Again, argue with Paul, not me. Them's HIS words!
NIV Matthew 12:37
37. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned."
NIV John 2:22
22. After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the Scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.
NIV John 4:39-41
39. Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman's testimony, "He told me everything I ever did."
40. So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days.
41. And because of his words many more became believers.
NIV John 6:63-64
63. The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
64. Yet there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him.
NIV John 6:67-69
67. "You do not want to leave too, do you?" Jesus asked the Twelve.
68. Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.
69. We believe and know that you are the Holy One of God."
NIV John 7:40-43
40. On hearing his words, some of the people said, "Surely this man is the Prophet."
41. Others said, "He is the Christ." Still others asked, "How can the Christ come from Galilee?
42. Does not the Scripture say that the Christ will come from David's family and from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?"
43. Thus the people were divided because of Jesus.
NIV John 12:47-50
47. "As for the person who hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save it.
48. There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day.
49. For I did not speak of my own accord, but the Father who sent me commanded me what to say and how to say it.
50. I know that his command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say."
NIV Acts 13:26-41
26. "Brothers, children of Abraham, and you God-fearing Gentiles, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.
27. The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.
28. Though they found no proper ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed.
29. When they had carried out all that was written about him, they took him down from the tree and laid him in a tomb.
30. But God raised him from the dead,
31. and for many days he was seen by those who had traveled with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now his witnesses to our people.
32. "We tell you the good news: What God promised our fathers
33. he has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: "`You are my Son; today I have become your Father. '
34. The fact that God raised him from the dead, never to decay, is stated in these words: "`I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.'
35. So it is stated elsewhere: "`You will not let your Holy One see decay.'
36. "For when David had served God's purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep; he was buried with his fathers and his body decayed.
37. But the one whom God raised from the dead did not see decay.
38. "Therefore, my brothers, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.
39. Through him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.
40. Take care that what the prophets have said does not happen to you:
41. "`Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish, for I am going to do something in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.' "