Jas 3:6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
Jas 3:7 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:
Jas 3:8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
How much more plainly can the Bible speak to us? How can God tell us more clearly this message of the tongue? He can't! How can we dispute the truth of this message, it is so incredibly understandable.
With our tongues we can destroy people. Some might say that's impossible that words are only words and nothing really tangible. Someone can put a person down all they want but that person doesn't have to listen, doesn't have to believe what the other is saying. Yet all too often great moments in our history are based upon mere words. Wars are fought and won, on words. Wars are fought and lost, on words. Insults and praise can come from the same tongue. This powerful, powerful member most of us possess is truly amazing and something to be feared.
I'm not going to go on and on about the tongue's evil, the tongue's deadly poison, YOU know all about it, just as I know all about it. We live with our evil tongues and the hurt they cause, the pain they inflict. We live with tongues that wound and cause invisible blood to flow. That same tongue that can so easily inject its poison can always soothe hurts away and show great compassion. We can't forget that, we can't. With Jesus as our example we must use our tongue to sing His praises, to show love to our fellow man.
No, we cannot tame the tongue, no man can- but Jesus our Lord and Savior can help us and He is a God-man, our Advocate, our Redeemer.
More tomorrow by the grace of our LORD!
In His amazing love!
Amen.
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