Into Existence

Steven Parker · January 11, 2026 · 54 min

This powerful message challenges us to recognize something we often overlook: our words literally bring things into existence. Drawing from the Hebrew and Greek roots of creation language, the same linguistic foundation behind 'let there be', we're reminded that every word we speak carries creative power. The sermon explores Matthew 12:34-37, where Jesus teaches that 'out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks,' revealing that our words emerge from treasures stored deep within us. These treasures are formed by what we allow ourselves to be 'baptized' into, the environments, relationships, media, and influences we immerse ourselves in daily. The message confronts us with a sobering reality: we're either filling our inner treasure chest with righteousness or with evil, and whatever we've stored is exactly what will pour out through our words. The sermon includes a touching personal testimony about how a single affirming sentence, 'Stevie is the most responsible kid I know', breathed life into a defeated child and shaped an entire lifetime. This illustrates Proverbs 18:21: 'Death and life are in the power of the tongue.' We're called to examine not just what we say, but what we're saturating ourselves and our children in, because those environments determine the power behind our words. The invitation is clear: today we can choose to repent, to change what we immerse ourselves in, and to allow God to replace evil treasure with righteous treasure, transforming our words from instruments of destruction into tools that bring hope, healing, and life into existence.