"You Are What You Say You Are!"
August 29/30, 2015 Pastor Andrew Shod
Nowhere is the relationship between faith and works more evident than in a person’s speech.
You are what you say you are.
Proverbs 18:12 NIV
Proverbs 18:12 MSG
James 3:1-12 NIV
Genesis 3:1-5, 9- 13 MSG
Five reasons to control our tongue.
1. Our tongue can condemn.
James 3:1-2a NASB
Matt 28:18-20
James 1:26 NIV
What you are will inevitably be disclosed by what you say.
2. Our tongue can control
James 3:2b-5a NASB
Psalm 39:1 NIV
Philippians 4:8 NIV
What you focus on you FUEL.
Ephesians 4:29-30
A transformed nature will produce transformed behavior.
3. Our tongue is like a spark
James 3:5b-6 NASB
Lies ALWAYS get bigger, they never get smaller
Proverbs 12:22 NIV
Sin comes to you small, but it desires to become great.
Proverbs 16:28 NIV
4. Our tongue cannot be tamed.
James 3:7-8 NASB
Ezekiel 36:27 NIV
Am I living under the influence (of sin) or am I dwelling in His presence?
If you want control you have to give control to the only one big enough to hold the remote.
5. Our tongue is not trustworthy.
James 3:9-12 NASB
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV
Ducks QUACK; eagles SOAR.
Choose what you'll BE KNOWN FOR.