YOUR WORDS CAN HELP OR HARM OTHERS
BY PAT GULLEY
Prov 25:11
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. (KJV)
It is a wise person who knows how to guard their mouth and speak forth words that help others and do them no harm.. I love this Psalm of David that tells us a word spoken at the proper time can be compared to a picture of beauty. It is a beautiful thing to be able to bless others with our words. It is an ugly thing to harm someone with our words.
The Apostle James tells Christians that human beings will offend others in many different and various ways. But if we would learn not to offend with our words, we would be accounted as mature adults and would also be able to keep our whole body under subjection
James 3:2
For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. (KJV)
He goes on to tell us that it is impossible for the tongue of fallen human beings to be tamed by the carnal nature of man. It is then that we realize that those who are born-again by the blood and body of Jesus Christ have the Spirit of Christ dwelling within our new hearts thus giving us the power or ability to bridle the tongue and choose our own words.
The Lord Jesus told His Disciples just before returning to Heaven that there were certain signs that would follow those who believed in Him. (Mk 16:17) One of those signs is speaking with a new tongue. It is obvious that out of the abundance of our heart the mouth speaks.
Matt 12:34-35
(34) O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
(35) A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. (KJV)
It is also obvious that when a person's heart is washed in the blood of Jesus and is made clean, then his tongue is also made clean. The one thing a person looks for in a new Christian is the cleaning up of the mouth. That is the first thing I noticed about myself after being born again. I marveled at the words of life that flowed out of me. If I heard the words from the "old me" spewing forth, I felt bad and immediately asked the Lord to forgive me. I hated it when I said anything that made someone sad or unhappy.
The people most harmed by our tongue are our loved ones. Sometimes we say things that tear them down instead of words that build them up. If we begin at home to say words that are like apples of gold in pictures of silver, we will be surprised at how happy and peaceful our lives will become and how loving and forgiving our children, parents, husbands or wives will be towards us and toward one another.
BY PAT GULLEY
Prov 25:11
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. (KJV)
It is a wise person who knows how to guard their mouth and speak forth words that help others and do them no harm.. I love this Psalm of David that tells us a word spoken at the proper time can be compared to a picture of beauty. It is a beautiful thing to be able to bless others with our words. It is an ugly thing to harm someone with our words.
The Apostle James tells Christians that human beings will offend others in many different and various ways. But if we would learn not to offend with our words, we would be accounted as mature adults and would also be able to keep our whole body under subjection
James 3:2
For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. (KJV)
He goes on to tell us that it is impossible for the tongue of fallen human beings to be tamed by the carnal nature of man. It is then that we realize that those who are born-again by the blood and body of Jesus Christ have the Spirit of Christ dwelling within our new hearts thus giving us the power or ability to bridle the tongue and choose our own words.
The Lord Jesus told His Disciples just before returning to Heaven that there were certain signs that would follow those who believed in Him. (Mk 16:17) One of those signs is speaking with a new tongue. It is obvious that out of the abundance of our heart the mouth speaks.
Matt 12:34-35
(34) O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
(35) A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. (KJV)
It is also obvious that when a person's heart is washed in the blood of Jesus and is made clean, then his tongue is also made clean. The one thing a person looks for in a new Christian is the cleaning up of the mouth. That is the first thing I noticed about myself after being born again. I marveled at the words of life that flowed out of me. If I heard the words from the "old me" spewing forth, I felt bad and immediately asked the Lord to forgive me. I hated it when I said anything that made someone sad or unhappy.
The people most harmed by our tongue are our loved ones. Sometimes we say things that tear them down instead of words that build them up. If we begin at home to say words that are like apples of gold in pictures of silver, we will be surprised at how happy and peaceful our lives will become and how loving and forgiving our children, parents, husbands or wives will be towards us and toward one another.
posted by Metamora Patter at 11/25/2005 03:01:00 PM
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