KEY SCRIPTURE: Joh 18:6 KJV” As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward and fell to the ground.”

Words always carry a level of impact. The way a word may be spoken also determines the effect of those words. Each occasion demands a particular approach to what is to be said,  and how it is said. When Judas and these men enquired about who Jesus was? The Lord responded boldly; I am He. The whole gang that was coming for Him was pushed back by a power and they fell down. What pushed them down? I believe it was the power of the Holy Spirit who also spoke forth the words through Jesus.

The Holy Spirit is simply fearless. We must always speak out fearlessly. That does not mean we should not be gentle and polite when the occasion demands that. The scripture cautions us to let our words be seasoned with salt Col 4:6 KJV” Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.”

When do we speak boldly and maybe more firmly?

1. When warning the unruly.1 Thess 5: 14

2. When speaking to a demon in a person.

3. When the Holy Spirit leads you to speak that way under any condition, He deems fit.

4. When sharing God’s with an audience. Titus 2:15 KJV” These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.”

5. When answering an evil opposition, An example is when people under the influence of Satan say negative demeaning words to you. Do not keep quiet over such words, speak back, and say it boldly.

THOUGHT: WORDS ARE INSTRUMENTS TO BUILD UP AND WEAPONS TO DESTROY, USE THEM WELL

FURTHER STUDIES

Acts 14:3 KJV Long time, therefore, abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

Eph 6:20 KJV “For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.”