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Episode 105: The Evil Of The Mouth · End-Time Revival Ministries, USA

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for Amen the upbuilding of the Kingdom of Heaven. Amen. So today we
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continue with this Amen series on the problem of evil, and today we're going
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to look at the evil of the mouth. The evil of the mouth,
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Amen. Easily, one of the most insidious of evils in our world today
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is not with the deed that are necessarily done with the hands or the feet,
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but with the words that come out of our mouth. Amen. The
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words that come out of our mouth, the words that we speak a man
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can make or break a person's spirit. They can build up or destroy marriage
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or all kinds of relationships for that matter, and they can help either to
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heal a broken heart or wounded even further, a man, evil word spoken
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by man will often precede evil deeds that may you know, perhaps follow the
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evil of the world that come out of our mouths. And it begins.
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The Bible teaches within the heart of man. That's where it all begins.
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Evil thoughts that proceed out of the heart, And if they are left unchecked,
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if they are left a man to themselves as it were, or left
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to the encouragement of the Amen, Satanic evil forces of the darkness a man
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who will a man work within the heart of a man to stir up anger,
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malice and hatred, and envy and strife and all of that. Amen.
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These evil words, Amen, will then come out of us because of
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the evil thoughts that were in us, Amen, and they will be spewed
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forth and in many cases do irreparable harm, irreparable harm that cannot be Undone
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one thing about words, when they're spoken, they can't be unspoken. It
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can't be unsaid. We can apologize, amen, and we can see to
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make amends, hopefully for some of the things that we say. But once
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we say them, they cannot be unsaid. They cannot be retracted a man.
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Once they are sent out of our mouth and they are heard, can't
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be unsaid. It can't be unheard. That's why we have to be very
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careful a man with the words that we speak, and that we a man
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speak no evil. And the Bible is crystal clear about this. The Word
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of God is filled with plenty of teachings a man, and plenty of warnings
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about the lethality of the words that come out of our mouths. And no
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wonder the psalm is a man made his request to the Lord that the words
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that proceeded from his mouth and the meditation that was in his heart, he
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wanted those two things to be acceptable in God's sight. Now, again,
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what we think about, what we meditate on, Amen, these are the
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things that will eventually come out of us. That's what Jesus taught, that's
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what the Bible teaches. Out of the heart proceeds all of these things.
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And so that's why we have to be careful, as the sumons again says,
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the words in my mouth and what I meditate on in my heart.
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And that's while again the admissive admonition in the Scripture to us is to think
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on things that are pure and lovely and of good report and virtue, and
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things of that nature, so that evil thoughts do not occupy our mind.
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And this is why the flood was brought upon mankind, because the Bible says
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the thought and the imagination of his heart was only evil continually. And so
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judgment comes upon us when evil occupies our heart, and and and and it
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begins to saturate us, and and and and then of course cause us to
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speak evil and to do evil, and all that we would all take that
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approach that the Psalmis did. Amen, that wise approach to what we think
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about and what we speak. And this is what we want to again focus
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on a little bit today, a man in this time that we have to
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a man again warn all of us. I mean, so we take heed
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to the problem of evil that is in our world today, and the problem
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of evil in our world today, as we pointed out a man from the
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very outset and the very first session I believe it was on this topic of
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the problem of evil. Evil is already in us. Amen. From by
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nature. Amen, we have the knowledge of both good and evil. But
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again our bent, our preference is toward evil. And only the goodness of
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God leads us and prevents us a man, either from carrying out and engaging
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in the evil that we would do. Amen. Is the goodness of God.
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Amen, Because there's none good but God, and all goodness proceeds forth
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from Him a man. And so let's go to the Book of James.
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He speaks very clearly and succinctly about this problem of the tongue that we have
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speaking evil. And again that's what we're focusing on today. The evil of
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the mouth, the evil of the mouth, James, Chapter number three,
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beginning of verse four, I'm reading from the King james vision. My brethren,
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he says, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the
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greater condemnation, For in many things we offend all. If any man offend
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not in word the words, the words, the things that come out of
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our mouth, James says, if any man offend not in word, the
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same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
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Behold, he says, verse three, we put bits in the horses mouths
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that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body. Behold
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also the ships, which, though they be so great and are driven of
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fierce winds, Yet are they turned about with a very small hem, whethersoever
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the governor listeth even so verse five, Even so James says, the tongue,
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the tongue is a little member. And again, in respect to a
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man the size of the human body, and many of the other parts of
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the human body, the tongue is a little portion, little piece of the
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body. But listen what he says. The tongue is a little member,
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and it boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire
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kindleeth and the tongue. Listen what he says about the tongue that is in
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our members. The tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. So
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is the tongue among our members, that it defiles the whole body, and
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setteth on fire the course of nature. And it is set on fire of
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hell. For every kind of beast, and of birds, and of serpents,
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and of things in the sea is tamed, and have been tamed of
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mankind. Men, we human beings, have been able to a man train
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and tame all kinds of animals and beasts of nature. But James says,
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listen, but the tongue verse eight, can no man tame. It is
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the tongue. It is an unruly evil. Verse eight, James says,
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full of deadly poison. Therewith bless we God, even the Father. And
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therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. Out
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of the same mouth, James says, proceedeth blessing and cursing my brethren.
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Mm Mmm. James says, these things ought not so to be. Do
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the fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter can a fig
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tree, my brethren, bear olive berries either avine figs, so can no
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fountain both yeld, salt water and fresh. Who is a wise man and
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aendue with knowledge among you? Let him show out of a good conversation his
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works with meekness of wisdom, he says. But if you have bitter,
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envying and strife in your heart, listen, that's where it begins. James
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says, glory not and lie not against the truth. Again, we go
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back to the root of the problem, the rudimentary problem a man, fundamentally
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that is within us, is that we are evil creatures by nature. A
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man who are in desperate need of a savior, who're in desperate need of
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the Holy Spirit, a man leading us and guiding us into all truth and
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chastising us and correcting us. A man, and we're in desperate need of
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it. But a man. We will not acknowledge, a man that we
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are not evil. We won't acknowledge it. Amen. And clearly Jesus taught
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about this. Amen. He saw and he sees the heart of man radically
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different from the way we see ourselves. Amen. And there were those who,
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of course, in his day, who were proud, who were lifted
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up in their religion. Amen, and amen own Amen, way of seeking
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to please God or to appease God. And it was based upon, of
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course, their own perception a man of their goodness, because they again did
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not see themselves as being even a good. Perfect example of this is the
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rich Young rule of course that you know about that came to Jesus asking Jesus
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what else could he do, Amen to obtain Amen, eternal life. And
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Jesus said, you know the law, you know the commandments. And he
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said, well all of these I've kept. I'm good, I'm perfectly fine.
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Amen. And that again, that's how we see ourselves in we have
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a tendency to judge ourselves based upon how we see others as well. And
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Paul makes that very clear that we ought not. It is not a wise
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thing to do to judge yourself by someone else. Amen. The standard is
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Jesus. Amen. The standard is God's holiness and his word. And clearly
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in and of ourselves we don't have the ability a man to keep the law
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of God. And certainly with the tongue, Oh, James says, listen,
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this tongue is verse number eight. Again, no one can tame it.
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It is an unruly evil, and the tongue of man is full of
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deadly poison, deadly poison. We have done irreparable damage with our tongues.
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We mankind has done irreparable damage just with the tongue. Amen again in poison,
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deadly poison, unruly evil. Amen, Jesus talking about this. Let
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me, let me, let me, let me, let me, let
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me go to Matthew chapter twelve. I want to read a few verses there,
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because again the Bible is so crystal clear and full and chock full,
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if you will of a man teachings again and warnings about. Amen, this
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mouth, this, this this unruly evil of the tongue that is capable again
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of wreaking all kinds of havoc and destruction and even death because of its deadly
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poison. That that is, that is that is spewed out of our mouths.
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Listen what Jesus says in Matthew chapter number twelve, beginning verse number thirty
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four. If you have yourbody, you can read along with us Matthew Chapter
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twelve, Verse thirty four, Old generation of Vipers. What is a viper?
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A viper is a snake. A viper is a snake, A viper
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is a poisonous snake, a deadly snake. Jesus call these people of that
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generation vipers, old generation of vipers. How can you, being evil,
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Jesus says, speak good things. That's a very good question. It's a
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very good question. How can a person who is evil speak not again,
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Jesus is talking to folk who are religious. Jesus is talking to people who
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saw themselves as being good. Remember the pharisee who prayed publicly openly, Lord,
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I thank you. Are not like this man, a publican, a
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sinner. Amen. They they saw themselves as being worthy shoe ends in the
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kingdom, possessing, having eternal life already. Amen. They didn't see themselves
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as in need of repentance. They didn't see themselves as in need of being
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baptized, regenerated, born again. Amen. But Jesus saw them very differently.
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It's not how we see ourselves, it is how God sees us.
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And Jesus says, old generation of vipers, how can you, being evil,
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speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart. Listen
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what Jesus says. Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks
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what's coming out of me is what's in me. What's in me is what
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comes out of me. Jesus says, verse thirty five. A good man,
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out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things. But
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an evil man, out of the evil treasure, brings forth evil things.
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But I say unto you that every red this is very scary, y'all.
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Oh, this is again one of those, in my estimation, scary verses
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in the Bible. This is what Jesus says. I say unto you that
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every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give a count thereof in
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the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and
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by thy words thou shalt be condemned. Who you don't think what you say
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is important, has no barrier, doesn't matter, is not weighty, will
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not cost you no what we say, what we say matters, what comes
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out of our mouth, it matters. That's why again I'm with the Psalmists,
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and I say this. I pray this often. Lord, Let the
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words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight.
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Oh man, this is a problem. You don't think what we say
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is a problem. You don't think the words that people speak is problematic in
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our world today. If we speak evil things, it is because there is
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evil in the heart from which it comes. Good treasure, Jesus says,
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in the heart of a man will yield good words from that heart evil treasure.
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In the heart of a man will year words that are evil. And
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Jesus talked about the tree being either good or corrupt. He said, make
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it one of them. It's either. Listen, it can't be both.
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What does James say again? A fountain cannot bring forth both both salt water
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and fresh water, can't bring forth both both bitter and sweet. It's either
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one or the other. Amen, It's one or the other. Amen.
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Good treasure, good words, evil treasure, evil words. Good tree brings
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forth good fruit, and evil tree or corrupt tree will bring forth bad fruit.
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It's that simple. But it can never be both. Amen. And
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so those of us who are Amen in the Church of Jesus Christ. Amen.
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There are times when we certainly have evil thoughts, and we ought to
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put them away. But if it comes out of our mouth, repentance and
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forgiveness is the order of the day. Is the order of the day for
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the child of God, who allows evil to come forth out of their mouth.
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We are not to be a man of the people in this world who
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are speaking evil. Not God's people. A man no one needs to but
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certainly not the people of God. A man. James tells us again in
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chapter four, verse eleven, I'm just gonna read this one verse. Speak
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not evil one of another, brethren, speak not evil of each other.
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He that speaks evil of his brother and judges his brother. James says,
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he is speaking evil of the law, and he's a judge of the law.
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But if you are a judge of the law, you are not a
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doer of the law, but you are now a judge. And then Peter
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picks it up in his epistle firsty Pistol, chapter number three. Listen to
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these words verses eight through twelve one Peter chapter three. Finally, be ye,
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all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren,
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be pitiful, be courteous, not render. Listen what he says,
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not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing, but contrawise or on
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the other or instead of He says, blessing knowing that you are thereunto call
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that ye may or and should inherit a blessing for he that will listen that
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this very important verse ten, he that will love life and see good days.
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Do you love life? Do you want to see good days, long
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days, long life? Listen what the Bible tells us. Let him refrain
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his time from evil. Let the man who will love life. Let the
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man who wants to see good days watch your mouth. You know how many
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people are in the ground, in the grave. You know how many people
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have been irreparably harmed because of their mouth, suffer tragedy because of their mouth,
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are still seeing bad days because of their mouth. If you won't listen,
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listen again, I'm gonna read this again. The man who will love
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life, he that will love life and see good days, Peter says.
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Let him refrain his tongue from evil and his lips that they speak no guile.
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Watch your mouth, watch your mouth. Let the words of your mouth
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and the meditation of your heart be acceptable, approved, approved of God,
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approving to God. Amen. You wanna you want, you wanna you want
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life. You want abundant life, you want pleasant life, you want good
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days. Amen, Peter says, listen, refrain your tongue from evil and
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your lips from speaking guile. Then he says verse eleven to twelve, let
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him exchew evil. I've said it, so, I say it again.
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I'm saying again, I've said it often. I'm saying again. Listen,
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we need to learn to love the things that God loves and hate the things
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that God hates, and God hates evil. We are not too engage in
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evil. We're not to speak evil. We're not to think on evil.
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We're not to even have any kind of love for evil or affection for evil
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at all. Let him exchew evil and do good. Let him seek peace
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and pursue it. For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous,
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and his ears are open unto their prayers. But listen what he says.
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But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil, and that
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includes ladies and gentlemen, those who speak evil. Again, let me just
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I'm gonna close it right here with this, because there's so much more than
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the Bible has to say about the mouth, the tongue, how we should
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speak, how we should a man address, and be careful of the words
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to comes out of my mouth. I'm reminded very quickly of what Proverbs fifteen
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and one says, and listen, I'm guilty as charged is. The Psalmist
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again warns us about the tongue and speaks to us with these words of wisdom,
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of about this request that he has, about the words of his mouth
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and the meditation of his heart. Amen. And again it all begins here.
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And that's why we need a clean heart, Lord renewed within me,
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a clean heart and a right spirit. Amen. The right spirit, a
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clean heart that thinks things that are lovely, pure, honest of virtue,
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good report. Paul says, if there be any virtue, if there be
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any praise, think on these things. Amen. Again, the Psalmists,
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let the words of my mouth the meditation of my heart be acceptable in us
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by sight and even in times of Amen. And we all be angry at
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times. We all are angry at times. And the Bible says we are
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to be angry and sin not. Do not let the sun go down on
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your wrath, because the wrath of man does not produce or work the rightousness
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of God. And the Bible tells us and again Proverbs fifteen. I believe
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it is a soft answer, turns away wrath. Amen. Angry, contentious
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words breed strife. Amen, And so we need to a man again.
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The words of our mouth can, and the evil they could, they could,
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they can. The evil words that come out of our mouth will do
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no good in this world, will produce no good in this world. And
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we as the people of God, who are called to be the salt,
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who are called to be the light, who are called to be the city
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set on the hill, we are called to be an example, living epistles
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known and read of men. Let the words of our mouth show that we
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are the children of God. A man show that we are. The salts
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show that we are the lights, show that we have a savior that is
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making a difference, the spirit of God that's working us. Amen, to
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make us more and more like Jesus. Amen. We can't listen again the
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Bible, the teachings of Jesus, the teaching of the Word of God,
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is critical. You can't do both. You cannot serve two masters. Amen.
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And the tongue must be a man brought into subjection as any other part
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of the body that we have as the temple of God, a man must
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be brought into subjection. The tongue cannot be unruly, because if it's left
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unchecked and undisciplined. And again it's going to breed irreparable harm. It's going
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to produce a man all kinds of a man, wickedness and evil. And
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again James deadly poison. So again, watch your mouth. Your mouth belongs
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to you. The words that come out of your mouth are under your control.
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Amen, They're under your control. My words that come out of my
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mouth are under my control. So again, as the simon says that the
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words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart, Lord, let it
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be acceptable in your sight. Lord, keep us from day to day,
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keep our tongues from speaking evil, keep our hearts from thinking on evil.
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And certainly, Lord, keep our hands and our feet from running to evil,
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that we may be again the children of God, the light, the
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salt, living epistles known and read of men, that men may see that
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there is a difference, that there is a savior, that there is a
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God who can deliver and keep and set free those who put their trust in
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him. God be glorified today and your people everywhere in Jesus thing, we
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pray and give thanks. Amen and Amen,