Tag: tongue
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Deadly Words or Living Love – 1 John 3:15
1 John 3:15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. John does not soften his words here. He says plainly that hatred toward a brother is the moral equivalent of murder. That sounds severe until we remember what Jesus Himself taught. In Matthew 5:21–22,…
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Love Does Not Talk That Way – James 4:11
James 4:11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. James brings this down where we live. After talking…
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From Bitter to Sweet – James 3:9–12
James 3:9–12 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? Can the…
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The Mouth You Cannot Master Alone – James 3:7–8
James 3:7–8 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:But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. James says something here that is almost humbling enough to make you laugh.…
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What Your Tongue Steers – James 3:3–6
James 3:3–6 Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.Even so the tongue is…
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When Words Multiply, So Do Dangers – James 3:1–2
James 3:1–2 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. 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. James has just told us that works matter, that living faith…
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A Loose Tongue Makes Empty Religion – James 1:26
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. James has a way of taking a man right past his image and down to what is real. A person may appear religious. He may know the language, attend…