Well let's wind up this look at the mouth today by looking at the book of James. One thing about James is he don't beat around the bush with his words. He is a straight shooter.
James 1:26
26 If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.
We may think we are right with God but James tells us here if we don't have control over our tongue we are fooling ourselves!!! Just stop and chew on that for a while. What is coming out of your mouth pretty much proves where your faith is!
Look what else James has to say about the tongue:
James 3:1-12
3 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. 2 For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. 3 If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. 4 Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. 5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things.
How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by heck. 7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, 8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. 10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. 11 Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water? 12 Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water.
The mouth(tongue) is a powerful thing. We can not tame it on our own. Only the power of the Holy Spirit can tame our mouths! Verse 9 is such an important reminder for us...how can we praise God one second and then curse people who are made in God's image!!!!
So we have looked at the mouth! God has much to say to us about he mouth. He tells us to keep it under control and we can only do that with the power of the Holy Spirt. So where would you say you are with your mouth? Obedient to God or obedient to the worlds ways? Do what ya got to do to get it in line with God's desires for each one of us. It is very important as others hear our mouths that as followers of Jesus that out mouths are glorifying Him not the devil! May we glorify the King with our mouths!
James 1:26
26 If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.
We may think we are right with God but James tells us here if we don't have control over our tongue we are fooling ourselves!!! Just stop and chew on that for a while. What is coming out of your mouth pretty much proves where your faith is!
Look what else James has to say about the tongue:
James 3:1-12
3 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. 2 For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. 3 If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. 4 Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. 5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things.
How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by heck. 7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, 8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. 10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. 11 Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water? 12 Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water.
The mouth(tongue) is a powerful thing. We can not tame it on our own. Only the power of the Holy Spirit can tame our mouths! Verse 9 is such an important reminder for us...how can we praise God one second and then curse people who are made in God's image!!!!
So we have looked at the mouth! God has much to say to us about he mouth. He tells us to keep it under control and we can only do that with the power of the Holy Spirt. So where would you say you are with your mouth? Obedient to God or obedient to the worlds ways? Do what ya got to do to get it in line with God's desires for each one of us. It is very important as others hear our mouths that as followers of Jesus that out mouths are glorifying Him not the devil! May we glorify the King with our mouths!
Tom
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