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The Witness of Your Words · The Bible Bit Podcast

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  Welcome back. This is Kimmy Miller of Woman at the Well Ministries bringing
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  you another Bible bit for you to enjoy.
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  The Witness of Your Words Today as we journey through the scriptures,
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  gleaning the instruction God has for his children, we are going to focus on
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  what the Bible says about the power our words have upon our witness.
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  For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. Matthew 12, 37.
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  A deeper dive into this verse reveals a sober truth.
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  Regarding our spiritual condition, we will be justified and acquitted of our
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  guilt of sin or condemned and sentenced by our words.
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  We shall be forgiven when we have given our heart to Jesus and our words reflect
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  that truth, or we will be condemned when our words have shown that we reject him.
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  We say thousands of words every day.
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  Most of us don't even think before we speak and rarely contemplate the impact
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  of our words after we have spoken them.
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  But the truth is, our words are very powerful and often are extremely impactful.
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  Let's take a closer look at this topic of the power of our words.
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  Have you ever contemplated that the words you say are a direct reflection of you?
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  They often indicate your spiritual condition. The words we say reveal a lot
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  about what we really feel.
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  Where our devotion lies and what we really believe in our heart.
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  A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good.
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  And an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil.
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  For of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. Luke 6, 45.
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  Those who speak positively and who are always giving reference to the work of
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  God in their lives are a living testimony of who God is to them.
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  In contrast, those who are always speaking negatively and who rarely,
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  if ever, mention God in their lives also give a testimony of who God is in their lives.
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  He is of little importance to them.
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  In addition, let's look at the kind of words we use. The Bible tells us in Colossians
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  3.8, put off all these, anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
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  Let's be honest. Filthy talk, crude talk, and cursing are just not becoming of godliness.
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  Nothing good is accomplished by using such language.
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  In fact, most people who speak like this are considered lacking intelligence
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  and as having a limited vocabulary.
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  All who use filthy language are casting a shadow on any godly impact they could have.
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  Filthy communication is directly associated with the devil and has no place
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  in the vocabulary of a child of God.
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  But filthy communication isn't the only communication that can harm our witness and hurt others.
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  Ephesians 4.29 warns us, Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth,
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  but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
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  The old saying, don't say anything if you can't say something good,
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  would do us a lot of good if we practiced it.
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  God says we, as believers, should impart light, Matthew 5.16.
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  Love one another john 13 34 forgive one another ephesians 4 32 and build each other up ephesians 4 29.
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  Unfortunately, we often do and say things that do just the opposite.
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  How many times do we point out the obvious mistakes done by a person?
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  Mistakes they surely know were wrong, instead of looking for a solution and
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  loving them back to the right way.
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  Remember, the damage is done. No amount of harping on them, scolding them,
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  or making them feel badly is going to change the damage done by their mistake.
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  However, you can determine the damage you will add to this error of judgment
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  or action by how you speak to them.
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  Your job is to love them as Christ loves them and as Christ loves you.
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  A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another as I have loved
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  you, that ye also love one another.
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  By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples.
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  If you have loved one to another John 13, 34-35.
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  Make your words speak the love of Jesus. Strive to use your words to show others
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  Jesus and to draw them to him.
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  The Bible sums it up nicely. Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a
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  man, but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. Matthew 15, 11.
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  We really need to understand that what we say really matters.
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  It often dictates what we do and is always a reflection of who we are.
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  So much effort is spent on determining what goes into our mouths.
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  Most of us should spend a little more time concentrating on what comes out of it.
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  O Lord, let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight.
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  O Lord, my strength and my redeemer. Psalm 19, 14.
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