The Tongue is a Fire | Bob Wriedt | James 3:5b-12
James 3 is about the tongue - how powerful our tongues are, what they're capable of, and how difficult they are to tame.
A couple of weeks ago, I challenged you to complete a "Tongue Test," and observe how often you engage in each of the following:
1. Complaining
2. Boasting
3. Gossiping
4. Running another down
5. Excusing yourself
6. Silence instead of encouraging another
How did that "Tongue Test" go? This week's sermon is designed to pick up where we left off after the tongue test. In light of what this test helps us recognize about our own tongue, what should we do in response?
Looking forward to seeing you all on Sunday at Grace.
In Christ,
Pastor Bob
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James 3: 5b-12
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. 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.