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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BarometerAtmospheric Pressure
ThermometerTemperature
SpeedometerVelocity - speed Tongue
Soul - Character
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TongueSoul - Character
1.Description2. Character3. Power
Heaven
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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
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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”
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The Description of the Tongue
James 3:8 “it is an unruly evil”
Like a wild animal in a cage
Can injure
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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
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Gossip
Is like
A
Poison !
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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
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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
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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
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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 !
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The Power of the Tongue
Horse = bridle
Ship = rudder
Fire = little can destroy much
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Can Destroy a person’s reputation
Can Destroy the Happiness of others
Can Destroy a congregation
Can Destroy your soul
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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.”
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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.”
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Sermon by Arthur Pigman
Evans Church of Christ
515 Gibbs Road
Evans, Ga. 30809
706-855-1249
[email protected]@bellsouth.net
www.evansgachurchofchrist.orgwww.evansgachurchofchrist.org
Sunday Morning April 15, 2012