james 3:7-8 7. for every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is...
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James 3:7-8
7. For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
8. But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
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1.Description2. Character3. Power
Heaven
The Description of the Tongue
James 3:6 “And the tongue is a fire”Prov. 16:27 “and in his lips there is as a burning fire.”Prov. 26:20 “Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
inflicts Painis Destructive
The Description of the Tongue
James 3:8 “But the tongue can no man tame”
Tamed = to reduce from a wild to a domestic state , to bring under control: harness”
1 Pet. 3:10 “For "He who would love life And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking deceit.”
“bridling back the tongue”
The Description of the Tongue
James 3:8 “it is an unruly evil”
Like a wild animal in a cage
Can injure
The Description of the Tongue
James 3:8 “full of deadly poison” Poison = venom as emitted by serpents
Fire is an open forcePoison is subtle
Describes the effects on the victims
SlanderGossip Backbiting
Gossip
Is like
A
Poison !
The Character of the Tongue
“for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.” Matt. 12:34
Accent tells about geographical origin
Matt. 26:73 “for your speech betrays you”
NorthernerSoutherner
The Character of the Tongue
Swearing = a profane heart
Impure stories = a filthy heart
Murmurings = a thankless heart
Criticism = a jealous heart
Slander = a hateful heart
The Character of the Tongue
“Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.” James 3:9
Bless = speak well of Curse = to doom –
bring evil upon men
The Power of the Tongue
Jas. 3:2 “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.”
Whole body = sins that body can commitControl tongue first !
The Power of the Tongue
Horse = bridle
Ship = rudder
Fire = little can destroy much
Can Destroy a person’s reputation
Can Destroy the Happiness of others
Can Destroy a congregation
Can Destroy your soul
1 Peter 3:10-11
10. “For, He that would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile:
11. And let him turn away from evil, and do good; Let him seek peace, and pursue it.”
James 1:26 “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.”
Sermon by Arthur Pigman
Evans Church of Christ
515 Gibbs Road
Evans, Ga. 30809
706-855-1249
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Sunday Morning April 15, 2012