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Two weeks ago we looked at the passage where James exhorts us to walk the walk, don’t just talk the talk.
It was a challenge to integrity.
Correct speech is profitless without correct actions.
Our works or actions prove our faith to be living, genuine.
Conversely if someone has correct speech but no works then that person proves to have a dead, useless faith.
James is sharing this particularly in a context where some believers are in extreme poverty yet are not being practically helped by their fellow believers.
Two weeks ago, we looked at the passage where James exhorts us to walk the walk, not just talk the talk.
It was a challenge to integrity.
Correct speech is profitless without correct actions.
Our works or actions prove our faith to be living, genuine.
Conversely if someone has correct speech but no works then that person proves to have a dead, useless faith.
James shared this in a particular context where some believers are in extreme poverty yet are not being practically helped by their fellow believers.
Words are powerful.
Anyone of you here could walk up to me and just devastate me by something you say.
Also true anyone of you could walk up to me tonight when the service is over and just absolutely make my day by saying something.
Isn’t it crazy that each one of you has so much power to do that to me through your words?
Words are powerful.
Anyone of you here could walk up to me and just devastate me by something you say.
Also true anyone of you could walk up to me tonight when the service is over and just absolutely make my day by saying something.
Isn’t it crazy that each one of you has so much power to do that to me through your words?
We also looked at the words of Jesus in the Gospel according to Matthew, speaking of the Day of Judgment, the separating of the sheep and the goats.
The sheep or true followers of Jesus were recognized by their works.
Likewise, the goats or false believers were recognized by their lack of works.
We also looked at the words of Jesus in the Gospel according to Matthew, speaking of the Day of Judgment, the separating of the sheep and the goats.
The sheep or true followers of Jesus were recognized by their works.
Likewise, the goats or false believers were recognized by their lack of works.
Now I want to ask you, do you know the difference between a handgun and a shotgun?
A handgun shoots one bullet at a time.
But a shotgun fires lots of smaller pellets all at once.
The destructive capability is much much greater with a shotgun.
Now I want to ask you, do you know the difference between a handgun and a shotgun?
A handgun shoots one bullet at a time.
But a shotgun fires lots of smaller pellets all at once.
The destructive capability is much much greater with a shotgun.
Today we look at the next part of James letter.
Here he says that being controlled in our speech is a great challenge that all believers face.
He makes clear that the tongue although physically small has a great impact.
Today we look at the next part of James letter.
Here he says that being controlled in our speech is a great challenge that all believers face.
He makes clear that the tongue although physically small has a great impact.
And that gives us an image to understand what James starts off by saying here.
Each one of you here is armed with a handgun.
We have this incredible power to shoot and injury someone, maybe even critically, with our words.
Are you with me so far?
But when you get up before people as a teacher your handgun gets turned into a shotgun.
Because now the words that you speak are able to hit many targets all at once.
That’s an even greater responsibility!
That has to be taken seriously!
And that gives us an image to understand what James starts off by saying here.
Each one of you here is armed with a handgun.
We have this incredible power to shoot and injury someone, maybe even critically, with our words.
Are you with me so far?
But when you get up before people as a teacher your handgun gets turned into a shotgun.
Because now the words that you speak are able to hit many targets all at once.
That’s an even greater responsibility!
That has to be taken seriously!
James continues on to point out the great destructive potential of the tongue.
He points out that while humans have been able to dominate or subdue all the wild beasts of the earth their own tongue remains the most difficult of wild things to tame.
James continues on to point out the great destructive potential of the tongue.
He writes that while humans have been able to dominate or subdue all the wild beasts of the earth, their own tongue remains the most difficult of wild things to tame.
When I prepare a message for you I take a lot of time in preparation.
I’ll try to spend at least 20 hours preparing.
That’s prayer, that’s listening to the Lord, that’s thinking, and that’s a LOT of studying the Bible and various commentaries.
Not to mention actually beginning to write it all down to plan what to say to work out what illustrations might be relevant, effective, and interesting.
Teaching is a responsibility that shouldn’t be taken lightly.
And when I get up in front of you there’s like these mixed feelings I get.
When I prepare a message for you I take a lot of time in preparation.
I’ll try to spend at least 20 hours preparing.
That’s prayer, that’s listening to the Lord, that’s thinking, and that’s a LOT of studying the Bible and various commentaries.
Not to mention actually beginning to write it all down to plan what to say to work out what illustrations might be relevant, effective, and interesting.
Teaching is a responsibility that shouldn’t be taken lightly.
And when I get up in front of you there’s like these mixed feelings I get.
In context James is addressing two issues.
In context James is addressing two issues.
Because on the one hand I love sharing God’s word.
And it’s one of my greatest joys in life when I can see people ‘get it’, when they hear God speaking to them and they respond, they change, they grow!
Because on the one hand I love sharing God’s word.
And it’s one of my greatest joys in life when I can see people ‘get it’, when they hear God speaking to them and they respond, they change, they grow!
First, that not many should set their ambitions on being teachers.
Because of their status and position teachers’ speech has even greater impact and influence, yet the speech of the believers is still not controlled.
First, that not many should set their ambitions on being teachers.
Because of their status and position teachers’ speech has broad and powerful impact and influence, yet the speech of these believers were still not under control.
But on the other hand there’s a fear that I have too.
Yes I took my time to prepare responsibly and yes I’m going to preach what I believe the Lord told me.
But what if I get it wrong?
What if I heard wrong?
What if I made a mistake in my research and preparation?
A few wrong words can cause great injury.
How will I answer to you?
How will I answer to God?
But on the other hand there’s a fear that I have too.
Yes I took my time to prepare responsibly and yes I’m going to preach what I believe the Lord told me.
But what if I get it wrong?
What if I heard wrong?
What if I made a mistake in my research and preparation?
A few wrong words can cause great injury.
How will I answer to you?
How will I answer to God?
Secondly, the church body as a whole, not just those whose ambition is to be teachers, are still unstable in their speech, sometimes cursing and sometime blessing.
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