James - Tame That Tongue

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Tame That Tongue
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
James 3:1
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 anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.
James 3:3-6
Indeed, we put bits in horses’ mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body. 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.
James 3:3-6
5 Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity.
James 3:3-6
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.
1. Words Are Sneaky Strong
James 1:26
Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.
2. Words Can Corrupt You
James 3:6
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.
Defiles = corrupt.
Numbers 13:30
Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.”
3. Words Are Untamable By You
James 3:7
For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. 8 But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil,
full of deadly poison.
Luke 12:11-12
“Now when they bring you to the synagogues and magistrates and authorities, do not worry about how or what you should answer, or what you should say. 12 For the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.”
James 3:9-12
With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. 10 Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.
James 3:9-12
11 Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening? 12 Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Thus no spring yields
both salt water and fresh.
4. Words Are Double Sided
Deuteronomy 30:19
“I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse.
5. Submit Your Words To God’s Word
Proverbs 3:1
The words of God giveth life.
Proverbs 4:22
For they are life to those who find them and health to one’s whole body.
John 6:63
The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life
W.A.I.T
Why Am I Talking
Ephesians 6:17
And take up the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God
“Word” = Rhema
“the Spoken Word Of God Uttered by a voice”
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is alive and powerful.
It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword