FROM THE EARTHLY SHEPHERD'S DIARY!
AN UNBRIDLED TONGUE IS THE DEVIL'S WORKSHOP (JAS. 3)
Before we begin, let's remind ourselves that we we are warned by the scriptures that ALL CARELESSLY SPOKEN WORDS shall be accounted for. (Matt.12:36-37)
Thus, it's not strange that apostle James(Christ Jesus' half brother) had to deal with the TONGUE as a very important subject, which Christians and non-Christians are often guilty of.
The apostle James says;
For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. (Jas 3: 2)
This tells us that everyone is at the risk of not controlling his tongue. James says we all stumble in many things including in words. Simply put, if anyone does not stumble in words, he is a perfect man, able also to control the whole body. THAT SHOWS HOW MIGHTY OUR TONGUE IS! IT CAN LIFT US, OR BRING US DOWN, DEPENDING ON HOW WE USE IT.
Apostle James describes the tongue as a small member of our body, which boasts great things (James 3:5). He says just as a tiny spark can set a forest on fire, so the tongue is a flame of fire, which can set on fire a whole life. Fire is good but uncontrolled fire is dangerous. It can wreak havoc. The tongue is not evil but an uncontrolled tongue is dangerous. It can cause enormous damage. Read Jas.3:7-12.
The tongue we use to bless is the same tongue we use to curse and the apostle James says this should not be so. Although people can tame every kind of beast, bird, and reptile, and creature of the sea, nobody can tame the tongue. It is full of deadly poison. It can only be controlled or tamed by the Holy Spirit, not by human power.
Self-control is part of the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:23). When the Holy Spirit controls someone’s life, he will be able to control his tongue so that he will not poison his life and the lives of others. He will not ruin his life and that of others. Lack of self-control can lead one to sin as one easily falls into temptation. What is true of lack of self-control with regard to sexual immorality is also true of the uncontrolled tongue (1 Corinthians 7:5, 9).
The ability to control one’s tongue is a mark of spiritual maturity. The apostle James says;
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. (Jas 1: 26)
Beware of the danger of uncontrolled tongue. Don’t say what you’re not supposed to say just because you’re provoked, careless, or trying to impress or please another person or other persons. FOR INSTANCE, THE GOD'S GENERAL WE LOST RECENTLY, SAID IN A TRENDING VIDEO THAT AT HIS SECOND PRESENCE IN HEAVEN,GOD TOLD HIM THAT HE HAS 34 MORE YEARS LATER TO PREACH *THE WORD!* BUT UNFORTUNATELY, JUST 3 YEARS LATER, LEFT! IS GOD THEN AN AUTHOR OF CONFUSION? OF COURSE, NOT!
For believers and teachers of God's Word, NOT EVERY VISION IS MEANT FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION...SOME ARE VERY PERSONAL. Because of the vision,he carelessly used expletives not expected from an even baby believer on a caring and concerned doctor,who only was proffering his medical solutions.
We should exercise self-control in the use of our tongue. Someone said, “Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.”
How true this is!
Even, the Bible says, “Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath” (James 1:19)
Control your tongue. Christ Jesus says, “But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of hell fire” (Matthew 5:22)
This is the danger of an uncontrolled tongue.
Don’t play to the gallery and speak unadvisedly just to please those who are applauding you. You could regret it later and be seeking forgiveness. Think before you speak, not the other way round;
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him. (Pro 29: 20)
Again;
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. (Pro 13: 3)
Quoting Psalm 34:12-14, the apostle Peter says, “He who would love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit. Let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it (1 Peter 3:10-11)
Beware of the danger of uncontrolled tongue.
In Numbers 20:1-13, Moses didn’t control his tongue when he spoke to the Israelites to bring them water from the rock as God had commanded him. He said, “Hear now, you rebels! Must we bring water for you out of this rock?” Instead of speaking to the rock, he struck it twice with his rod.
Although water came out abundantly, and the congregation and their animals drank, God was displeased with him. He said because he did not believe Him, to hallow Him in the eyes of the Israelites, he would not bring them into the Promised Land (verse 12). This incident terminated the ministry of Moses and Aaron. They didn’t enter the Promised Land.
David ordered the execution of the Amalekite, who claimed to have killed Saul. He told him, “Your blood is on your own head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have killed the LORD’s anointed’” (2 Samuel 1:16)
David did the same thing to Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, who stabbed the king of Israel, Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, to death in his house. They brought his head to David at Hebron, telling him the LORD had avenged David of Saul and his descendants. But David commanded his young men to execute them. They executed them, cut off their hands and feet, and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron (2 Samuel 4:5-12).
Beware of the danger of uncontrolled tongue. Before David died, he told his successor, Solomon, his son, to arrange a bloody death for Shimei (1 Kings 2:8-9). Shimei had cursed David with a malicious curse after he had fled Jerusalem following Absalom’s rebellion (2 Samuel 16:5-13). Shimei never thought David would return to the throne.
However, after Absalom’s rebellion was defeated, Shimei met David on his way back to Jerusalem and begged for forgiveness (2 Samuel 19:18-23). David forgave him, but he didn’t forget. Later, Solomon killed Shimei when he disobeyed his command never to go out of Jerusalem (1 Kings 2:36-46).
Also, the unguarded utterance of the men of Succoth and Peniel who mocked Gideon when he asked them for bread for his weary men led to their punishment. After he had captured Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian, over whom he was mocked, he punished the men of Succoth and Peniel with thorns and briers from the wilderness. He also tore down the tower of Peniel and killed the men of the city (Judges 8:4-17).
Beware of the danger of uncontrolled tongue. Yield your tongue to the Holy Spirit. Be controlled by the Holy Spirit, not your emotions. Don’t speak unadvisedly. Avoid unguarded utterances.
MANY OF OUR GOD'S GENERALS TODAY HAVE MADE RECKLESS UTTERANCES TODAY, THAT HAVE BROUGHT DEFAMATION AND DAMAGE TO THEIR REPUTATION. SOME THAT ONCE COMMANDED RESPECT HAVE LOST IT... NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE FAKE OR FALSE, BUT BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T DISCERN WHEN AND WHAT TO SAY.
There are things God tells or shows us for our personal edification and faith building, but we carelessly bring them to the public domain, and the devil uses the legality of pride to work with them. And unless God in His infinite Mercies...
Remember Christ Jesus' Warning;
36. But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
37. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. (Mat 12: 36-37)
Amen!
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AN UNBRIDLED TONGUE IS THE DEVIL'S WORKSHOP (JAS. 3)
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Before we begin, let's remind ourselves that we we are warned by the scriptures that ALL CARELESSLY SPOKEN WORDS shall be accounted for. (Matt.12:36-37)
Thus, it's not strange that apostle James(Christ Jesus' half brother) had to deal with the TONGUE as a very important subject, which Christians and non-Christians are often guilty of.
The apostle James says;
For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. (Jas 3: 2)
This tells us that everyone is at the risk of not controlling his tongue. James says we all stumble in many things including in words. Simply put, if anyone does not stumble in words, he is a perfect man, able also to control the whole body. THAT SHOWS HOW MIGHTY OUR TONGUE IS! IT CAN LIFT US, OR BRING US DOWN, DEPENDING ON HOW WE USE IT.
Apostle James describes the tongue as a small member of our body, which boasts great things (James 3:5). He says just as a tiny spark can set a forest on fire, so the tongue is a flame of fire, which can set on fire a whole life. Fire is good but uncontrolled fire is dangerous. It can wreak havoc. The tongue is not evil but an uncontrolled tongue is dangerous. It can cause enormous damage. Read Jas.3:7-12.
The tongue we use to bless is the same tongue we use to curse and the apostle James says this should not be so. Although people can tame every kind of beast, bird, and reptile, and creature of the sea, nobody can tame the tongue. It is full of deadly poison. It can only be controlled or tamed by the Holy Spirit, not by human power.
Self-control is part of the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:23). When the Holy Spirit controls someone’s life, he will be able to control his tongue so that he will not poison his life and the lives of others. He will not ruin his life and that of others. Lack of self-control can lead one to sin as one easily falls into temptation. What is true of lack of self-control with regard to sexual immorality is also true of the uncontrolled tongue (1 Corinthians 7:5, 9).
The ability to control one’s tongue is a mark of spiritual maturity. The apostle James says;
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. (Jas 1: 26)
Beware of the danger of uncontrolled tongue. Don’t say what you’re not supposed to say just because you’re provoked, careless, or trying to impress or please another person or other persons. FOR INSTANCE, THE GOD'S GENERAL WE LOST RECENTLY, SAID IN A TRENDING VIDEO THAT AT HIS SECOND PRESENCE IN HEAVEN,GOD TOLD HIM THAT HE HAS 34 MORE YEARS LATER TO PREACH *THE WORD!* BUT UNFORTUNATELY, JUST 3 YEARS LATER, LEFT! IS GOD THEN AN AUTHOR OF CONFUSION? OF COURSE, NOT!
For believers and teachers of God's Word, NOT EVERY VISION IS MEANT FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION...SOME ARE VERY PERSONAL. Because of the vision,he carelessly used expletives not expected from an even baby believer on a caring and concerned doctor,who only was proffering his medical solutions.
We should exercise self-control in the use of our tongue. Someone said, “Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.”
How true this is!
Even, the Bible says, “Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath” (James 1:19)
Control your tongue. Christ Jesus says, “But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of hell fire” (Matthew 5:22)
This is the danger of an uncontrolled tongue.
Don’t play to the gallery and speak unadvisedly just to please those who are applauding you. You could regret it later and be seeking forgiveness. Think before you speak, not the other way round;
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him. (Pro 29: 20)
Again;
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. (Pro 13: 3)
Quoting Psalm 34:12-14, the apostle Peter says, “He who would love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit. Let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it (1 Peter 3:10-11)
Beware of the danger of uncontrolled tongue.
In Numbers 20:1-13, Moses didn’t control his tongue when he spoke to the Israelites to bring them water from the rock as God had commanded him. He said, “Hear now, you rebels! Must we bring water for you out of this rock?” Instead of speaking to the rock, he struck it twice with his rod.
Although water came out abundantly, and the congregation and their animals drank, God was displeased with him. He said because he did not believe Him, to hallow Him in the eyes of the Israelites, he would not bring them into the Promised Land (verse 12). This incident terminated the ministry of Moses and Aaron. They didn’t enter the Promised Land.
David ordered the execution of the Amalekite, who claimed to have killed Saul. He told him, “Your blood is on your own head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have killed the LORD’s anointed’” (2 Samuel 1:16)
David did the same thing to Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, who stabbed the king of Israel, Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, to death in his house. They brought his head to David at Hebron, telling him the LORD had avenged David of Saul and his descendants. But David commanded his young men to execute them. They executed them, cut off their hands and feet, and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron (2 Samuel 4:5-12).
Beware of the danger of uncontrolled tongue. Before David died, he told his successor, Solomon, his son, to arrange a bloody death for Shimei (1 Kings 2:8-9). Shimei had cursed David with a malicious curse after he had fled Jerusalem following Absalom’s rebellion (2 Samuel 16:5-13). Shimei never thought David would return to the throne.
However, after Absalom’s rebellion was defeated, Shimei met David on his way back to Jerusalem and begged for forgiveness (2 Samuel 19:18-23). David forgave him, but he didn’t forget. Later, Solomon killed Shimei when he disobeyed his command never to go out of Jerusalem (1 Kings 2:36-46).
Also, the unguarded utterance of the men of Succoth and Peniel who mocked Gideon when he asked them for bread for his weary men led to their punishment. After he had captured Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian, over whom he was mocked, he punished the men of Succoth and Peniel with thorns and briers from the wilderness. He also tore down the tower of Peniel and killed the men of the city (Judges 8:4-17).
Beware of the danger of uncontrolled tongue. Yield your tongue to the Holy Spirit. Be controlled by the Holy Spirit, not your emotions. Don’t speak unadvisedly. Avoid unguarded utterances.
MANY OF OUR GOD'S GENERALS TODAY HAVE MADE RECKLESS UTTERANCES TODAY, THAT HAVE BROUGHT DEFAMATION AND DAMAGE TO THEIR REPUTATION. SOME THAT ONCE COMMANDED RESPECT HAVE LOST IT... NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE FAKE OR FALSE, BUT BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T DISCERN WHEN AND WHAT TO SAY.
There are things God tells or shows us for our personal edification and faith building, but we carelessly bring them to the public domain, and the devil uses the legality of pride to work with them. And unless God in His infinite Mercies...
Remember Christ Jesus' Warning;
36. But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
37. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. (Mat 12: 36-37)
Amen🙇🙏!
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