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Be Careful Little Mouth What You Say!

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* * 0 Every Idle Word! Mt 12:36-37 "But I say to

you that for every idle word men may speak, they will

give account of it in the day of judgment. "For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will

be condemned."

* * 0 How many of us here have ever said

something and right after thought “man I wish I didn’t say that” but of

course then it was too late!●The Bible spends a great deal of time

addressing the importance of our words!–Js. 1:19-20 So then, my beloved

brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

–This is brought out more in (Js. 3:1- 12) “The need to tame the tongue!”

* * 0 “The tongue is without doubt the most difficult member of the body to control. It is also the most powerful member of the body. Words have brought about great victories and

great defeats. Words have changed the course of history” (Expositors

Bible Dict.)●“Sticks & stones may brake my bones, but words will never hurt me!” Is this true?●Physical wounds will heal, but

emotional...

* * 0 We will be studying today what I

believe is one of the biggest dangers facing the church!

“Self-destruction!”●Gal 5:15 But if you bite and devour

one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!

●Far too many Christians have made a habit of first destroying ourselves and second destroying one another!

●Think sometime about how many sins deal with our words! (Here are 20!)

* * 0 The Danger of Destroying One

Another!●This was a huge problem with the church at Corinth!–1 Cor. 1:10-12–1 Cor. 3:1-3–1 Cor. 6:6-8●After dealing with the power of the

tongue James deals with this “self- destruction!”–Js. 3:14-4:3–We need to be working together and

not against one another!

* * 0 I. Our Words Are

Important!●We as Christians must never take lightly the words that we speak! (Mt. 12:34-37)–It is are words that will commend or

condemn us!●We will all answer for the lives we live!

–Rom 14:12 So then each of us shall give account of himself to God.

–2 Cor 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. (Cf. Eccl. 12:13-14)

* * 0 Js 1:19 So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to

wrath!●“This is why God gave us two ears and one month, we are to listen twice as much as we speak!”●When we speak without thinking,

we often regret it!●“Brightest links of life are

broken, by a single angry word!” (Song Angry Words)

* * 0 II. Our Words Must “not” be

Improper!●We are told to go into all the world

and preach the Gospel! (Mt. 28:18-20; Mk. 16:15-16)

–Mt 28:19 "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations...”

–Mk 16:15 And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.”

●Yet we are also told to go “in love!”●There is a right & wrong way to use

our words!

* * 0 Eph 4:15-16 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head--

Christ-- from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by

what every joint supplies, according to the effective working

by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body

for the edifying of itself in love.

* * 0 We do not have to go around cursing

and hollering for our speech to be improper!●We can even be saying the right

things, but for the wrong reasons and in the wrong way! –Tit 3:2 to speak evil of no one, to be

peaceable, gentle, showing all humility to all men.

●It is very sad that many believe it is some how ok to talk bad about others!–“You weren’t suppose to hear that!”–Rather than saying “I am sorry for what

I said!”

* * 0 III. Our Words Bring

Implications!●How many of us have heard someone

say, “I don't go to church because there are only hypocrites there?” This is often sad but true!–I heard one preacher say, “some

church members would drown if they went out in a thunder storm because they have their noses so high in the air!”

●We of all people need to understand mercy and grace!

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Christians and not as the world!●2 Pet 3:11 Therefore, since all

these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness!

●1 Tim 2:7 for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle--I am speaking the truth in Christ and not lying--a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

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* * 0 Conclusion:

●Truly our words are important, and we need to be careful how we uses them!

●One day we will be called to answer for all the foolish words we have spoken!

●The good news is that there is forgiveness available, and that Jesus came to take our place of punishment! (2 Cor. 5:21)

●Have you come to Jesus to be forgiven and set free, have your foolish words been nailed to the cross?

●For us that are Christians...

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