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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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"WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT OUR LANGUAGE?" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT OUR LANGUAGE?
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED IF SWEARING (CURSING OR USING BAD WORDS) IS A SIN? THE BIBLE SAYS IT IS IN SEVERAL PLACES. LET'S LOOK AT A COUPLE. EPHESIANS 4:29 SAYS "Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers." AND, 1ST PETER 4:8-10 SAYS "And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. Use hospitality one to another without grudging. As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God."
I THINK JAMES 3:9-12 SUMS IT UP PRETTY GOOD WHEN IT SAYS "With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water."
WE SHOULD NOT PRAISE GOD ON ONE HAND AND CURSE ANYONE ON THE OTHER. THIS IS NOT CHRIST LIKE. JESUS SAYS WHAT COMES OUT OF OUR MOUTHS IS THAT WHICH FILLS OUR HEARTS. SOONER OR LATER THE EVIL THAT IS IN OUR HEARTS COMES OUT THROUGH OUR MOUTHS IN CURSES AND SWEARING. HOWEVER, WHEN WE FILL OUR HEARTS WITH THE GOODNESS OF GOD, PRAISE FOR HIM AND LOVE FOR OTHERS WILL COME OUT OF OUR MOUTHS.
I WILL SUM IT UP THIS WAY. WHEN WE SWEAR AND CURSE, WE ARE SHOWING THE SIN IN OUR HEARTS THAT HAS TO BE CONFESSED AND REPENTED OF. PRAISE GOD THAT 1ST JOHN 1:9 SAYS "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DO THIS, LET'S LOOK AT 2ND CORINTHIANS 5:17 THAT SAYS "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." WHEN THIS HAPPENS, WE ARE A NEW CREATURE AND OUR HEARTS ARE TRANSFORMED AND OUR SPEECH REFLECTS THE NEW NATURE GOD HAS CREATED IN US. NOW THAT IS SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
