Watch Your Mouth! (4 of 7)
Series: Proverbs: Wisdom for Living
Jim Perdue
Proverbs 17-18
We are studying the book of Proverbs on Sunday mornings in a sermon series called Walking in Wisdom. Today, from Proverbs 17-18, we’re talking about the sermon subject, Watch Your Mouth! Remember, for the purposes of our study, wisdom is the supernatural ability to see life from God’s perspective. (ON SCREEN) And we all need wisdom! Especially when it comes to our words.
We live in a world of words. They can be used to make things clear or make things confusing, to make things helpful or to make them hurtful. The one who uses words wisely can accomplish great things, and the one who uses them foolishly can destroy great things. The book of Proverbs makes reference to the power of speech some 90 times. How we speak is definitely one of the most frequently mentioned topics in the entire book. Perhaps the most telling verse in all the book is Proverbs 18:21. READ Proverbs 18:21. When something has the power of death and life, depending on how it is used, we must use it wisely.
Proverbs 6:16-19 contains a list of seven things God hates, and three of them have to do with the tongue: ‘‘A lying tongue, bearing false witness, [and] sowing discord.’’ (ON SCREEN) Everyone has learned the hard way how the tongue seems to have a mind of its own, acting unpredictably in the most inopportune places. Just when we think we have it under control, it proves us wrong.
*The story is told of a prosecuting attorney in a small-town courthouse called his first witness, an elderly woman, to the stand. He approached her and asked, ‘‘Mrs. Jones, do you know me?’’ She responded, ‘‘Why, yes, I do know you, Mr. Williams. I’ve known you since you were a young boy. And, frankly, you’ve been a big disappointment to me. You lie, you cheat, you manipulate people and talk about them behind their backs. You think you’re a rising big shot, but you haven’t the brains to realize you will never amou ...
Series: Proverbs: Wisdom for Living
Jim Perdue
Proverbs 17-18
We are studying the book of Proverbs on Sunday mornings in a sermon series called Walking in Wisdom. Today, from Proverbs 17-18, we’re talking about the sermon subject, Watch Your Mouth! Remember, for the purposes of our study, wisdom is the supernatural ability to see life from God’s perspective. (ON SCREEN) And we all need wisdom! Especially when it comes to our words.
We live in a world of words. They can be used to make things clear or make things confusing, to make things helpful or to make them hurtful. The one who uses words wisely can accomplish great things, and the one who uses them foolishly can destroy great things. The book of Proverbs makes reference to the power of speech some 90 times. How we speak is definitely one of the most frequently mentioned topics in the entire book. Perhaps the most telling verse in all the book is Proverbs 18:21. READ Proverbs 18:21. When something has the power of death and life, depending on how it is used, we must use it wisely.
Proverbs 6:16-19 contains a list of seven things God hates, and three of them have to do with the tongue: ‘‘A lying tongue, bearing false witness, [and] sowing discord.’’ (ON SCREEN) Everyone has learned the hard way how the tongue seems to have a mind of its own, acting unpredictably in the most inopportune places. Just when we think we have it under control, it proves us wrong.
*The story is told of a prosecuting attorney in a small-town courthouse called his first witness, an elderly woman, to the stand. He approached her and asked, ‘‘Mrs. Jones, do you know me?’’ She responded, ‘‘Why, yes, I do know you, Mr. Williams. I’ve known you since you were a young boy. And, frankly, you’ve been a big disappointment to me. You lie, you cheat, you manipulate people and talk about them behind their backs. You think you’re a rising big shot, but you haven’t the brains to realize you will never amou ...
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