A Sure Pathway To Living An Overcoming Christian Life.
The Expected Christian Life and Description
Bible Text: PROVERB 28:21 | PSALM 14:13
INTRODUCTION
Our tongue is the most powerful part of our physical body. What the trigger is to a gun is what our tongue is to our lives. All through the scriptures the Bible makes it very clear that we must be careful how we use our tongue. Why? How you use your tongue or how others use their tongue against you will either make or break you l. Today, we shall be looking at the strategic nature of our tongue and how we can overcome problems associated with the wrong use of our tongue and develop a spirit controlled tongue.
Let us look at what the Bible has to say about the tongue
1. Your tongue devises destruction like a sharp razor working deceitfully. psalm 52:2.
2. Keep your tongue from evil and your lip from speaking deceit Psalm 34: 13.
3. The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom and his tongue talks of justice Psalm 37:30.
4. Whoever guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from trouble. Pro 21:23.
WAYS WE USE OUR TONGUE
* Your tongue can be used in two ways, for life or death. You can use it to save or you can use it to condemn. You need to realise however if God did not speak, darkness would have remained.
* THE USE OF YOUR TONGUE NEGATIVELY/DEATH
* Lying against people out of envy or bitterness just to bring them down whether they have offended you or not
* Speaking negatively about yourselves in difficult situations, such as this problem will kill me, I don’t think I can make it, I am finished, I am doomed.
* Cursing people who offended you
* Speaking down on people to others because they appear to be more successful than you.
* Speaking evil of people publicly or privately on matters you know little or nothing about Jude 1:10, 1Pet3:10
Biblical examples of people or nations whose lives were messed up as a result of how they used their tongue or how others used their tongue against them.
1. The strife of tongue made Jacob to unknowingly place a curse on his wife Rachel Gen31:32
2. The strife of tongue made Joseph give a bad report about his brothers to his father Gen 37:2 this was the root of Joseph’s trouble and 13years crisis.
3. The strife of tongue made Potiphar’s wife lie against Joseph Gen39:16-19
4. The strife of tongue made the Israelites to write themselves off and call themselves grasshopper Num 13:33, Num14:28
5. God was angry with Jobs friends for how they used their mouths. Job 42:7-9
6. The strife of the tongue made Haman speak evil of Mordecai to the king. Esther 3:8 .
Example of people who used their tongue in positive ways
1. Paul known as the greatest missionary praised God even when he was suffering.
2. The virtuous woman in Pro31. This woman opened her mouth with wisdom and on her tongue is the law of kindness Pro31:26 Eph 4:29
3. Caleb and Joshua came with a good report when others were destroyed in the wilderness they were saved.
