Watch Your Mouth! (7 of 14)
Series: James: When Faith Works
Jim Perdue
James 3:1-12
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Intro/Attention
This morning we continue a sermon series I'm calling When Faith Works. James gets very practical as we come to chapter 3. He's showing us what our lives look like when we have a genuine relationship with Jesus Christ and he wants to make sure we remember, genuine faith leads to godly behavior.
And on of the most important areas where our relationship with Christ should influence our behavior is when it comes to our speech. James mentions the ''tongue'' in every section of this short letter. In 1:26 he says, ''If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue...this person's religion is worthless.'' (ON SCREEN) In 2:12 he says, ''So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty.'' (ON SCREEN) In 4:11 he says, ''Do not speak evil against one another, brothers.'' (ON SCREEN) And in 5:12 he encourages us to let our words be true, ''Let your 'yes' be yes and your 'no' be no...'' (ON SCREEN)
Do you get the point? What you say reveals a lot about you - about your faith, about your walk with Christ, and about your relationship with the Lord. And here in James 3:1-12, we discover James' most extensive teaching about the tongue. As we read this text, I want us to learn some important spiritual truths about our speech. READ TEXT
It's estimated that the average person spends at least one-fifth of his or her life talking. Ordinarily, in a single day enough words are used to fill a 50-page book. In one year's time the average person's words would fill 132 books, each containing 400 pages. I don't know if those books would be worth reading our not. But I do know that's a lot of words.*
*I heard about a husband who read an article to his wife A husband read an article to his wife about how women use 30,000 words a day to a man's 15,000. The wife replied, ''That's because we have to repeat everything to men.'' The hus ...
Series: James: When Faith Works
Jim Perdue
James 3:1-12
?
Intro/Attention
This morning we continue a sermon series I'm calling When Faith Works. James gets very practical as we come to chapter 3. He's showing us what our lives look like when we have a genuine relationship with Jesus Christ and he wants to make sure we remember, genuine faith leads to godly behavior.
And on of the most important areas where our relationship with Christ should influence our behavior is when it comes to our speech. James mentions the ''tongue'' in every section of this short letter. In 1:26 he says, ''If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue...this person's religion is worthless.'' (ON SCREEN) In 2:12 he says, ''So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty.'' (ON SCREEN) In 4:11 he says, ''Do not speak evil against one another, brothers.'' (ON SCREEN) And in 5:12 he encourages us to let our words be true, ''Let your 'yes' be yes and your 'no' be no...'' (ON SCREEN)
Do you get the point? What you say reveals a lot about you - about your faith, about your walk with Christ, and about your relationship with the Lord. And here in James 3:1-12, we discover James' most extensive teaching about the tongue. As we read this text, I want us to learn some important spiritual truths about our speech. READ TEXT
It's estimated that the average person spends at least one-fifth of his or her life talking. Ordinarily, in a single day enough words are used to fill a 50-page book. In one year's time the average person's words would fill 132 books, each containing 400 pages. I don't know if those books would be worth reading our not. But I do know that's a lot of words.*
*I heard about a husband who read an article to his wife A husband read an article to his wife about how women use 30,000 words a day to a man's 15,000. The wife replied, ''That's because we have to repeat everything to men.'' The hus ...
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