Gossip Is Easy To Say
Ephesians 4:13-32
Gossip Defined
Gossip Defined
• Idle Talk
• Rumors that Harm
• Unverified Reports that Hurt
Saying Something Bad About
Somebody Is Wrong?
Saying Something Bad About
Somebody Is Wrong?
Galatians 2:11-13
Saying Something Bad About
Somebody Is Wrong?
Galatians 2:11-13
Matthew 16:1-11
Saying Something Bad About
Somebody Is Wrong?
Galatians 2:11-13
Matthew 16:1-11
2 Timothy 4:10, 14-16
Why Then Is Gossip Wrong?
Why Then Is Gossip Wrong?
God Says So.
Gossiping is Wrong
“Let no corrupt communication proceed out of
your mouth, but that which is good to the use
of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the
hearers. And grieve not the Holy Spirit of
God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of
redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and
anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put
away from you, with all malice: And be ye
kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving
one another, even as God for Christ's sake
hath forgiven you.”
Eph 4:29-32
Gossiping is Wrong
“As newborn babes desire the sincere
milk of the Word, that you may grow
thereby.”
1 Pet 2:2
Gossiping is Wrong
“. . . laying aside all malice, all deceit,
hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking,
as newborn babes, desire the pure milk
of the word, that you may grow thereby,
if indeed you have tasted that the Lord
is gracious.”
1 Pet 2:1-3
Gossiping is Wrong
“. . . laying aside all malice, all deceit,
hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking,
as newborn babes, desire the pure milk
of the word, that you may grow thereby,
if indeed you have tasted that the Lord
is gracious.”
1 Pet 2:1-3
The Lord is so gracious.
The Lord is so gracious.
Like Him, I impart grace.
“Speech with grace . . .”
The Lord is so gracious.
Like Him, I impart grace.
I offer sacrifices acceptable to
God.
The Lord is so gracious.
Like Him, I impart grace.
I offer sacrifices acceptable to
God.
I can __________.
Results of Gossip
Results of Gossip
•Turmoil in the Church, 2 Cor 12:19,20
Results of Gossip
•Turmoil in the Church, 2 Cor 12:19,20
•Separation in Friends, Prov 16:28
Results of Gossip
•Turmoil in the Church, 2 Cor 12:19,20
•Separation in Friends, Prov 16:28
•Ugly Words, Ugly Actions, 2 Cor 12:19,20
Results of Gossip
•Turmoil in the Church, 2 Cor 12:19,20
•Separation in Friends, Prov 16:28
•Ugly Words, Ugly Actions, 2 Cor 12:19,20
Col 3:17
Why Do We Gossip?
Why Do We Gossip?
Why Do We Gossip?
• We are Great
Why Do We Gossip?
• We are Great
III John 9-11
Why Do We Gossip?
• We are Great
III John 9-11
• We Want to
Cover Ourselves
Why Do We Gossip?
• We are Great
III John 9-11
• We Want to
Cover Ourselves
John 12:5
Why Do We Gossip?
• We are Great
III John 9-11
• We Want to
Cover Ourselves
John 12:5
Luke 10:29
Why Do We Gossip?
• We are Great
III John 9-11
• We Want to
Cover Ourselves
John 12:5
Luke 10:29
• Malice
Why Do We Gossip?
• We are Great
III John 9-11
• We Want to
Cover Ourselves
John 12:5
Luke 10:29
• Malice
James 3:6
How Can I Keep From Gossiping?
How Can I Keep From Gossiping?
• James 3:1,2,10
How Can I Keep From Gossiping?
• James 3:1,2,10
How Can I Keep From Gossiping?
• James 3:1,2,10
• Matthew 7:12
How Can I Keep From Gossiping?
• James 3:1,2,10
• Matthew 7:12
• Eph 4:31,32
How Can I Keep From Gossiping?
• James 3:1,2,10
• Matthew 7:12
• Eph 4:31,32
“Forgive as God, for
Christ’s sake,
forgave you.”
How God Forgave You . . .
Christ became “a merciful
and faithful High Priest in
things pertaining to God,
to make propitiation for
the sins of the people.”
Heb 2:17
How God Forgave You . . .
“For I will be merciful to
their unrighteousness,
and their sins and their
iniquities will I remember
no more.”
Heb 8:12
How Can I Keep From Gossiping?
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James 3:1,2,10
Matthew 7:12
Eph 4:31,32
James 1:19 –
Be Slow
How Do I Protect Myself
from the World’s Gossip?
How Do I Protect Myself
from the World’s Gossip?
How Do I Protect Myself
from the World’s Gossip?
I Peter 3:13-16
How Do I Protect Myself
from the World’s Gossip?
I Peter 3:13-16
I Peter 2:11-13
How Do I Protect Myself
from the World’s Gossip?
I Peter 3:13-16
I Peter 2:11-13
Good Conscience
Good Works
Till we all come in the unity of the faith,
and of the knowledge of the Son of God,
unto a perfect man,
unto the measure of the stature of Christ’s fulness:
That we henceforth be no more children,
tossed to and fro,
and carried about with every wind of doctrine,
by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness,
whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
But speaking the truth in love,
may grow up into Him in all things,
which is the Head,
even Christ