James 3:6 The tongue is like a fire. It is a world of evil among the parts of our body. It spreads its evil through our whole body and starts a fire that influences all of life. It gets this fire from hell.
Controlling the tongue is important to control the damage that it may cause. The fire of spoken evil words can spread through your whole body and damage others. The fire of the tongue is from hell. Hell is described as a place of flaming fire and a place of utter darkness and torment. We do not want to go there. Jesus gave his life and took it up again on the third day to pay the price for the darkness in our souls. Come to Jesus and ask for forgiveness of your sins. Instead of words to damage, we then shall speak good words, encouraging words of life.
Mat 15:18 But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person.
Mat 15:19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.
Mat 15:20 These are what defile a person. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone.”
Psa 119:11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
I remember a pastor who was helping with a building project. He was driving a nail with a hammer and he struck his finger. He responded "will someone say the appropriate words?" Now that is restraint. I probably would have failed that test. Lord help us all with our words. May we bless others and have no dark words to divide and make sad. Let us be a source of love and kindness.
(Better put that hammer away?)
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