Our Words Reveal Our Heart | James Chapter 3 | Hal Mayer

Message Notes:
James 3:1 ESV
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.
Matthew 12:34-37 NLT
You brood of snakes! How could evil men like you speak what is good and right? For whatever is in your heart determines what you say. 35 A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. 36 And I tell you this, you must give an account on judgment day for every idle word you speak. 37 The words you say will either acquit you or condemn you.”
Our words can CONDEMN.
James 3:2-5a ESV
2 For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. 3 If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. 4 Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. 5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things.
Our words CONTROL our life.
James 3:5b-8 ESV
How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell. 7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, 8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
Our words can POISON others.
• It is impossible for us to control our tongue by ourselves.
Psalm 141:3 NLT
Take control of what I say, O Lord, and guard my lips.
James 3:9-12 ESV
9 With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. 10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. 11 Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water? 12 Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water.
Our words can be a BLESSING or CURSING.
Ephesians 4:29 NLT
Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.
How do we change our words?
START with the heart.
Matthew 15:18-19 NLT
But the words you speak come from the heart-that’s what defiles you. 19 For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, all sexual immorality, theft, lying, and slander.
FIND someone to motivate you.
Hebrews 10:24 NLT
Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works.
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As a teenager this is amazing to hear

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Words matter and are powerful. GFC sermon on 6-30-24

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James is THEE most important book in the Bible for our current times. There are many key lessons. But especially these verses dealing with our God given self evident Freedom of Speech here in the USA: James 1:19, 1:21, 3:6.
This is because the 21st century has given rise to the dominance of social media as the public square. But this new public square is not just a few blocks in dimension with a single voice with limited volume. It is potentially and indeed increasingly the whole world as all peoples are brought the internet, the devices, and on-the-fly language translators for videos ,text, and memes/pics with text. Technology has advanced immensely and exponentially in Amplifying a single tongue. The tongue provides the spark and technology provides the explosive power to spread the fire extremely quickly and even lethally.
The tongue can also just cut like a knife in speaking to just one person. So also choose your words wisely IRL where technology is not amplifying your voice. Proverbs 12:18.