Words are Spiritual

I'm going to connect many verses in the gospels and epistles, and show how each of these relate in one consistent truth, a profound truth.  You'll discover, if you don't already know, that everywhere the Bible confirms the Bible; that it is very consistent in what it reveals.

Words are spirit:

The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.  -Jesus in John 6:63

God's word is life:

But he answered, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.' "  Matthew 4:4

The word of God brings eternal life:

since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God 1Peter 1:23

The word of God is truth and life:

Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.  James 1:18

The word of God is the kingdom of heaven:

He told them another parable. "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened."  Matthew 13:33

In this short parable the yeast represents the word of God, the word of truth, as it works throughout the world.  What Jesus said here, that all of the flour is leavened, is reflected in what Jesus said in Matthew 24:

And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.  -Jesus in Matthew 24:14

The gospel is the word, and it is proclaimed by the disciples of Christ.  Whenever we spread the word of God we are proclaiming the gospel.  We are the woman that works the yeast through the flour.  And we are the sower that sows the seed (Matthew 13, Mark 4, Luke 8):

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. -Jesus in Luke 8:11

The word of God is a weapon:

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.  Hebrews 4:12

Its a weapon that we take into battle.  This is not a physical battle with people killing each other.  This is a spiritual battle, where the consequences are far more severe.  A physical battle means life or death, but a spiritual battle means heaven or hell.  We as Christians take this divine weapon, the word of God, into battle against Satan and his lies:

For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh.  For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds.  We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.  2Corinthians 10:3-5

My friends, be encouraged.  It is a fact that we possess the greatest thing on earth.  It is a fact that our possession is the light of the world and the means of eternal life.  We cannot keep it to ourselves, we must let it loose.  That means speaking, because words are spiritual.  And know this: You will succeed.  Jesus gave you this guarantee, that the gospel you proclaim will reach the farthest ends of the earth before the end comes.  That means you succeed!  We do not proclaim this gospel as a defensive measure.  The kingdom of God is not on the defensive; it is on the offensive.  We proclaim this gospel to advance.  And we do not tear down strongholds because we are playing defense; tearing down strongholds is a matter of offense.  So every lie, every pretense, every cult, is in mortal danger of the words you speak or type.  And the weapon you possess is so powerful, the only way you could lose is by not fighting.  So pick up your Bible, train well with it, and let it loose upon the world.

Words are spiritual.  Words are powerful.  The word of truth is especially powerful.  God created the universe with a word, so you can imagine just how powerful God's word is.