1 00:00:05,100 --> 00:00:07,900 Good morning everyone. How are we doing this morning? 2 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:14,900 I want to Echo call this morning and thank you for being here. 3 00:00:16,700 --> 00:00:21,400 Thank you for choosing to, to be with us to worship with us. 4 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:28,800 My name is James one of the Elder candidates here. 5 00:00:30,500 --> 00:00:35,800 And today we are going to be in the Book of James once again. 6 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:38,900 And we're going to be on chapter 3, James chapter 3 7 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:13,800 Today is one of those scriptures that I think that. these are the 8 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:19,800 times that you need to make sure you have your Big Boar in big 9 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:24,800 girl pants on. This is not this is definitely 10 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:33,000 not a Fluff text today. Today I we're going to Endeavor 11 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:40,500 to break this down and and here we'll see this as we get into 12 00:01:40,500 --> 00:01:45,800 the into the text James's, I believe is speaking to here in a 13 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:49,000 taxi speaking to a specific group of people. 14 00:01:50,900 --> 00:01:57,100 However the scripture and the texts are applicable to any any 15 00:01:57,100 --> 00:02:04,000 believer. Any believer that desires to 16 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:08,800 follow after Christ desires to, as we've been studying the Book 17 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:13,600 of James to look into God's perfect law, the perfect law of 18 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:20,000 Liberty and to walk away from from that and be doers of God's 19 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:29,300 word and not just hearers only this, it's his whole, his whole 20 00:02:29,300 --> 00:02:32,300 book. Around that theme of being a 21 00:02:32,300 --> 00:02:38,000 doer of God's word. Actually putting feet and hands 22 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:45,000 through the work of Christ. It's not it's it's not just the 23 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:47,600 proclamation that I say. I am a believer. 24 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:53,600 It's I show that I'm a Believer. Jesus said that way that the 25 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:57,800 people were no them was their love for one another and how 26 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:01,800 they treated one another and the same same still goes for us 27 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:09,500 today and James. Has here in his book is a very 28 00:03:09,500 --> 00:03:16,100 practical guide to Christian Living it is a way to for us to 29 00:03:16,100 --> 00:03:20,100 look and gauge where we are in our walk with Christ. 30 00:03:20,100 --> 00:03:26,500 We're we're we're at our strengths our weaknesses the 31 00:03:26,500 --> 00:03:33,300 things that we need to work on and today is is a is a group of 32 00:03:33,300 --> 00:03:44,500 text that I leave is Something very important and it's on 33 00:03:44,500 --> 00:03:48,100 taming the tongue, the words that are coming out of her 34 00:03:48,100 --> 00:03:54,700 mouth. So the word tame, talk about 35 00:03:54,700 --> 00:03:59,000 taming the tongue. The word team means reduced from 36 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,600 a state of native wildness, especially. 37 00:04:03,300 --> 00:04:08,000 So, as to be useful to humans, To be made. 38 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:15,900 Docile and submissive that transitive verb of the word team 39 00:04:15,900 --> 00:04:22,200 is the word tamed or taming and it means this to reduce From a 40 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:29,200 wild. To a domestic state to subject 41 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:34,300 to cultivation, to bring under control to deprive of spirit, 42 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:37,900 which means to make humble or to sidhu. 43 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:44,300 So when we were talking about taming the tongue, we're taking 44 00:04:44,300 --> 00:04:52,100 something that is naturally. Wild naturally uncontrollable 45 00:04:52,900 --> 00:04:58,000 and talking about learning how to control the words coming out 46 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:04,800 of our mouth. To be able to get back, we'll 47 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:10,700 get in this as we get into. Think about what we think about. 48 00:05:13,100 --> 00:05:18,400 because our thoughts become our words, Amen. 49 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:29,100 Someone. If you ever been upset and you 50 00:05:29,100 --> 00:05:33,000 say something and instantly you say it and you regret saying it. 51 00:05:33,700 --> 00:05:36,100 As soon as it comes out of your mouth, you're like, trying to 52 00:05:36,100 --> 00:05:38,800 grabbing but it's too late. It's gone. 53 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:43,300 It's out. And we may say, you know, to 54 00:05:43,300 --> 00:05:46,900 that person, we're talking to, you know, I'm sorry, I don't 55 00:05:46,900 --> 00:05:49,100 know why I said that got that's not me. 56 00:05:49,100 --> 00:05:55,000 Well yeah that was you because it came out of you. our words is 57 00:05:55,000 --> 00:06:00,000 a very good gauge of where we are, you know, walk with Christ, 58 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:07,400 it's tells us where we need to work on and this is something 59 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:11,500 that we're going to be working on forever. 60 00:06:11,500 --> 00:06:16,300 Amen. So this tame and the tongue is 61 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:23,500 is work and it takes hard work. As a phrase, I've learned in 62 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,600 from the book of disciplines of a Godly Man, it takes holey 63 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:32,600 sweat, it takes perseverance. Taemin our tongue will not 64 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:36,300 happen overnight. We're not happen by simply 65 00:06:36,300 --> 00:06:39,600 praying more or reading the Bible more or going to church 66 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,200 more. It will require all of these 67 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:46,300 things and so much more. It will require being diligent 68 00:06:46,300 --> 00:06:50,300 to think about what we think about for what we think about we 69 00:06:50,300 --> 00:06:53,700 speak. Jesus said that out of the 70 00:06:53,700 --> 00:06:56,200 abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. 71 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:02,100 Matthew 12:34 talking to the religious leaders of the day. 72 00:07:02,500 --> 00:07:07,800 Jesus said, you brood of vipers, how can you speak good when you 73 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:11,300 are evil for out of the abundance of the heart, the 74 00:07:11,300 --> 00:07:14,900 mouth speaks. And Jesus also said that it is 75 00:07:14,900 --> 00:07:19,600 what comes out of the man that defiles him and after the 76 00:07:19,900 --> 00:07:24,600 Pharisees and scribes had Badger Jesus about his disciples eating 77 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:26,600 corn without washing their hands. 78 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:32,900 He went on to teach in Parables and then he goes and he sets and 79 00:07:32,900 --> 00:07:37,100 his disciples came to him and said you know, what does these 80 00:07:37,100 --> 00:07:42,400 Parables mean? And Mark chapter 7 verses 18 to 81 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:46,600 23, he responds to his disciples he says and he said to them, 82 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:50,700 Then are you also without understanding? 83 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:54,200 Do you not see that whatever goes into our person from 84 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:57,300 outside? Cannot defile him since that 85 00:07:57,300 --> 00:08:02,100 enters into his heart, since it enters not his heart but his 86 00:08:02,100 --> 00:08:07,300 stomach and he's expelled and he said, what comes out of a person 87 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:12,700 is what defiles him for from within out of the heart of man 88 00:08:13,100 --> 00:08:16,900 come evil thoughts, sexual immorality theft. 89 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:23,900 Left murder, adultery coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality 90 00:08:23,900 --> 00:08:29,300 and envy. Slander Pride, foolishness all 91 00:08:29,300 --> 00:08:34,600 these evil things come from within and they defile a person. 92 00:08:36,100 --> 00:08:43,000 So I set before you today, this as I said, it's a lifelong 93 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:47,300 journey. Taming our tongue is a journey 94 00:08:47,300 --> 00:08:53,800 that will in case our entire life, it is a daily Quest that 95 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:57,700 we must embark on. We must choose on as Paul stated 96 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:00,500 that he must die. Daily everyday. 97 00:09:00,500 --> 00:09:05,500 We must choose To control our words. 98 00:09:06,300 --> 00:09:10,600 We must choose to think about what we think about to gauge. 99 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:13,400 What is in our hearts to fight the temptation. 100 00:09:13,900 --> 00:09:18,000 To just let our words be filled with anger instead of love. 101 00:09:19,100 --> 00:09:23,300 To fight against our natural natural, inclination to have 102 00:09:23,300 --> 00:09:27,500 things our way because our way is the best way. 103 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:35,400 Amen. I'm a I'm a call. 104 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:39,300 I may need a little bit more shielding now here this morning. 105 00:09:39,700 --> 00:09:42,100 Amen. Okay, let's get this continue. 106 00:09:42,500 --> 00:09:51,200 Okay. We have to learn to put our 107 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:57,100 preferences aside because we all have our own preferences. 108 00:09:58,700 --> 00:10:06,300 And know it becomes a joke but you know silly things have tour 109 00:10:06,300 --> 00:10:12,100 churches apart. Silly things as carpet color. 110 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:16,800 Whether we're going to sing holding hymnals are saying offer 111 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:23,700 offer screen. so many things of how we how we do this and do 112 00:10:23,700 --> 00:10:28,100 that because it's all personal preference, but what we have to 113 00:10:28,100 --> 00:10:33,200 do, Is make God's word, our Authority. 114 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:38,700 Because our personal preferences in the light of God's word, 115 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:42,000 doesn't amount to a hill of beans. 116 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:49,500 We can have our own preferences. But if our preferences don't 117 00:10:49,500 --> 00:10:52,700 line up with God's word or preferences need to change a man 118 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:58,700 and I'll get in I'll get into more of that in a minute. 119 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:04,400 So as we live out our mission statement that we exist to 120 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:08,700 glorify God by making disciples who grow in their faith in Jesus 121 00:11:08,700 --> 00:11:13,500 and their love for one another. We must use Godly wisdom to 122 00:11:13,500 --> 00:11:17,200 guide our words. Our group, our growth as a 123 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:20,100 community of Believers, can seriously be stunted by the 124 00:11:20,100 --> 00:11:24,300 words that tear down, instead of lifting up. 125 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:33,900 So today, I just ask for you to focus and listen to the voice of 126 00:11:33,908 --> 00:11:39,500 the holy spirit this morning. As, as I'm up here and I speak, 127 00:11:40,500 --> 00:11:44,100 I can be like the teacher on Charlie Brown. 128 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:48,200 If you've ever seen the Charlie Brown's teacher speaks and all 129 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:52,100 you hear is won't won't won't, won't that may all you here? 130 00:11:52,100 --> 00:11:55,900 This morning coming out of my mouth but allow the Holy Spirit 131 00:11:56,300 --> 00:12:01,200 to speak to you. As you hear the truth of God's 132 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:09,400 word and let it dictate how you go from this point and how you 133 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:15,500 choose your thoughts and your words, a man, let's pray. 134 00:12:17,100 --> 00:12:22,000 Father, I praise you, I magnify you, I worship you. 135 00:12:23,300 --> 00:12:25,900 I thank you for the awesome privilege that we have two 136 00:12:25,900 --> 00:12:30,000 common together, assemble ourselves, father together to 137 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:36,100 lift one another up to just be Brothers and Sisters in Christ. 138 00:12:37,500 --> 00:12:44,100 father today, I ask that you will Soften our hearts, soften 139 00:12:45,100 --> 00:12:50,700 our beliefs, our preferences. Father, help us to hear your 140 00:12:50,700 --> 00:12:54,800 word. Help us to hear your truth this 141 00:12:54,800 --> 00:13:01,700 morning. Help us as we are on this Quest 142 00:13:02,500 --> 00:13:07,500 as individuals but also as a corporate body, father to, to 143 00:13:07,500 --> 00:13:13,600 tame our tongues. To control what we say and how 144 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:17,000 we say it. And father I give you honor and 145 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:19,000 glory and praise. Amen. 146 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:24,300 So today James chapter 3 and we're going to be reading verses 147 00:13:24,500 --> 00:13:27,000 1 through 18. The whole the whole chapter. 148 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:30,700 If you're able if you stand for the reading of God's word. 149 00:13:46,100 --> 00:13:50,900 James 3:1. Not many of you should become 150 00:13:50,900 --> 00:13:56,100 teachers my brother's for, you know, that we who teach will be 151 00:13:56,100 --> 00:14:01,600 judged with greater strictness for we all stumble in many ways. 152 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:06,400 And if anyone does not stumble, and what he says he is a perfect 153 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:12,300 man, able also to Bridle his whole body, if we put bits into 154 00:14:12,300 --> 00:14:16,300 the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their 155 00:14:16,300 --> 00:14:20,600 whole bodies as well. Look at the ships also though. 156 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:23,800 They are so large and driven by strong winds. 157 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:29,000 They are Guided by a very small Rudder, wherever the will of the 158 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:33,300 pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small 159 00:14:33,300 --> 00:14:36,500 member yet it boast of great things. 160 00:14:38,100 --> 00:14:43,700 How great a forest is set, Ablaze by such a small fire and 161 00:14:43,700 --> 00:14:49,000 the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness, the tongue is 162 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:53,200 set among our members staying in the whole body setting on fire. 163 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:57,900 The entire course of life and set on fire by hell, for every 164 00:14:57,900 --> 00:15:01,800 kind of mankind. Every kind of Beast and bird and 165 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:04,600 reptile. Reptile and sea creature Can Be 166 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:07,600 Tamed and has been tamed by mankind. 167 00:15:08,300 --> 00:15:11,200 But no human being can tame the tongue. 168 00:15:11,900 --> 00:15:16,000 It is a Restless evil full of deadly poison with it. 169 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:20,000 We bless our Lord and father and with it, we curse people who are 170 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:23,500 made in the likeness of God from the same mouth. 171 00:15:23,500 --> 00:15:27,800 Come blessing and cursing. My brothers these things out not 172 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:31,200 to be so does the spring pour forth? 173 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:36,300 The same from the same opening both fresh and salt water can a 174 00:15:36,308 --> 00:15:40,000 fig tree, my brother's been Are olives or a grapevine. 175 00:15:40,100 --> 00:15:44,300 Produce figs, neither kind of Salt, Pond. 176 00:15:44,300 --> 00:15:49,800 Yield fresh water. Verse 13, who is wise and 177 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:52,900 understanding among you by his Good Conduct. 178 00:15:52,900 --> 00:15:56,100 Let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. 179 00:15:56,900 --> 00:15:59,900 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your 180 00:15:59,900 --> 00:16:02,700 hearts do not boast and be false to the truth. 181 00:16:03,500 --> 00:16:06,400 This is not the wisdom that comes down from above but is 182 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:12,500 Earthly unspiritual demonic for a jealousy and selfish ambition 183 00:16:12,500 --> 00:16:14,600 exist. There will be disorder, and 184 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:19,700 every vile practice. The wisdom from above is first 185 00:16:19,700 --> 00:16:25,000 pure then Peaceable. Gentle open to reason full of 186 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:30,600 mercy and good fruits impartial and sincere and a harvest of 187 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:36,100 righteousness is shown is sown in Peace by those who make 188 00:16:36,100 --> 00:16:43,700 peace, you may be seated this morning, So the big ideal that I 189 00:16:43,700 --> 00:16:48,100 want to get across to you. This morning, is this, by 190 00:16:48,100 --> 00:16:51,700 allowing Godly wisdom to God or words. 191 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:56,900 We can be a doer of God's word. By speaking words, that lift 192 00:16:56,900 --> 00:17:00,100 people up instead of tearing them down. 193 00:17:02,700 --> 00:17:06,200 By allowing Godly wisdom to guide our hearts. 194 00:17:07,099 --> 00:17:12,099 We can be a doer of God's word. By speaking words, that lift 195 00:17:12,099 --> 00:17:16,200 people up instead of tearing them down. 196 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:22,200 Being a doer of God's word is the central theme of the book of 197 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:26,900 James. And once again, he does not, 198 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:31,900 he's not starting a new line of thought here. 199 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:39,200 And we finished up last week in Chapter 2, talking about faith 200 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:44,200 without works is dead. The very last text on the very 201 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:47,400 last sentence here in chapter 2 verse 26. 202 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:51,400 It says for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also 203 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:57,200 Faith apart from works is dead and he goes straight into not 204 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:04,200 many should become teachers. This here in verse 1 and 2 will 205 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:06,300 look at it again. It says not many of you shall 206 00:18:06,300 --> 00:18:10,200 become should become teachers my brother's for, you know, that we 207 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:15,500 who teach will be judged with greater strictness verse 24. 208 00:18:15,500 --> 00:18:20,400 We all stumble in many ways but if anyone does not stumble, and 209 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:25,600 what he says he is a perfect man, able also to Bridle his 210 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:30,700 whole body. So raise your hand, if you're 211 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:40,900 Fect this morning. Not anybody raise their hand. 212 00:18:43,700 --> 00:18:45,400 Why? Because we all struggle. 213 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:49,100 We all struggle at times by the words that are coming out of her 214 00:18:49,100 --> 00:18:56,000 mouth. Amen, I want you to look at two 215 00:18:56,300 --> 00:19:00,500 two words here. From verse 1, the word, meaning 216 00:19:00,500 --> 00:19:05,400 in the word, become not many of you should become teachers. 217 00:19:05,500 --> 00:19:13,400 James says, It says here, the word become means. 218 00:19:14,300 --> 00:19:19,100 The meaning of this word means to come into existence, begin to 219 00:19:19,100 --> 00:19:24,100 be to arise come up on a stage or to be made. 220 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:30,100 So, apparently many people were lifting their own selves up to 221 00:19:30,100 --> 00:19:35,000 be teachers without God's calling. for a says, many of you 222 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:39,100 shit, many of you who should not many of you should become 223 00:19:39,100 --> 00:19:45,200 teachers, he goes on and he tells them that for, you know, 224 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:52,000 We who teach will be judged with greater strictness. so, we have 225 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:57,400 to realize That a Biblical teacher, that is being talked 226 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:02,400 about this word. Teacher is one who teaches 227 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:06,700 concerning the things of God and the duties of man it's one who 228 00:20:06,700 --> 00:20:10,600 is fitted to teach or at least thinks he is. 229 00:20:12,700 --> 00:20:16,700 It is someone who under who undertakes the work of teaching 230 00:20:16,900 --> 00:20:19,600 with the spiritual assistance of the Holy Spirit. 231 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:25,900 A Biblical teacher is not a person, but a position, it's a 232 00:20:25,908 --> 00:20:31,000 calling. A Biblical teacher is not a 233 00:20:31,008 --> 00:20:35,400 person. It is a calling it is a position 234 00:20:37,100 --> 00:20:42,400 Ephesians chapter 4 verse 11. It says and he speaking of Jesus 235 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:45,700 gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the Shepherds 236 00:20:45,700 --> 00:20:51,300 and teachers, it's for the work of the ministry, it's for 237 00:20:52,500 --> 00:20:57,200 teaching and leading the church. It says there in Ephesians 238 00:20:57,200 --> 00:21:00,400 chapter 4 so God gave these positions. 239 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:06,500 Not man, God. And he calls people to fill 240 00:21:06,500 --> 00:21:10,600 these positions. So that the church can be made 241 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:14,700 complete. So the church can be able to be 242 00:21:14,700 --> 00:21:18,600 made to go out and do what the works of Christ. 243 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:23,200 The same thing that James is talking about here, being a doer 244 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:28,800 of God's word and not a hearer only So these people were 245 00:21:29,100 --> 00:21:37,300 apparently lifting themselves up. because, They wanted to use 246 00:21:37,300 --> 00:21:45,200 their words. to blast others, but he ones them said, hey, you 247 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:50,300 remember we who teach Where held? 248 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:56,300 Two more strictness. The Book of Ezekiel chapter 3 249 00:21:57,300 --> 00:22:01,300 verses 17 through 21. God is speaking to his Ezekiel 250 00:22:01,300 --> 00:22:06,400 and he says this son of man, I have made you a Watchman for the 251 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:10,000 house of Israel. Whoever you whenever you hear a 252 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:13,000 word from my mouth you shall give them warning for me. 253 00:22:14,100 --> 00:22:17,000 If I say to the wicked, you shall surely die and you give 254 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,600 him, no warning. Nor speak to warn the wicked 255 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:25,500 from his Wicked way in order to save his life that Wicked person 256 00:22:25,500 --> 00:22:30,800 shall die for his iniquity. But his blood, I will require at 257 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:36,100 your hand but if you want the wicked and he does not turn from 258 00:22:36,100 --> 00:22:40,500 his wickedness or from his Wicked way, he shall die for his 259 00:22:40,500 --> 00:22:43,700 iniquity but you have delivered your soul. 260 00:22:43,900 --> 00:22:47,900 So again if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and 261 00:22:47,900 --> 00:22:52,400 commits Injustice and I lay a stumbling block before him, he 262 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:55,700 shall die. Because you have not warned him, 263 00:22:56,500 --> 00:23:00,700 he shall die for his sin and his righteous Deeds that he has done 264 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:05,300 at and his righteousness that he has done, shall not be 265 00:23:05,300 --> 00:23:08,600 remembered but his blood, I will require at your hand. 266 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:13,700 But if you warn the righteous person not to sin and he does 267 00:23:13,700 --> 00:23:19,500 not sin, he shall surely live because he took warning and you 268 00:23:19,500 --> 00:23:25,500 have delivered your soul. And this goes directly back to 269 00:23:25,700 --> 00:23:31,900 the sin of partiality. That we studied about here in 270 00:23:31,900 --> 00:23:42,900 the book of James. It is lifting our own selves up. 271 00:23:45,500 --> 00:23:48,600 To make others look less than us. 272 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:55,300 You ever been around someone that no matter what you're 273 00:23:55,300 --> 00:23:57,700 talking about or what anybody else in the room is talking 274 00:23:57,700 --> 00:23:59,900 about, they've always done done that. 275 00:23:59,900 --> 00:24:02,300 Oh yeah, I've done that and they've always done it better. 276 00:24:03,100 --> 00:24:05,700 Their story is better than the person telling the original 277 00:24:05,700 --> 00:24:10,800 story because, you know, they, you know, that goes back to 278 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:12,900 illegitimate shame. We're not going to get into that 279 00:24:12,900 --> 00:24:16,600 this morning, but you know that person, you know feels 280 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:20,300 threatened. By that person success. 281 00:24:20,300 --> 00:24:24,300 So they have to one-up them. Hey, ma'am. 282 00:24:25,300 --> 00:24:27,200 And that's what these people were doing here. 283 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:30,800 That James was talking to here. They were, they were trying to 284 00:24:30,900 --> 00:24:33,700 lift themselves up to make themselves look better. 285 00:24:34,300 --> 00:24:38,500 So they were showing partiality because they were targeting 286 00:24:38,500 --> 00:24:40,200 these people and trying to make them. 287 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:44,600 They were trying to point out their sin instead of and at what 288 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:50,400 that same time, ignoring their own, it talks about for the 289 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:53,400 tongue to be so little it can do so much damage. 290 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:58,300 Image. And he gives a reference here 291 00:24:58,300 --> 00:25:03,200 about Putting a small bit in a horse's mouth and how a small 292 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:08,400 Rudder controls the ship. And even though the tongue is a 293 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:11,000 little part of the body, it can do a world of hurt. 294 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:16,100 And our tongues is set on fire by hell. 295 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:21,900 We must remember what it says. In Proverbs chapter, 18 verses 296 00:25:21,900 --> 00:25:23,900 20 through 21. It says this. 297 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:30,700 From the fruit of a man's mouth. His stomach is satisfied. 298 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:34,900 He is satisfied satisfied by the yield of his lips and this word 299 00:25:34,900 --> 00:25:38,300 satisfied doesn't mean necessarily as satisfied in a 300 00:25:38,308 --> 00:25:42,100 good way. It means he has to settle for 301 00:25:42,100 --> 00:25:45,800 what he comes out of his mouth, he's going to live with that. 302 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:52,600 Death in life. Or in the power of the tongue 303 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:57,900 and those who love it, will eat its fruit death and life are in 304 00:25:57,900 --> 00:26:03,400 the power of our words. We can up we can uplift or we 305 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:08,400 can tear down. We can tell a person. 306 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:14,100 We can complement that person. We can we can just be an 307 00:26:14,100 --> 00:26:20,400 encourager to that person. Or we can be that detriment that 308 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:27,300 person and the choice is ours because we control, we can 309 00:26:27,300 --> 00:26:30,200 control the words. Come out of her mouth takes 310 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:34,100 work, takes hard work. It's not something that we it's 311 00:26:34,100 --> 00:26:38,000 going to happen overnight. So I said earlier, it's not just 312 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,300 reading your Bible, more praying, more coming to church 313 00:26:40,300 --> 00:26:42,800 more, you think it's going to help, you know, it's going to 314 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:46,500 cure, all cure all ailments. That's not, that's not true. 315 00:26:47,900 --> 00:26:51,100 It takes that. Absolutely, but it takes 316 00:26:51,100 --> 00:26:53,900 dedication. It takes perseverance to push 317 00:26:53,900 --> 00:26:57,500 every day. To think about what I'm thinking 318 00:26:57,500 --> 00:27:00,700 about. Because our thoughts become a 319 00:27:00,700 --> 00:27:05,000 words or thoughts become our actions and our thoughts, 320 00:27:05,300 --> 00:27:13,400 determine our lives. Course, we determine we 321 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:25,000 determine if we have a life of Joy or a life of misery, By the 322 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:26,800 thoughts that are in our minds, amen. 323 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:32,400 But it says, the tongue is set on fire by hell. 324 00:27:34,900 --> 00:27:37,200 And yet it boast of great things. 325 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:42,200 Let's look at verses 5 and 6 here in chapter 3, it says this. 326 00:27:50,300 --> 00:27:54,100 So also the tongue is a small member, get it boast of great 327 00:27:54,100 --> 00:27:57,100 things. How great a forest is set, 328 00:27:57,100 --> 00:28:00,600 Ablaze by such a small fire verse 6. 329 00:28:01,300 --> 00:28:04,700 And the tongue is a fire, a world of our own righteousness. 330 00:28:05,300 --> 00:28:08,900 The tongue is set up among our members staying in the whole 331 00:28:08,900 --> 00:28:14,300 body sitting on fire. The entire course of life and 332 00:28:14,300 --> 00:28:19,800 set on fire by Hill, anybody read? 333 00:28:20,300 --> 00:28:24,200 Week or so ago, maybe a couple of weeks ago of an incident 334 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:29,700 where people were gathered for some festival and someone threw 335 00:28:29,700 --> 00:28:33,400 out a cigarette butt, caught the grass on fire and it burned up 336 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:38,800 70 cars. Just a simple end of a cigarette 337 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:41,200 butt that used carelessly tossed aside. 338 00:28:44,100 --> 00:28:47,700 Caught the grass on fire and ended up burning 70 people's 339 00:28:47,700 --> 00:28:51,500 cars up. That's what our tongue can do. 340 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:59,100 That is the power of life and death. 341 00:29:00,300 --> 00:29:03,700 And it's right here. It's in my tongue, it's in your 342 00:29:03,700 --> 00:29:10,000 tongue. Says that they boast that boast 343 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:14,300 of great things. This this boasting is a 344 00:29:14,300 --> 00:29:19,700 self-promoting of themselves because of Pride and their self 345 00:29:19,700 --> 00:29:21,400 promoting themselves over others. 346 00:29:24,700 --> 00:29:28,500 Like what Matthew Henry says here about verses five and six 347 00:29:28,500 --> 00:29:32,400 he says to dread an uncontrollable tongue, that's 348 00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:35,800 one of the greatest and most harmful evils. 349 00:29:37,700 --> 00:29:41,500 There is such great sin in the tongue, that it may be called a 350 00:29:41,508 --> 00:29:46,800 world of iniquity. James 36, the tongue is said, 351 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:50,100 among our members staying in the whole body sitting on fire. 352 00:29:50,100 --> 00:29:55,700 The entire course of life and set on fire by Hill, he 353 00:29:55,700 --> 00:29:58,000 continues. The whole body is often drawn 354 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:02,600 into sin and guilt by the Tongue, the Affairs of the human 355 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:06,000 race and of communities often thrown into confusion. 356 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:09,000 And all set on fire by human tongues. 357 00:30:09,700 --> 00:30:13,000 Hell has more to do in furthering the fire. 358 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:16,600 The tongue than people are generally aware of when it is 359 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:23,300 set on fire by Hill, as is in all undo passion, it is 360 00:30:23,300 --> 00:30:28,400 troublesome producing rage and hatred and those things that 361 00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:35,900 serve Satan's purposes, I like this phrase, hear that? 362 00:30:39,700 --> 00:30:46,200 When it is set on fire by hell as it is in as it is in all undo 363 00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:50,200 passion. It's when When your emotions are 364 00:30:50,900 --> 00:30:54,800 running High. What comes out of your mouth? 365 00:30:56,300 --> 00:31:00,100 Do you think about what you're thinking about when you're mad 366 00:31:00,100 --> 00:31:04,900 at your spouse? When you're upset at this hurts? 367 00:31:04,900 --> 00:31:09,200 For me when you're upset? You have road rage driving down 368 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:13,500 the highway. That that stepped on my toes is 369 00:31:13,500 --> 00:31:20,900 then what comes out of our mouth because what comes out of our 370 00:31:20,900 --> 00:31:22,900 mouths is what is our in our hearts. 371 00:31:23,900 --> 00:31:27,500 If it's not in our hearts it's not going to come out you man. 372 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:31,900 So it's in a hard. So we have to, we have to, we 373 00:31:31,900 --> 00:31:39,900 have to watch this. Now, this goes directly back to 374 00:31:39,900 --> 00:31:43,100 James chapter 1 verses 19 through 22. 375 00:31:43,100 --> 00:31:46,700 It says, says, this know this, my beloved Brothers, let every 376 00:31:46,700 --> 00:31:53,100 person be quick to hear slow to speak, slow to anger for the 377 00:31:53,100 --> 00:31:56,800 anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God, 378 00:31:57,200 --> 00:32:00,900 therefore, put away all filthiness and Rapid wickedness 379 00:32:01,300 --> 00:32:03,900 and receive with meekness the implanted word. 380 00:32:04,100 --> 00:32:08,200 Which is able to save your souls, but be doers of the word 381 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:10,600 and not hearers only deceiving yourselves. 382 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:16,200 Quick to hear slow to speak. Slow to anger. 383 00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:24,100 We need to slow down. We need to actually hear what 384 00:32:24,100 --> 00:32:30,300 people are saying. And then respond in a Godly way, 385 00:32:30,300 --> 00:32:34,400 led by Godly wisdom. Not worldly, wisdom, a man not 386 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:38,600 by all on preferences, own preferences, can get ourselves 387 00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:45,000 in trouble. Here in here, in back in James 388 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:49,300 and chapter 3 and verses 7 through 12, it says, for every 389 00:32:49,300 --> 00:32:53,100 kind of Beast and bird of reptile and sea creature Can Be 390 00:32:53,100 --> 00:32:57,300 Tamed and has been tamed by mankind but no human being can 391 00:32:57,300 --> 00:33:01,300 tame the tongue. It is a Restless evil full of 392 00:33:01,308 --> 00:33:04,800 deadly poison with it. We bless our Lord and father and 393 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:09,800 with it, we curse people who are made in the likeness of God for 394 00:33:10,100 --> 00:33:12,500 From the same mouth, come blessing and cursing. 395 00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:15,100 My brothers, these things out not to be so. 396 00:33:16,900 --> 00:33:20,900 There's a spring pour forth. The same opening from the same 397 00:33:20,900 --> 00:33:23,900 opening, both fresh and salt water, and a fig tree. 398 00:33:23,900 --> 00:33:26,600 My brother's bear olives or or Grapevine. 399 00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:29,300 Produced figs. Neither, can I Salt? 400 00:33:29,300 --> 00:33:35,000 Pond yield freshwater. This in verse 8, this word, West 401 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:37,400 Restless. When talks about a Restless 402 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:46,700 evil, the word Restless means unstable, who remembers What the 403 00:33:46,700 --> 00:33:50,800 person is called in James chapter 1 verses 5 through 8. 404 00:33:51,100 --> 00:33:55,100 The asked for wisdom, but didn't he has to believe not doubting 405 00:33:55,200 --> 00:34:01,800 because if he doubts He is unstable in all his ways. 406 00:34:02,500 --> 00:34:06,600 This is the same same, same thing here this Restless, it's 407 00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:12,600 an unstable nature. Someone lacking wisdom. 408 00:34:15,300 --> 00:34:18,600 They may have Earthly wisdom but they don't have Godly wisdom. 409 00:34:20,699 --> 00:34:24,500 So that the tongue is a Restless evil. 410 00:34:24,500 --> 00:34:32,100 It, someone that is unstable. And they, you can tell it by the 411 00:34:32,100 --> 00:34:37,100 words and this phrase, deadly, poison means they use words to 412 00:34:37,100 --> 00:34:46,500 hurt people. However, when you get on, in the 413 00:34:46,500 --> 00:34:53,300 verse 13, we get some. We get some good news here verse 414 00:34:53,300 --> 00:34:55,199 13. It says, who is wise and 415 00:34:55,199 --> 00:34:57,900 understanding among you by his Good Conduct. 416 00:34:57,900 --> 00:35:03,000 Let him show. His good works, show his works 417 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:08,700 and the meekness of wisdom, but if you have bitter jealousy, and 418 00:35:08,700 --> 00:35:11,700 you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, 419 00:35:11,700 --> 00:35:14,900 do not boast and be false to the truth. 420 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:20,200 This goes back to verse 1 here in chapter 3, that many of them 421 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:25,800 should not become teachers because they says, who is wise 422 00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:31,500 and understanding among you By his Good Conduct, let him show 423 00:35:31,500 --> 00:35:35,300 his Works. What works are those that is 424 00:35:35,300 --> 00:35:41,400 teaching God's word in the meekness of wisdom and this is 425 00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:45,200 that Godly wisdom that we can ask for according to James 426 00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:49,200 chapter 1. If you lack wisdom asked, and 427 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:53,900 God will give it to you liberally, A man, but we have to 428 00:35:53,900 --> 00:36:01,900 believe that. He goes on This Bitter, jealousy 429 00:36:01,900 --> 00:36:05,800 and selfish ambition in your hearts do not boast. 430 00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:10,700 Do not, do not try to lift yourself up, do not try to do 431 00:36:10,700 --> 00:36:14,200 not try to teach and be be false to the truth. 432 00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:18,200 He goes on, this is not the wisdom that comes down from 433 00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:22,800 above. But is Earthly unspiritual 434 00:36:23,300 --> 00:36:28,100 demonic for a jealousy and selfish ambition exist. 435 00:36:28,900 --> 00:36:33,300 There will be disorder and every vow practice. 436 00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:39,600 But the wisdom from above is first pure then Peaceable gentle 437 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:45,100 open to reason full of mercy and good fruits impartial and 438 00:36:45,100 --> 00:36:47,400 sincere. There's that word impartial 439 00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:51,300 again. And a harvest of righteousness, 440 00:36:51,300 --> 00:36:57,600 is sown in Peace by those who make peace verse 13. 441 00:36:57,600 --> 00:37:01,500 This speaks of the true God called teacher. 442 00:37:03,300 --> 00:37:07,900 That many were not up or not according to James chapter 3 443 00:37:07,900 --> 00:37:15,000 verse 1. These were people that did have. 444 00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:19,800 Bitterness and jealousy that did exist in their life. 445 00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:21,700 They should not teach others. Why? 446 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:26,000 Because if we have bitterness and jealousy, if I have 447 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:29,600 bitterness and jealousy in my heart, if I have selfish 448 00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:31,400 ambition, it's going to come out. 449 00:37:32,300 --> 00:37:36,300 In my speech, the way I talk to people and in my teaching. 450 00:37:36,900 --> 00:37:41,800 Amen. So we someone that has those 451 00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:47,200 things should not teach Paul instructed, you know, Timothy 452 00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:51,300 and Titus that when they were appointed Elders, you know, one 453 00:37:51,300 --> 00:37:54,900 of the things about the elders, one of the qualifications, you 454 00:37:54,908 --> 00:37:58,900 know, that he mentions is not having selfish ambition, you 455 00:37:58,900 --> 00:38:01,900 know, he's encouraging the elders, don't don't do it. 456 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:06,000 It for selfish ambition but do it as unto the Lord Do It 457 00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:12,500 willingly. I know I've used this analogy 458 00:38:12,500 --> 00:38:18,700 before, I usually Wednesday night in our conversation. when 459 00:38:18,700 --> 00:38:24,700 a person that aspires, This is the person that inspires to, to 460 00:38:24,700 --> 00:38:28,600 move up and God is is, you know, that's a worthy thing. 461 00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:32,700 We want to get closer to God. We want to be more christ-like. 462 00:38:32,700 --> 00:38:41,000 That is an inspiring though. But remember this, The higher, 463 00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:45,200 the monkey climbs in the tree. It is the easier it is to see. 464 00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:52,000 It's ugly behind So, the higher someone goes up. 465 00:38:53,100 --> 00:38:56,600 You know, Authority, the easier it is to see their bad nature, 466 00:38:57,600 --> 00:39:04,700 we can hide things for a while. But give give give people enough 467 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:08,700 Authority and your see, their nature, your see, their true 468 00:39:08,700 --> 00:39:14,000 nature, a man as Spider-Man says, you know, with with you 469 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:19,200 know, with, with great power comes great responsibility. 470 00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:23,800 You know, that was supposed to be funny. 471 00:39:25,700 --> 00:39:28,000 I'm not a funny guy. As you know, as you can see, 472 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:40,000 Verse 17. This is one of those holy butts 473 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:45,700 again, but this is one of God's but it's not not man's butts 474 00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:50,900 because as I've said before any time the word but is using 475 00:39:50,900 --> 00:39:54,100 scripture, when it comes to, when it comes to mankind, it's 476 00:39:54,100 --> 00:40:00,300 almost all the time - But anytime the word but is used in 477 00:40:00,300 --> 00:40:07,600 relation to God or his power or anything about God is always 478 00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:12,800 100% in the positive context. This is one of those Godly butts 479 00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:19,200 verse 17 but the wisdom from above is first pure then 480 00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:24,700 Peaceable gentle open to reason full of mercy and good fruits 481 00:40:25,100 --> 00:40:35,500 impartial and since Sear. Remember, Proverbs 18, 20 and 21 482 00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:41,500 that we eat the fruit of our lips and our stomachs will be 483 00:40:41,500 --> 00:40:45,700 full of the fruit of our lips. Instead of speaking out of 484 00:40:45,700 --> 00:40:49,100 anger, bitterness and jealousy in order to put others down and 485 00:40:49,100 --> 00:40:56,200 Elevate ourselves. We We will speak God's, we will 486 00:40:56,200 --> 00:41:01,000 speak words of Godly wisdom and not of our wisdom. 487 00:41:02,600 --> 00:41:07,100 And how things how we thinks that's good English. 488 00:41:07,100 --> 00:41:11,800 Thanks and how we think things should be. 489 00:41:13,700 --> 00:41:18,300 Amen. I know I have an opinion of how 490 00:41:18,300 --> 00:41:22,000 I think things should be. Amen. 491 00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:33,600 Many of times you many a times in my earlier, in our marriage. 492 00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:38,500 You know, my mouth got me, a logical. 493 00:41:38,500 --> 00:41:40,700 Still gets me in trouble. Amen. 494 00:41:43,100 --> 00:41:50,600 But you know, They're going to be nevermind. 495 00:41:50,700 --> 00:41:52,900 I'm not going to give you that. Okay? 496 00:41:53,500 --> 00:42:01,000 So Proverbs 4 verse 1, through 7. 497 00:42:03,100 --> 00:42:06,800 It says Hear o sons of Father's instruction and be attentive 498 00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:11,800 that you may gain site. For I give you good precepts. 499 00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:17,100 Do not forsake my teaching. When I was a son of my father 500 00:42:17,100 --> 00:42:20,900 tender, the only one in the side of my mother. 501 00:42:20,900 --> 00:42:23,300 He taught me and said to me, let your heart. 502 00:42:23,300 --> 00:42:27,200 Hold fast my words, keep my Commandments and live. 503 00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:30,100 Get wisdom. Get insight. 504 00:42:30,500 --> 00:42:32,800 Do not forget and do not turn away. 505 00:42:32,900 --> 00:42:37,600 Away from the words of my mouth. Do not forsake her speaking of 506 00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:41,300 wisdom and she will keep you love her. 507 00:42:41,300 --> 00:42:45,300 And she will guard you. The beginning of wisdom is this? 508 00:42:45,700 --> 00:42:49,600 Get wisdom, and whatever you get, you didn't cite. 509 00:42:52,600 --> 00:42:56,000 So controlling, our tongues learning the tame. 510 00:42:56,000 --> 00:43:05,100 Our tongues is directly linked to pray in for Godly wisdom. 511 00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:12,200 According to James chapter 1, Remember when you this is yes, 512 00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:14,900 this is chapter 3. But we have to take all this in 513 00:43:14,900 --> 00:43:19,600 context to everything. We've read up to this point It 514 00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:24,300 is directly linked to Godly wisdom that we can have that we 515 00:43:24,300 --> 00:43:27,800 can ask for and God and James says, he'll give it to us, 516 00:43:28,100 --> 00:43:31,400 liberally. Whoever asked he'll give it to 517 00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:36,000 you. But don't ask doubting because 518 00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:38,900 you're like, a way wave tossed to and fro at you. 519 00:43:39,200 --> 00:43:42,300 He's an unstable person and Bible says, don't let that 520 00:43:42,300 --> 00:43:45,100 person think they're ever receive anything. 521 00:43:45,100 --> 00:43:52,200 From God, and that unstableness will lead us. 522 00:43:53,900 --> 00:43:56,400 To not being able to control all words. 523 00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:03,300 It's Earthly wisdom. It's unspiritual, it's demonic. 524 00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:08,300 The scripture says But Godly wisdom. 525 00:44:11,100 --> 00:44:20,100 It says pure. he man says it's pure then Peaceable gentle open 526 00:44:20,100 --> 00:44:25,700 to reason full of mercy and good fruits impartial and sincere and 527 00:44:25,700 --> 00:44:32,600 we can receive Harvest of Peace when we make peace. 528 00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:34,800 Amen. There. 529 00:44:34,800 --> 00:44:42,000 That's that's one of the What you sow, you shall Reap is one 530 00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:51,000 of the one of God's laws. That will never never go away. 531 00:44:53,600 --> 00:44:58,200 Other things will go and pass, but that law will never whatever 532 00:44:58,200 --> 00:45:03,400 we so we're going to read Amen. We sow Discord. 533 00:45:03,500 --> 00:45:07,400 We're going to get Discord back. We so piece, we're going to get 534 00:45:07,400 --> 00:45:08,400 piece back. Amen. 535 00:45:13,500 --> 00:45:17,700 So in closing this morning, I want you to. 536 00:45:22,700 --> 00:45:26,300 You realize that through the trials and sufferings that we go 537 00:45:26,300 --> 00:45:31,600 through, they help us to gain the wisdom to use our words 538 00:45:31,600 --> 00:45:35,300 correctly. Trials and sufferings are a part 539 00:45:35,300 --> 00:45:38,300 of our journey, our quest to tame our tongues. 540 00:45:39,100 --> 00:45:43,400 If we were allow them, they will Propel us on our life's journey 541 00:45:44,100 --> 00:45:48,300 of being a doer of God's word and not a hearer only. 542 00:45:48,300 --> 00:45:51,800 Amen. The stand this morning. 543 00:45:54,900 --> 00:45:59,600 Hallelujah. Let's, let's, let's bow our 544 00:45:59,600 --> 00:46:04,800 heads and let us pray. Father. 545 00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:10,600 I just thank you for your word. Father, I thank you that threw 546 00:46:10,600 --> 00:46:13,900 you to the power of the holy spirit that we can tame our 547 00:46:13,900 --> 00:46:19,000 tongues, we can get better. Help us to think about what 548 00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:22,600 we're thinking about. Father, help us to use our words 549 00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:26,200 correctly. Father, help us to lay down our 550 00:46:26,200 --> 00:46:31,100 pride or bitterness or jealousy. Father, help us to speak words 551 00:46:31,100 --> 00:46:34,900 that lift up, instead of tearing down, help us to be an 552 00:46:34,900 --> 00:46:42,800 encourager. father, help us to be that one that people seek us 553 00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:45,300 out. When they're going through 554 00:46:45,700 --> 00:46:50,000 struggles, when they're going through, trials of Life, father. 555 00:46:52,700 --> 00:46:58,900 When they just have a bad day. We're the ones that they text or 556 00:46:58,900 --> 00:47:03,100 call because they know that they're going to get up lifted 557 00:47:03,100 --> 00:47:08,000 from us. Father help us to be doers of 558 00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:12,200 your word by speaking words that are pure Peaceable in general. 559 00:47:13,600 --> 00:47:15,600 Father, help us to be open to reason. 560 00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:19,500 Help us to be full of mercy and good fruits. 561 00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:24,500 Help us to be impartial. Help us to be sincere. 562 00:47:24,500 --> 00:47:30,900 Father. Father help us to sew. 563 00:47:32,600 --> 00:47:38,100 Goodness. Gentleness humbleness, peace. 564 00:47:42,700 --> 00:47:47,000 so, father of that, we can reap that in return. 565 00:47:48,300 --> 00:47:55,500 Father, I just ask that. Father, I know we're all on 566 00:47:55,500 --> 00:48:02,100 different levels. Father, I just ask her, whatever 567 00:48:02,100 --> 00:48:05,800 level we are at in this place this morning that you were help 568 00:48:05,800 --> 00:48:10,800 us. To gain more control, over the 569 00:48:10,800 --> 00:48:12,500 words that come out of our mouths. 570 00:48:13,700 --> 00:48:18,000 Father, help us to be quick to here, to here with with the 571 00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:21,100 intent of understanding, not just the here. 572 00:48:22,500 --> 00:48:26,300 Just enough to so that we have our rebuttal ready. 573 00:48:27,900 --> 00:48:30,900 Because we think our way is better. 574 00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:38,900 We think I'm always right. father, help us to look at your 575 00:48:38,900 --> 00:48:47,100 word as our only Authority father, Father, help us to live 576 00:48:47,100 --> 00:48:51,800 lives, that are worthy of you. Help us to walk. 577 00:48:51,800 --> 00:48:54,500 Worthy of your calling to love one. 578 00:48:54,500 --> 00:49:00,900 Another And father, I give you honor and glory and praise. 579 00:49:01,600 --> 00:49:02,100 Amen.