond the bad news, beyond human emotions. To all outward appearances, He simply ignored what was presently in existence and spoke the end results.
What is He doing? He is shaping the unseen before He changes the seen.
Listen to His words:
Lazarus sleepeth.
I go, that I may awake him out of sleep (v. 11).
Thy brother shall rise again (v. 23).
I am the resurrection (v. 25).
Though he were dead, yet shall he live (v. 25).
Jesus said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God. In other words, "The ultimate end of this whole matter of sickness will not be death; the ultimate end of this whole matter will bring glory to God." It was the resurrection that brought the glory, not the sickness nor the death.
That's how Jesus shaped the unseen. When you study it, you'll find that all through the New Testament He operated in Kingdom principles. In fact, you will find this true of God from Genesis to Revelation.
In Genesis, chapter 1, God created by the spoken Word.
Revelation 12:11 says:
They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony.
Someone may say, "I don't understand why some things happen. Why can't I overcome the way others do?"
Some people don't overcome because there is no Word in their testimony.
There is bad news in it, but no Word of God.
When Jesus arrived in Bethany, Lazarus' hometown, He was still working on shaping the unseen. When Jesus told the people to roll the stone away, Lazarus' sister said, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days (v. 39).
But Jesus raised His eyes toward heaven and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast But wait a minute! He hasn't said anything yet—or has He?
Yes! Four days before, He said, "This sickness will not ultimately end in death." He has already established this with His own words. Let me paraphrase it:
"Father, I thank You that You heard what I proclaimed four days ago. I established it then. This thing is not going to end with death. And I knew that You heard Me. I know that You always hear Me. That is the reason I said it so boldly four days ago.
"I am saying this for the benefit of the people here so that they will know the principles of the Kingdom that I used to bring about this great miracle. Then they will believe that You sent Me."
He was shaping the unseen and He is about to change the seen. Jesus said, Lazarus, ...
I can just see Peter say, "Oh, dear Lord. What's He doing now? He's talking to a dead man!" (He was embarrassed.)
But when Jesus said,... come forth (v. 43), all the embarrassment left immediately because Lazarus came forth!
You may be a little embarrassed sometimes at things you're saying, proclaiming, or confessing; but when the manifestation comes, the embarrassment will leave.
Your words will change the seen and shape the unseen if you use these principles of the Kingdom
God said:
I create the fruit of the lips (Is. 57:19).
Questions:
1. What cause "grow worse" image?
2. What can changed the "grow worse" image?
3. Did the woman with the issue of blood (Mark 5) have to hear only? Explain.
4. When did she establish point contact?
5. What will faith-filled words do for you?
6. How do you cause your faith to be silent?
7. What is kingdom principles?
8. Can you give a statement of changing the seen and shaping the unseen?
9. How can you operate in Kingdom Principles?
10. What is faith?
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