Kingdom Faith #5 Calling Those Things That Are Not As Though They Were

Kingdom Faith Calling Overview

In this fifth installment of the Kingdom Faith series, the pastor digs deep into one of the most foundational principles of Scripture: the power of declaring God’s Word over circumstances that have not yet manifested in the natural realm. Drawing from Romans 10, Jeremiah 1, Job 22, Ephesians 1, and the story of Abraham, the message builds a compelling case that God’s people are called to speak words of faith that align with heaven’s decrees rather than with what the five physical senses report. The pastor explains how God himself operates from the end to the beginning, setting everything in place before the foundation of the world, and how believers are invited to co-labor with him by confessing his promises boldly. Using vivid illustrations such as Abraham’s name change, Isaiah’s prophecy of the virgin birth, and the crocheted afghan analogy for spiritual perseverance, this sermon challenges listeners to audit their words, reject idle and negative speech, and begin declaring God’s will consistently. The practical commitment offered is straightforward: apply these truths for one year and expect measurable transformation in marriage, family, health, and vocation.

Kingdom Faith Calling Outline

• 0:00 – Welcome and Series Context: The pastor situates this message as the fifth part of the Kingdom Faith series and introduces the core theme of calling those things that are not as though they were, noting that the early church was called the great confession.
• 5:30 – Two Parallel Kingdoms: Using 1 John 5:19, the pastor contrasts the kingdom of darkness, which governs the entire world system, with the kingdom of God into which every born-again believer has already been translated through Christ.
• 15:00 – The Governing Influence of Wickedness: The pastor examines how principalities express themselves through human personalities in positions of authority, from politicians to school boards, and why believers must occupy those spheres rather than retreat from them.
• 26:00 – Words Are the Currency of the Kingdom: Grounding the teaching in Romans 10:6-9 and Ephesians 4, the pastor explains that faith speaks in a specific way, that edifying words build and feed God’s purposes, and that idle or destructive words produce corresponding realities.
• 36:00 – God Watches Over His Word to Perform It: Through Jeremiah 1:4-12 and the account of Samuel in 1 Samuel 3:19, the pastor shows that God places his words in the mouths of his servants and then stands guard over those declarations to bring them to pass.
• 46:00 – Calling Things From the End to the Beginning: Referencing Ephesians 1:3-6, Revelation 13:8, and Hebrews 4:3, the pastor reveals that God designed every redemptive reality before creation, and believers access those realities by agreeing with his predetermined Word.
• 55:00 – Abraham as the Pattern of Kingdom Faith: The name change from Abram to Abraham is examined as the pivotal moment when spoken faith opened the door for Isaac, and the pastor draws a direct parallel to how believers must declare God’s will until it manifests in their own lives.
• 1:03:00 – Job 22 and the Power of Declaration: Job 22:21-29 is read aloud and the congregation is led to confess together that they will declare a thing and it will be established, reinforcing that exaltation follows faithfully spoken agreement with God’s promises.
• 1:08:00 – Psalm 91 and the Shield of Declaration: The pastor connects the protective promises of Psalm 91 to the condition of declaring God as refuge and fortress, warning that silence or negative confession removes the covering those promises provide.
• 1:10:00 – One-Year Challenge and Closing Exhortation: Listeners are challenged to apply word-of-faith principles consistently for twelve months with a pastoral guarantee of measurable improvement in every area of life, followed by a closing prayer of commissioning.

Scripture References

1 John 5:19, Jeremiah 29:11, Romans 10:6-9, Ephesians 4, 1 Timothy 4:6, 1 Samuel 3:19, Jeremiah 1:4-12, Ephesians 1:3-6, Ephesians 1:10-11, Revelation 13:8, Hebrews 4:3, Job 22:21-29, Psalm 91, 1 Peter 1:18-21, Isaiah 7:14

Key Takeaways

• God set every redemptive promise in place before the foundation of the world, meaning believers are not waiting for him to act but learning to agree with what he has already declared finished.
• The righteousness of faith speaks in a specific way: it refuses to echo the report of the five senses and instead confesses the Word of God over circumstances that do not yet appear in the natural realm.
• Just as Abraham’s name change to father of a multitude released the supernatural birth of Isaac, consistently declaring God’s promises over your life opens the door for him to perform what he has been watching over.
• Every believer carries kingdom authority in the earth and is responsible to exercise it in every sphere of influence, from the home to the workplace to civic positions, allowing the Holy Spirit to express himself through them.
• Idle, fearful, or destructive words do not merely reflect a bad situation; they actively create one by aligning with the governing influence of wickedness rather than with the kingdom of God.
• Perseverance in declaration is essential: standing firm when circumstances press back is what causes the soul to become knit together with God’s own strength, producing unshakeable confidence.
• God is not a distant deity requiring believers to beg; he is a covenant partner who watches over his Word to perform it the moment his people begin to speak it sincerely and consistently.

Kingdom Faith Calling Notes

Kingdom Operates Through Spoken Agreement

The pastor opens with a foundational observation that the early church earned the name the great confession precisely because its members understood that audible agreement with God’s declarations was not optional ceremony but the actual mechanism by which kingdom realities enter natural life. Drawing on Romans 10:6-9, he establishes that the righteousness of faith has a characteristic voice: it does not rehearse impossibility or defer to sensory evidence. Instead it speaks the Word of God into the atmosphere, feeding both the believer and the heavenly Father, who is himself the Word made flesh and who is nourished when his children speak life-giving truth.

Two Kingdoms and the Believer’s Position

A significant portion of the teaching maps out the two parallel kingdoms operating simultaneously on earth. The cosmos, described in 1 John 5:19 as lying under the sway of the wicked one, is not a morally neutral space but a system actively governed by principalities that express themselves through human personalities in positions of power. The pastor is careful to note that individuals are not intrinsically evil; rather, the demonic architecture over every municipality bends whoever occupies authority toward corruption. Believers are therefore called not to withdraw but to occupy those positions and allow the Holy Spirit to displace that influence through persistent, loving, truthful presence.

Abraham Pattern for Declaring Unseen Realities

The story of Abram becoming Abraham serves as the sermon’s most developed illustration. The pastor notes that God had promised a multitude of descendants while Abram remained childless into his nineties, and that the breakthrough came not when God spoke again but when Abram began speaking his new name, thereby confessing a reality his body could not yet produce. Sarah joined the declaration, and within a year Isaac arrived. The pastor presses the application directly: whatever area of life feels barren, whether health, marriage, finances, or family, the pattern of Abraham invites a deliberate shift from sense-based complaint to faith-based declaration rooted in Scripture.

God Designed the Ending Before the Beginning

Using Ephesians 1:3-6, Revelation 13:8, and Hebrews 4:3, the pastor constructs a theological backbone for the entire series: God authored the complete story before creation began, much like a filmmaker who plots the ending first and works backward to construct each scene. Every redemptive blessing was finished from the foundation of the world. Believers therefore do not petition God to invent something new; they align their words with a storyboard already written in heaven. This reframes prayer and confession not as desperate requests but as the act of co-laboring with a God who watches over his Word to perform it the moment his people speak it.

Practical Cost and One Year Commitment

The pastor closes with unusual pastoral candor, acknowledging that speaking words of faith is far harder to practice than to preach and that he must live these same principles himself. He extends a direct challenge: commit to declaring God’s Word consistently for twelve months, resist idle and negative speech, and speak health, prosperity, unity, and blessing over every relationship and responsibility. He guarantees, based on the pattern of Scripture, that by the end of that year every area touched by faithful declaration will show measurable improvement. The underlying principle is that the soul, like a crocheted edge, becomes permanently knit together with God’s strength through persistent standing.

Breaking Hedges and Guarding the Mouth

The pastor draws a sobering warning from the story of Job, explaining that the hedge of divine protection surrounding a believer is not removed by God but is broken from within by the believer’s own words. Job’s fear-based confessions provided the opening that the adversary exploited. Quoting both Job’s recognition that right words carry enormous force and David’s prayer for God to set a watch over his mouth, the teaching calls listeners to treat every spoken word as a kingdom transaction. Positive, faith-filled speech builds the hedge higher; idle, fearful, or faithless speech dismantles it from the inside, leaving the speaker vulnerable to the very outcomes they dread.

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