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Sins Of the Tongue

5/27/2012

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James 3:8-10
But, no one can tame the tongue it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our God and
Father, and with it we curse men who have been made in the similitude of God.  Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.

In Matthew 12:36-37 Jesus gives a solemn  warning about the dangers of words carelessly spoken. We need to remember that  God takes our words seriously, even when we ourselves do not. "Idle words, "  that is words spoken carelessly without premediatation are often foolish or  negative. Some of us even excuse ourselves by saying, "But, I didn't really mean  it". The fact that the speaker doesn't really mean them does not in any way
minimize or cancel the effect of the words spoken, nor does it release them from  accountablity.

In Proverbs 6:2 Solomon warns a person who  has unwisely put up a security for a neighbor. This is only one of the countless  ways in which people are "ensnared by the words of their mouth". One way in  which we frequently bring upon ourselves various kinds of trouble, of which we  do not understand the source, is by speaking negative about ourselves and or  others.  We all have heard about the sins of the father, the sins of the flesh,  but what about the sins of the tongue?

Be  watchful of what you say because you will get what you confess with your mouth.  Do any of these statements sound familar to you? " I get so angry", "I get so  tired", "I get so busy with my life", or maybe, " my husband doesn't understand  me", " my children don't appreciate me". " It is driving me crazy", "when ever  there is a bug I catch it" " I can never make ends meet". The list could go on  and on, but you get the picture.  In Genesis God said " let there be light, God  said " be fruitful and multiply", he didn't say "only if I could see light  today", or, "only if they would multiply".

We are all guilty  of condemning and restricting our success in life, our happiness, our finances.  We shut the door of opportunity and blessings of God by opening our mouths and  speaking words of negativity. Not only should we keep our thoughts captive but  also our words. We should learn to pause and count to ten before we speak,  really think about what we are going to say before speaking it. We should ask oursleves how the words we speak impact our thoughts and emotions. Will our  words be uplifting and edifying to ourselves and to those whom we are speaking  or referring?

The main vehicle of both  blessings and curses is words. Such words may be spoken or written or merely  uttered inwardly. Scripture has much to say about the power of words. The book  of Proverbs in particular contains many warnings as to how words may be used  either for good or for evil.

The sins of the  tongue are one of the snares of the enemy. He doen't want us to realize and  understand the power of the tongue. According to God's word life and death are  in the power of the tongue. We must be decisive, disciplined, dedicated and  determined to use our tongue to edifly ourselves, our families and the body of  Christ. We can no longer allow the sins of the tongue to destroy that which God  has so graciously given.... Our Blessings.

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LaVerda

  
  
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