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TONGUE TWISTER
JAMES 3:9‐12, Part 3
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JAMES 3:1‐12
Let’s Read
the text
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JAMES 3:1
My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall
receive a stricter judgment.
JAMES 3:2
2 For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man,
able also to bridle the whole body.
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JAMES 3:3
3 Indeed, we put bits in horses’ mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body.
JAMES 3:4
4 Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot
desires.
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JAMES 3:5
5 Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little
fire kindles!
JAMES 3:6
6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it
defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.
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JAMES 3:7
7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by
mankind.
JAMES 3:9
9 With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the
similitude(likeness) of God.
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James 3:10
10 Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not
to be so.
James 3:11
11 Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening?
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LET’S PRAY
JAMES 3:1‐8
Review
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JAMES 3:1‐2
1. My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment.
2 For we all stumble in many things.
[IF] If anyone does not stumble in word, [THEN] he is a perfect man (aner NOT anthropos),
[IMPLICATION] able also to bridle (control) the whole body.
Three Examplesof the
“SMALL”but
“POWERFUL”James 3:3‐6
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JAMES 3:7
7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by
mankind.
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JAMES 3:9‐12
Let’s Go Deeper!
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What is the source of some of your greatest and most lasting pain?
Caused by something physical?
Caused by an unexpected event or tragedy?
Caused by hurtful words?
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ARGUMENT / STRUCTURE
TRUTH FOR CHRISTIANS IN JAME’SDAY OUR PAST
GOD KNEW WE NEED IT TODAY
DUPLICITY: Blessing & Cursing (James 3:9‐10a)
DON’T: Ought not to be (James 3:10b)
DOES…#1: Fountain – Bitter vs. Sweet?
DOES…#2: Fig Tree Olives?
DOES…#3: Vine Figs?
DICTUM: Salt water Fresh water
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JAMES 3:9
With it (tongue) we bless our God/Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made
in the similitude(likeness) of God.
BLESS: εὐλογέω / Eulogy (Say Good / Tribute/Praise/Pray)
VS. (TRUE OPPOSITES)CURSE: say evil, wish evil, pray evil
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And now…the mouth!
James 3:10
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My brethren, these things ought notto be so.
(Consider: Romans 7:14‐25)
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Three Examples
“SINGLE SOURCE”
James 3:11‐12
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QUOTE
The powerful message of James here cannot be explained merely in academic terms.
Many individuals at one time praise their Maker, and then with the same tongue slander and revile their brothers.
After solemn worship in the house of God, the professed worshiper can go forth with feelings of malice in his heart, and the language of praise can turn quickly to that of provocation.
Believers who have been transformed by the Spirit of God should manifest wholeness and purity of heart in consistency and purity of speech. –William Varner
Jas 3:11–12
11Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same
opening?
12Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives,
or a grapevine bear figs?
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James 3:11
11 Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening?
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Numbers 5:12–31Revelation 8:11Additional verses on bitter water
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James 3:12
Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives,
or a grapevine bear figs?
Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh. (no salty spring yields fresh water)
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IMPLICATION
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JosephGenesis 42
Josephmeets his brothers after 21 years
1 year of the famine
Series of tests Information
Accusation Incarceration (all & 1)Proposition
Does Joseph Bless God & curse his brothers?
TONGUE TWISTER
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