Repent of Words
A Sharp Weapon and
a Fierce Battle Plan for Casting “the Fool” And His
Words far from our Hearts!
Josiahs Scott,
Josiahs@trueconnection.org,
www.TrueConnection.org
11/25/05;
11/4/07; 3/10/10-4/17/10; 4/23/10 (versions A-C); 4/29/10; 5/3-5/4/10;
6/15-6/19/10; 8/27/10; 10/29/10-11/2/10; 12/2/10; 12/8/10; 1/24/11-1/25/11;
2/18/11; 8/3/11; 10/12/11
>> you will never again open your mouth
>> when God punishes evil people for injustice, the righteous
do not cast in their fool-heart opinion and commentary on the situation, but it
says…
Amo_5:13-14 CAB
Therefore the prudent shall be silent
at that time; for it is a time of evils.
14 Seek good, and not evil, that you may
live; and so the Lord God Almighty shall be with you, as you have said,
– this might go good with facebook &
blogs
>> no gossip – see: privacy policy
>> No Hearsay
(fables)
There was a time when
Europeans thought that Elephants had no knees, and this was quickly repeated
and no one thought that it was necessary to go and look at an elephant before
quickly turning around and repeating this myth as fact in books and
publications.
But the Bible has been
speaking against this all along.
This is the same as
gossip, except you are not talking about a person, yet you are still repeating
unconfirmed information which is the same integrity breach that makes people
gossip.
Just because you heard
someone else say it does not mean that you have been commissioned with this
‘quick knowledge’ to go and spread it to others
11/7/11
Understanding = Calm
spirit
Cheap shots...
Jesus frequently did not
answer people
- man
with possessed daughter
- woman
taken in adultery (Joh 8)
- two
blind men
- Moc
trial (already listed
- He did not open His
mouth (Isa 52/ 53)
Compare
- woman
at the well
- some
discussions with Pharisees
--
Even the apostate Jews at
the end of the book of Acts listened to Paul before rejecting the truth.
Today's generations are so entrenched in obstenant
foolishness that we won't even stop to hear something before we
pridefully and confidently think we know enough to
reject it. We are not quicker learners than the ancients. Historically
speaking, we are obviously degrading in our thought capacity. We have no right
to be quicker to answer in our lazy and mindless age than the ancients who knew
far more than we do.
The apostate Jews of
Paul's day had more integrity and honor than virtually all the pastors today
have, because we will not so much has have enough honor and humiility
to stop to listen to a word before foolishly answering and rejecting it.
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No ones
blood will be on my hands who stubornly
continues to talk and refuses to repent of words
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--
In our culture we are all
like rude radio show hosts who pretend to extend honor when inviting guests
onto our show, only to rudely cut them short of answering by demanding short
quick and stimulating answers. Anything is slower than what our entertainment
crimes are used to are quickly disrespected and set aside for more fast-passed
entertainment and stimulation.
this rude mockery of communication is wicked and needs repentance to
live.
>> When to end philubustering
- Moses said to stop up
ears and don’t listen to false prophet
- Psa – ‘stops up his ears
from hearing of blood’
There are times to ‘stop
up the [sinning] mouth’ of a philabuster and to ‘not
hear such a one’ any more, *but we need to realize that this is *after* we have
heard what he represents and even more so we need to realize that this is the
last resort when it has come to the point of needing to “reject” such a one.
>> Darkens my
council ... Words without knowledge
>> What does it look
like to finally repent of words?
...then you will be
ashamed and never again open your mouth...
>> I might want to
move Jesus’ Silence into this bbs
>> do I have the
filibuster ref ( he who hears him will listen to no
end...)
>> Isa 50:4 – in season means it is
not the default
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster
>> http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/filibuster
Isa_6:5-8 CAB
And I said, Woe is me, for I am pricked to the
heart; for being a man, and having unclean lips, I dwell in the midst of a
people having unclean lips; and I have seen with my eyes the King, the Lord of
hosts. 6 Then
one of the seraphim was sent to me, and he had in his hand a coal which he had
taken off the altar with the tongs; 7 and he touched my mouth and said, Behold,
this has touched your lips, and will take away your iniquities, and will purge
off your sins. 8 And I heard the voice of the Lord,
saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go to this people? And I said, behold,
I am here, send me. And He said,
Go, and say to this people,
- Mouth cleaning before commissioning
- But we just want to go out and speak and do not care that we
are still defiled… it proves that we must not have seen God at all if we are
willing to do this
This is a
companion Bible study with the Bible studies entitled, “Absolute Truth” and “Embrace Dialogue”
(unfinished).
Contents
Purpose. 2
Introduction. 2
It is time to Repent of the
Religion that Indulges. 2
Should
We Go on Talking? – Let us Instead Fear God! 2
Test Your own Salvation. 2
We Still Need to Be Saved. 3
If in Some Way. 3
The End of your Faith. 3
Full Reward. 3
Righteous Scarcely Saved. 3
You and I still Need the Gospel 3
Fear and Trembling Before the
Corinthians. 3
Work Out Salvation With Fear
And Trembling. 4
Calling and Election. 4
Confidence. 5
All Words Come from the Heart 5
One of The Bible’s Main
Descriptions of Bad Confidence. 5
Confidence through Knowledge. 5
Warnings about Confidence
through Knowledge. 6
Thoughts and Warnings from my
“Inspirations” Prayer Journal 6
Do Not Presumptuously Exalt
Yourself into Ministry. 6
Conclusions About Confidence…... 7
Don’t Play Games as a Hypocrite
and Make Excuses to Talk. 8
Remove Confidence from Your
Heart and Your Mouth. 8
Self-Control 8
The Sin of The Lips. 8
Don't Boast Yourself. 8
Warnings Against Conversation
Competition. 8
Repent
of Interrupting. 9
You Are Commanded Not to speak until
You First Actually Listen. 9
Confirmed in Sirach. 9
Reaffirmed By the Qumran
Community Rule. 9
Even Lost People Knew This. 10
Interrupting is Called
“Disorder”. 10
The Summarized Story of Nabal
and David. 11
Filibustering is Sin Too. 13
Repent of Being Self-Appointed
Kings. 13
A Summary Against Interrupting. 14
Exclusivity. 14
Only Divine Words. 14
Don’t Be A Presumptuous
“Prophet”. 15
Jesus Only Does and Says what
He Sees from The Father 15
Speaking Independently is Like
Fornication. 15
General
Passage from James. 16
James Chapter One. 16
James Chapter Three. 16
The
“Stop Speaking” Scriptures! 17
Idle Words. 17
Quick to Hear, Slow to Speak. 17
Bridle Tongue. 17
Bridle When around the Wicked. 17
Keep Tongue from Speaking Evil 17
The Multitude of Words Means
Sin. 17
Guard Mouth, Guard Soul 18
Meditate Instead of Rashly
Talking. 18
Silence Can Make a Fool Look
Wise. 18
Keep Your Soul from Trouble. 18
Don’t Be Quick to Speak; Don’t
be Recognized as a Fool 18
Holiness Heals you from the
Foolishness we are Plagued with. 18
Other Thoughts. 19
How
do We Hold our Tongue?. 19
Pray. 19
Bridle. 19
Good
Words. 19
Love Right Words. 19
Good Testimonies from God! 19
Both Good and Bad Word Dynamics. 20
Summaries
Conclusions. 20
The Test of a True Prophet 20
We Should Fear; Many Have Been Destroyed by Their
own Words!
This target on
Words is one of the more important overall exhortations that applies
to so many people. I've seen so many, or should I say, way too many "well-meaning" people
destroyed because they continually lived in sin in this area.
·
It does not matter if you seem sincere,
it matters if you have a bridled tongue.
·
It does not matter if you think that you are loving Jesus, it matters if you are actually obeying Him
and not multiplying words.
·
It does not matter if you think that you are true,
hard-core, zealous, impressive, prophetic, faithful or
any other virtuous quality, if you like
talking, even if you tag a "biblical" subject line to it
trying to honor God, your faith is
still vain and abominable in God's sight!
More than
people who seem to be talking about "good things" and "biblical
truths," God demands that we actually be people who obey Him in this area
of our tongue, and repent of the demonic lack of self-control, and the filthy,
prideful self-exaltation of talking, and liking to talk.
The Bible warns us against having a religion that
has impressive words, but does not stop indulgence:
Col_2:23 CAB
These things indeed [μὲν]
have a reputation [λόγον:
word of] of wisdom in self-imposed religionG1479, false humilityG5012, and severity on the
body, but are
not of any value against the indulgence of the
flesh.
Greek:
ἐν
ἐθελοθρησκίᾳG1479
καὶ
ταπεινοφροσύνῃG5012
καὶ ἀφειδίᾳG857 σώματος
Should
We Go on Talking? – Let us Instead Fear God!
A Basic Basis for first actually being a real
Christian who will make it to Heaven
Test Your own Salvation
2Co_13:5 WEB
Test your own selves, whether you are in the faith. Test your own selves. Or
don't you know as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you? -- unless indeed you are disqualified G96. [αδοκιμοι
G96
(adokimos)
– that is, “not” (a) “aproved”
(dokimos)]
Ú
Don’t be proud and offended so that you are unwilling to examine your own
Salvation!
Ú
He’s not asking you to do anything that he’s not willing to do himself (Compare
Gal_2:2; 2Jn_1:8-9)
1Co_9:27 WEB but I beat my body
and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to
others, I myself should be rejected G96. [αδοκιμος
G96
(adokimos)
– that is, “not” (a) “aproved”
(dokimos)]
Salvation never ceases to be an issue
1Ti_4:13-16 CAB
Until I come, give attention to public reading, to
exhortation, to doctrine. 14 Do not neglect the gift that is in
you, which was given to you through prophecy with the laying on of the hands of
the eldership. 15 Meditate on these things; be in these
things, so that your progress may be evident to all. 16 Take
heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for by doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
Even
Jesus had this right attitude:
Heb_5:7
Php_3:7-15 CAB But such things as were gain to me, these I
have considered loss for the sake of Christ.
8 More than that I also consider all things to
be loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I
have sustained the loss of all things, and I consider them to be rubbish, in
order that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in Him, not having my own
righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the
faith of Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; 10 so as to know Him and the power of His
resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His
death, 11 if in some way [εἴ
πως] I may attain to the resurrection
from the dead. 12 Not
that I have already obtained, or have already been made perfect; but I press
on, if also I may lay hold of that for which I was laid hold of by Christ
Jesus. 13 Brothers, I do not count myself to
have laid hold; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are
behind, and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the
high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Therefore, as many as are mature, let
us think this way; and if in anything you think otherwise, even this God will
reveal to you.
1Pe_1:9 KJV Receiving
the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
[TSK:
Rom_6:22; Heb_11:13;
Jam_1:21]
These verses don't leave you complacently saying, "I'm
saved," but ask you, "Are you going to be saved" in the end.
Don't confidently say, "I'm saved," ask in fear, "Will I be
saved?"
In this section, look at all of the charges to fear God that even
the greatest of the saints received!
2Jn_1:8 CAB
Look to yourselves, lest we should lose those things for which we
worked, but that we should receive a full reward.
1Pe_4:18 CAB
And "If the righteous one is
scarcely saved, where will the godless and the sinner appear?"
Said to a Church:
Rom_1:13-15 CAB
Now I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers,
that often I planned to come to you (and I was hindered until now), that
I might have some fruit among you also, just as among the other Gentiles. 14 I
am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to wise and to unwise. 15 So,
as much as is in me, I am eager to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome
also.
1Co_2:1-5
CAB
And I, brothers, when I came to you, did not come with excellence
of speech or of wisdom, announcing to you the testimony of God… 3
And I was with you in weakness, in
fear, and in much trembling. 4 And
my message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human
wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 in order that your faith might not be in the
wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
It was this way
for Jesus too:
Heb_5:5-9 CAB So also Christ did not glorify Himself
to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him: "You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You." 6 Just
as He also says in another place: "You are a priest forever according to
the order of Melchizedek"; 7 who, in the days of His flesh, when He had
offered up both prayers and supplications, with strong crying and
tears to the One who was able to save Him from death,
and was heard because of His fear of God,
8 though He was a Son, He learned obedience
by the things which He suffered. 9 And having been perfected, He became
the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,
(This is
absolutely amazing!)
Php_2:3-12 CAB
doing
nothing according to selfish ambition or conceit, but with humility, regarding
one another as being better than yourselves.
4 Let each of you look out not only for
his own concerns, but also for the concerns of others. 5 Let this mind be in you which was also in
Christ Jesus, 6 who,
existing in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with
God, 7 but
made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming to
be in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in appearance as a
man, He humbled Himself, becoming obedient unto death, even the death of the
cross. 9 Therefore God also has highly exalted
Him, and has graciously given Him a name which is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee may bow,
of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue may
confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
12 So then, my
beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now
much more in my absence, work out your own
salvation with fear and trembling;
2Pe_1:10 CAB
Therefore, brothers, be even more diligent to make your calling
and election sure, for by doing these things you shall by no means stumble at
any time.
Heb_4:1 CAB
Therefore let us fear,
lest while the promise remains to enter into His rest, anyone of you seems to
have fallen short.
Heb_12:21 - OT was this way, even to Moses
↓
Heb_12:28-29 CAB …let us have grace [favor],
through which we serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. 29 For
our God is a consuming fire.
1Pe_1:17
CAB And if you call on
the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in
fear;
2Co_7:1 CAB
Therefore, having these promises,
beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting
holiness in the fear of God.
(this makes
Godly repentance: 2Co_7:11, and makes you receive people
differently: 2Co_7:15)
Rom_3:18 - no fear of God before eyes
Rom_11:20 - don't be proud, but fear
Rom_13:7 - give to all their dues
2Co_11:3 - fear for other's salvation (also: 2Co_12:20)
Eph_5:21 - submit in fear of God
Eph_6:5 - servants with Fear & Trembling
(also: 1Pe_2:18)
1Ti_5:20 - it results from rebuking as we
ought
Heb_11:7 - Noah move with it
1Pe_2:17 - fear God, Honor the King
1Pe_3:2 – wives should do it to their husbands (same Greek “fear”
in Eph_5:33)
1Pe_3:15 - even answer with fear
Jud_1:12 - spots without fear (no fear = End-times
apostasy)
Jud_1:23 - save some with fear
Rev_11:18 - saints rewarded for fear
Rev_14:7 - loud voice demanding it
Rev_15:4 - hits everyone eventually
Rev_18:10/ Rev_18:15 - nations will do it at God's Judgment
Rev_19:5 - charged unto Praise
Where do talking sins come from?
What is the drive behind us that
is pushing us to speak?
Mat_12:34-37 WEB
You offspring of vipers, how can you, being
evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth
speaks. 35 The good man out of his good treasure brings out
good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things. 36 I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give
account of it in the day of judgment. 37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you
will be condemned."
Notice these things:
- We see that all speaking sins come from a wicked, messed up, bad,
evil heart
- The evil and wicked words in verses Mat_12:34-35 are not exemplified by overtly gross and
blatant crimes, but instead they are described by the phrase “every idle word
that men speak” in verse Mat_12:36
- What is the perversion of the heart that adjusts a person to keep speaking
such evil, idle words? – It can be summarized by the word, “confidence” in the
passages quoted later in this section, especially because Jesus says that they
come from the heart in this passage.
- In verse Mat_12:37
Jesus shows us that the evil, idle words will shoot us straight into Hell and
condemnation
- So keep your mind on “The Judgment” when you have a mouth, especially
when you are around others and are tempted to talk
- We need a serious and sober heart inspection to keep our mouth
from condemning our whole body in the end!
Ecc_5:6 CAB
Do not allow your mouth to lead your flesh to sin…
The LXX (not the MT) has it:
Deu_23:23 CAB
You shall observe the words that
proceed from between your lips; and as you have vowed a gift to the Lord God, so shall you do that which you have spoken
with your mouth.
Deu_23:23 KJV That which is gone out of
thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill
offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast
promised with thy mouth.
Pro_27:12 CAB
A wise man, when evils are approaching,
hides himself, but fools pass on, and will be punished. [also
see Pro_22:3]
1Co_8:1-3 CAB
…we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies. 2 And
if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he
has come to know nothing yet as he ought to know. 3 But
if anyone loves God, this one has been known by Him.
1Co_3:18 CAB
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise
in this age, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.
Jas_3:13 CAB
Is there anyone wise and understanding among you? Let him show by
his good conduct that
his works are
in meekness of wisdom. (also see verse Jas_3:14-15)
Also
compare:
“1Co_1:18-21, 1Co_4:10… Pro_3:5, Pro_3:7, Pro_26:12; Isa_5:21; Jer_8:8; Rom_11:25; Rom_12:16” (TSK)
Warnings
about Confidence
through Knowledge
Just why do we
have to speak and show people that we know something, when the Bible says we
should show real wisdom in “meekness” (as seen previously in Jas_3:13)? If it were right to speak whenever we
knew something, then it would never be that we would have to practice
self-control and hold our tongue if we were “wise and endued with knowledge,”
but we know for sure that this belief is wrong and evil because it would
contradict these Scriptures that clearly command us to show it in “meekness”.
What right do we have to go about telling
everyone all of these things we know when Jesus, who always knew unthinkably
more than our foolish minds can grasp, held His tongue and had to practice self
denial? What unreasonable demon
has so seized us that we think of our own mouth as so much more distinguished
than Jesus’ mouth so that we should never have to stop talking all the time, as
long as we knew about something we can say? When are we going to repent of this
wickedness? When are we going to be
humbled by our forerunner enough to close our foolish mouths that we have
judged so wise as to never need to be closed?
It may seem to be that I could warn 10,000
times for people to repent and stop talking, but I say it only to have 20,000
confident talkers who think they have so much to say from God by the stirring
of their own belly.
Indeed, if anyone who hears or reads this
perishes by the unbearable anger and wrath of God because they did not close
their mouths, I am innocent of their lives. Their blood be upon their own heads, because I
clearly warned them to repent of these
things from the Scriptures, but they stiffened their necks and hardened their
hearts, and with blinded and irrational eyes would not repent and cease to open
their mouths!
Pro_13:3 CAB
…he that is hasty with his lips shall bring terror upon himself…
Jas_3:13 CAB
Is
there anyone wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct
that
his works are
in meekness of wisdom.
Damnable Confidence
The fearful callus and puffing of time, and the weight
of experience, brings damnable confidence.
1/28/10; 2/2/10
Destroy
Foolish Confidence
The more you defile your
value for the foolish confidences gained by valuing the flesh, the closer you
will come to the integrity of the unencumbered faith of a child. You will be
able to operate with clean hands and a pure heart of faith when you dishonor
and disregard the things you have previously learned to gain confidence from.
Ironically, the value of fleshly confidence is the worst enemy to clean faith. Honoring God means despising the very basis and foundation of your
greatest confidence.
See:
Php_3:4-11
2/11/2009
1Ti_1:12 CAB And I give thanks to the One who empowers me,
Christ Jesus our Lord, because He considered me faithful, putting me into the
ministry,
God put Paul into the ministry based on counting him faithful, but we
so quickly think we should put ourselves
into the ministry because we have so many things to say, and we think we have
lots of good ideas that everyone else needs to hear.
A few chapters later Paul also said that the overseer (the main leader
of a Church) should be:
1Ti_3:6 CAB not a new convert [νεόφυτονG3504],
lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same
condemnation as the devil.
But we think the world needs us, and so comes all kinds of filthiness,
transgression and condemnation upon the earth in all kinds of various
manifestations, because we do not care about fearing God for our own recently
reformed soul as this Scripture commands us.
And James says:
Jas 3:1 CAB
My brothers, let not many become
teachers, knowing that we shall receive greater judgment.
But we are so convinced that the world needs us and we are not even
finished being saved yet! Why do we disrespect God by presuming our own
worthiness? Why not rather assume that we are too far gone to be used and wait
in complete brokenness, subjection and humiliation until perhaps God may exalt
us one day to be used? Why are we so quick and stubborn to addictively approve
ourselves? But we go about gleefully exalting ourselves while we have not even
yet heard the first Word of commissioning from God! In fact, we have heard and
read the command to not go and speak to the
people, and yet we have disobeyed and promoted ourselves anyway!
Why do we despise God and his
holiness so much that we would be willing to profane His holy name (and
reputation) and His Divine Words for the sake of exalting ourselves in ministry
so that we get a chance to speak our own words?
We care not that we are presuming upon God as though He is allowing and
even commanding us to talk when He has said no such thing, and we open our
mouth in presumption and don’t even care that our own defiled and filthy words
come out in the name of God. We hate on God so much, so addictively, because we
cannot so much as close our mouth, and then we blame God for our atrocities by
saying his spirit gave us the words of this hateful crime. But speaking things
that are correct out of personal commission is still rebellion and a practice
of evil.
It is high time we actually loved God instead of our own worthless
words, which are profaning about as His Words.
It is time we repented of loving our own soul and expressing our own
worthless heart, and actually began to love the real Jesus instead.
Conclusions
About Confidence…
Where is the fear and trembling with all the
talking?
Don’t Approve Yourself!
2Co_10:18
CAB For not he
who commends [συνιστῶν]
himself is approved [δόκιμοςG1384 (dokimos)],
but he whom the Lord commends [συνίστησιν].
[Remember: 1Co_9/ 2Co_13?]
Compare TSK
Cross References:
2Co 10:18
not: 2Co_10:12,
2Co_3:1, 2Co_5:12; Pro_21:2, Pro_27:2; Luk_16:15, Luk_18:10-14
approved: 2Co_6:4,
2Co_13:7; Act_2:22; Rom_14:18, Rom_16:10; 1Co_11:19; 2Ti_2:15
but: Mat_25:20-23;
Joh_5:42-44, Joh_12:43; Rom_2:29; 1Co_4:5; 1Pe_1:7
Your surest
damnation is to try and justify yourself with many words.
2/7/10
·
Religious spirits always find ways
to be self-exalting no matter how many times you command and exhort unto
humility and self-denial.
·
No matter what context you put it
in, the flesh will always find any and every opportunity and method to exalt
itself, even if that means talking about correct and good-sounding things.
·
Talking about Biblical things is
not a sanctified excuse to indulge in the filthy addiction of talking.
·
If you are excited and eager to
talk about natural things, you are also defiled when you are excited and eager
to talk about spiritual things.
·
The confidence that drives a
person to speak about normal things is at least just as defiled when talking
about spiritual things.
We should cry in
prayer: “Remove dirty and natural affirmations from my life, so that I am not
driven and compulsed into hell by the constant
transgressions of my mouth springing from my own confidence!”
Beware
of:
·
Age Confidence
·
Affirmed, confident, extroverted
personality motivation
·
When it is consistently easy to
wake up and go about life without a troubled soul…beware of
this, because walking in the strength of fleshly confidence is a satan worship that will make Hell the only reasonable place
to send such a person at judgment!
Lack of self-control is a sin. If you want to talk,
beware and be careful.
We need to be more restrictive than what comes
naturally by default.
Pro_12:13 CAB For the sin of his lips a sinner
falls into snare, but a righteous man escapes from them...
Pro_12:13
MKJV The wicked
is
snared by the transgression of his lips, but the just shall come out of
trouble.
[see all of Pro_12:12-23 - as quoted later]
Pro_27:1-2 CAB Boast
not of tomorrow, for you do not know what the next day shall
bring forth. 2 Let your neighbor, and not your own mouth, praise you; a
stranger, and not your own lips.
Pro_27:1-2
KJV Boast
not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. 2 Let
another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth;
a stranger, and not thine own lips.
Don't Be Rash
Pro_25:28 CAB As a city whose walls are broken down, and which is
unfortified, so is a man who does anything without counsel.
KJV
is very Different:
Pro_25:28 KJV
He that hath no rule over his
own spirit is
like
a city that
is
broken down, and
without walls.
Remember: Jesus before the woman
taken in adultery
Warnings Against Conversation Competition
Remember:
Be slow to speak quick to listen (Jam_1:19/
Sir_5:11)
A
thoughtful friend said to me once, “Have you ever noticed how when you have a conversation
you will find yourself always changing the subject back to yourself?” – Be
warned whenever you cannot let another person talk about themselves and what
they relate to without bringing yourself back into the focus of the
conversation. Beware if you find yourself switching the subject back to:
Yourself, your experience, what you can relate to, and what you can talk about
or what you have to say. Non-applicable, non-matching, incongruent,
non-harmonious subject-changing control tactics are fleshly and self-serving.
If you repeatedly take and retake control of the conversation then it is not
Jesus you love, nor even the well being of the person
in front of you, but the lustful indulgence of your own personal gratification
(see Ecc_6:7; Php_3:18-19).
We usually think it is a good conversation
when we get to talk about what we want to talk about, and this is often done
with little consideration as to whether it was as fulfilling to the other
person. This is a staggering problem of profound selfishness and lack of
integrity for loving other people. If we love talking it is certain that we do
not truly love people or God, and why would we think that our soul should be
saved from a just wrath if it were found in this condition?
1Jn_4:20 CAB If anyone claims, "I
love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love
his brother whom he has seen, how is it possible for him to love God whom
he has not seen?
Repent
of Interrupting
The Bible
plainly warns us against interrupting people, and directly commands us not to
do it. If we still do interrupt and disobey the Bible, then we need to repent
of foolishness and folly to be Christians that actually obey the Bible and go
after honor and truth.
Interrupting
is an impatience that presumes that you do not need to fully listen to the “word”
being spoken to you before you give an answer:
Pro_18:13 Jos.Trans
.
Any
[one] who answers a
word [λόγον
(logon)] before he
hears [ἀκοῦσαι (hakousai)], it is
thoughtlessness [ἀφροσύνη
– senselessness/ fig. recklessness] and reproach to him.
[Technical
Source Text Note: I translated this from the Greek LXX, because that
is what the NT quotes when
quoting Proverbs; (for more see Bibliography under “Finding the Old Testament”).]
Considerations
·
In
saying “a word [λόγον
(logon)]” it is clear that this is generic for whatever a
person says, since it is comparable to many examples throughout the Bible such
as the saying, “…but the word
which they heard did not profit those, not having been mixed with faith in
those having heard it.” (Heb_4:2 CAB);
(also, for example, Pro_25:11;
Pro_15:23 (MT); Isa_50:4)
·
“answer[ing]
a word [λόγον
(logon)]” means responding with words to what someone has
said.
·
“before
he hears” essentially communicates that the “word” had begun being presented,
but the listener responded before this “word” was actually finished
This
is reiterated by Joshua (Jesus) the son of Sirach (some time before 175 B.C.) [Ἰησοῦς
υἱὸς Σιραχ
Ελεαζαρ] in very specific terms:
Sir_11:6-8 KJVA
Many mighty men have been greatly disgraced; and the honourable
delivered into other men's hands. 7
Blame not before thou hast examined the truth: understand first, and then rebuke.
8 Answer not before thou hast heard the cause: neither interrupt men in the
midst of their talk.
Again,
for what it is worth, this is repeated in the Qumran Community Rule:
“No
man shall interrupt a
companion
before his speech has
ended,
nor speak before a man of
higher
rank; each man shall speak
in
his turn. And in the Assembly
of
the Congregation no man shall
speak
without consent of the
Congregation.
Whoever
has interrupted his
companion
whilst speaking [must
do
penance] ten days.”
Note: I still need to get the specific reference for
this particular quote
·
This
principal is repeated in a briefer form at the beginning of the document numbered
4Q266
·
This
ethical code is confirmed by the New Covenant as seen later in 1Co_14
In
the Bible, even unsaved people knew it was true that you had to hear someone
completely out before “answering” them:
Joh_7:50-51 CAB
Nicodemus… said to them [Other Pharisees],
51 Does our law judge a man before it hears [ἀκούσῃ
- same word as in Pro_18:13] from him first, and knows what he is doing?"
Note: this theology, which is typical of ancient
(honorable) Judaism, is not only generally consistent with the Law of Moses,
but it is specifically consistent with Proverbs, and
it is even more consistent with the theology of Ben Sirach (as
seen previously: “Blame not before thou hast examined the truth…” - Sir_11:7; etc.). Nicodemus is referring to a commonly recognized virtue that
even the Pharisees knew about, which we often seem to know nothing about today
in our cheap and shallow, dishonorable culture.
Act_25:16 CAB
…'It is not a custom with Romans to deliver any man to destruction before [“πρὶν” same word as in Pro_18:13 LXX] the one being accused may meet his accusers
face to face, and may receive
an opportunity for defense* concerning the charge.'
[*
“ἀπολογίας” – lit.
speak a word upon (same root word as in Pro_18:13 LXX)]
Also Compare Cases Like When they ‘motioned
with their hand’
Lost
people knew how to let other people speak as seen in the following examples:
Act_12:17; Act_13:16; Act_19:33; Act_21:40; and also Act_7:2 (Only slightly
related: Luk_1:22; Joh_13:24)
There
was an expectation (both with the lost as well as with early Christians) that
the speaker had an exclusive right to speak in cases as when they ‘motioned
with their hand’; Notice that interrupting only happened in these cases when
their sin and impatience got the best of them; Every single time interrupting
happened and they violated the speakers speech like this in the Bible it was always evil!:
Act_7:57 - Jews interrupted Steven, and then killed him
Act_19:33-34 - Pagans interrupted (Jewish) Alexander after
temporarily pretending that they would listen
Act_22:22 - Jews interrupted Paul when he mentioned the
salvation of the nations
We
should take sober heed from these things and learn to be quiet when someone’s
time to speak is ‘at hand.’
1Co_14:9, 1Co_14:26-27,
1Co_14:29-33, 1Co_14:37-40
CAB
So also you, if you do not give a clear word by the
tongue, how will it be known what is being spoken? For you will be speaking
into the air… [notice: one of the goals here is to intentionally prioritize communication
and clarity when speaking] 1Co_14:26
What is it then, brothers? Whenever you come together, each of you has a song, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. [i.e. everyone has something spiritual and useful to
say] Let
all things be done for edification. 1Co_14:27 If anyone speaks in an unknown tongue, let it be by two or at the most three, each in turn, and let one interpret… 1Co_14:29
Let two or three prophets speak, and let others discriminate. 1Co_14:30
But if something is revealed to another who sits by, let the first be silent. [i.e. no talking at the same
time] 1Co_14:31
For you can all prophesy one by one,
[i.e.
one at a time]
that all may learn and all may be encouraged.
1Co_14:32 And the spirits
of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
1Co_14:33 For God is not
the
author of confusion but of peace. As in all the
churches of the saints, 1Co_14:34 let your women be silent in the churches… 1Co_14:37 If anyone thinks that he is a prophet, or is spiritual, let him recognize that
the things which I am writing to you are the commandments of the Lord. 1Co_14:38
But if anyone is ignorant, let him be ignorant. [Greek grammar: Present,
Active, Imperative Verb; Third Person, Singular – evidently meaning: You are
commanded to ignore them] 1Co_14:39
Therefore, brothers, seek to prophesy, and do not forbid to speak in
tongues. 1Co_14:40 Let all things be done properly and according to
order.
Considerations
·
These
instructions on how to run an assembly are consistent with the “Community Rule”
of the Qumran Community (as seen
previously, which was written before the NT); The fact
that the Bible correlates with the ideals of the Qumran Community in this case
is not surprising, because this actually happens quite frequently with the New Testament
and the Dead Sea Scrolls
in general (not to mention parallels with zealous movements within Judaism as a
whole)
·
It
also goes without saying that this is consistent with Sirach and Proverbs (as
seen previously)
·
We
are only supposed to speak for other people’s best interest (i.e.
“edification,” v. 1Co_14:26)
·
‘Orderly
talk’ (v. 1Co_14:40) means that one person
talks at a time (1Co_14:27, 1Co_14:29-31)
·
We
see that people are to take turns talking, not to all talk at the same time
(even though they generally all have something good to bring to the assembly,
as seen in v. 1Co_14:26, 1Co_14:31)
·
Whenever
it is needed for someone else to start talking, the first person is supposed to
stop first so the other can talk without confusion (i.e. we might say: no rude
and fleshly filibustering
when we are trying to get spiritual things here)
·
We
are to prophesy one by one practicing self control not to talk out of turn (v. 1Co_14:31-32)
·
If
this is how prophecy should be bridled, how much more should this apply to the
other worthless and natural things that we usually go about speaking for our
own gratification and self-expression? Do we act righteously when we feel more
free to express ourselves in vain talk than Paul permits real Prophets to
express the oracles of God?
·
If
we do not do as this Scripture commands us, then the Bible calls this
“confusion” (v. 1Co_14:33)
·
“all
things” (v. 1Co_14:26, 1Co_14:40)
to be done by “all” people (v. 1Co_14:31) among “all the
assemblies” (v. 1Co_14:33-34) are to “be done” (v. 1Co_14:26, 1Co_14:40)
this way, putting a premium priority on doing it “properly and according to
order” (v. 1Co_14:40, 1Co_14:26-27,
1Co_14:29-34)
·
Order
is more important than legitimacy: We see that if women are forbidden to give Divine
oracles (from God) in the assembly for the sake of propriety and order, we see
certainly that God has placed a profoundly greater weight and priority on being
proper and in order than even having legitimate Words from God spoken by women
– God here shows us that it is more pleasing to Him to have men potentially
speaking false prophecies (v. 1Co_14:29), than to have things out of order and have the shame of women speaking in assembly.
(For more, please see the Bible study entitled “Women in Assembly”)
·
The
question is not whether or not we have something good or important to say, but
the question is if we Love God enough to reverence and obey Him in the way He
has ordered us to talk with each other
Act
21:40 CAB And… Paul stood on the stairs and
motioned with his hand to the people. And when there was a great silence, he addressed them…
Note: if we also see that women are to be silent during
teaching in general, then they could never interrupt
This
is a summary of the story in 1Sa_25:1-42
1Sa_25:1-3
CAB
…And David arose, and went
down to the Wilderness of Maon. 2 And
there was a man in Maon, and his flocks were in Carmel, and he was a very great man; and he had three
thousand sheep, and a thousand female goats. And he happened to be shearing his
flock in Carmel. 3
And the man's name was
Nabal… But the man was harsh, and evil in his doings, and the man was foolish.
[Note
the three crimes listed]
1Sa_25:4-10
- David protects Nabal’s shepherds and flocks
(also see 1Sa_25:14-16), kindly blesses him, and asks for whatever
convenient help he could give
1Sa_25:9-10
CAB
So the servants came and spoke
these words to Nabal, according to all these words in the name of David. 10 And Nabal sprang up, and answered the servants of David, and said, Who is David? And
who is the son of Jesse?...
1Sa_25:10-13 - Nabal proceeds to insult David and deny giving any
help, and David determines to kill all the men of Nabal’s house hold because of
this.
The
servants went to Nabal’s wife Abigail and said…
1Sa_25:17
CAB
And now consider what you will
do; for mischief is determined against our lord [i.e. Nabal] and against his house; and he is a
vile character, and one cannot speak to him.
But
David listened when
Abigail Spoke to him
1Sa_25:23-25
CAB
And Abigail saw David, and she
dismounted quickly from her donkey; and she fell before David on her face, and
bowed down to him, bowing to the ground,
24 even to his feet, and said, On me, my lord,
be my wrong. Let your
servant speak in your ears, and hear the words of your servant.
25 Let not my lord take to heart this pestilent man, for according to his name, so is he — Nabal is
his name, and folly is with him! But I, your
maidservant, did not see the servants of my lord whom you sent.
Things
to Note from the Story of Nabal
· Nabal
exploited his exalted state to insult David (verses 1Sa_25:2, 1Sa_25:36, 1Sa_25:10-13)
· Their
fear impending “Mischief” implies that bad will happen to them on account of
something wrong that has been done against righteousness
· This
impending evil, or “wrath,” pertains to Nabal’s “vile character” (sinful,
perverted, habitual life style)
· One
of the primary characteristics of this “vile character” is that “one cannot speak to him”
· We
can almost cringe when we see a colorful description of ‘not being able to
speak to him’ in the words, “And Nabal sprang up, and answered…” (verse 1Sa_25:9-10)
· So
we see that an important part of being “harsh…evil…and…foolish” is described in this story as one
who quickly, rashly and harshly answers people. The conclusion about such a
wicked and perverted response is that, although a person may try to say words
to someone like Nabal, when all is said and done “one cannot [truly]
speak to him”
· Can
people truly speak to you, or are you like Nabal?
But
one may hear these things and rise up in their chair and protest and say, “but
I am not like that when I interrupt people!” – But even if we find excuses to
claim that we are not like the character of this story, even though we continue
to interrupt people, the Bible has already convicted us as wicked sinners in
the verses we already covered in the beginning of this section. But on the
contrary: we must make it of our highest aim to be people who can be talked to, who actually hear people out
before responding, unlike the un-listening, rashly responding Nabal of folly.
If nothing else, we should find from this story some potent parallels that wise
people who actually love Jesus will use to take heed so as to not be foolish
and interrupt, lest they become like Nabal in the end.
We
ought not to bear false testimony of ourselves to justify our crimes of
Filibustering
is when you go on talking so that no one else can ever get a word in. This is
certainly a condemnable sin for many reasons covered in this Bible study,
especially because it is based on the love to talk to begin with. If we repent
of interrupting, we should also repent of loving to monolog, and rudely crowd others out
of getting a chance to comment. Filibustering is a partner with interrupting,
because both of these filthy and perverted indulgences despise and disrespect
the other person, and hold their words in contempt so that the filibuster can
have a monopoly on indulging in their own lust of talking.
As this entire study shows, you are to not
like talking to begin with, and then beyond this, we already saw that you are actually
supposed to willingly stop and let others speak, especially when God gives them
things:
1Co_14:30
But if something is revealed to another who sits by, let the first be silent.
To
further establish this we could almost simply reference this entire Bible
study, but here are a few verses in particular:
Ecc_10:13-14
CAB
The beginning of the words of
his mouth is folly, and the end of his talk mischievous madness. 14 A fool moreover multiplies words…
Ecc_5:3 CAB For through the multitude of trial a dream comes; and a fool's voice is with a
multitude of words.
Compare:
Embrace Dialogue
Please also consider that God prizes dialog as we briefly cover
in the companion Bible study, “Embrace Dialogue.”
Unreasoning perverts do not care about dialog but are simply content to monolog
without ever caring what the victim thinks about their own wickedness. People
who practice this are clearly not Christians according to these solid
Scriptures. This pervert will talk to no end and never love truth and wisdom
enough to investigate the other person to see where they are at before foolishly
proceeding with their speech.
So
often in our culture, we sit as self-exalted Kings with remote controls as our
scepters: Not only do we flip channels at our own rule and whim, but also we
interrupt people who are right before us as soon as our impatience and lust of
fast entertainment condemns their slow paced words. With our self-appointed
majesty and sovereignty over everyone we listen to, we think we have the right
to mute their unhurried words into being unheard.
If
this is us, we need to hear some painful sarcasm from Paul and be rebuked:
1Co_4:8-13
WEB You are already filled. You have already become rich. You have come to reign without us. Yes, and I wish that you did reign, that we also
might reign with you. 9
For, I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last of all, like men sentenced to death. For
we are made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men. 10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor. 11
Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and
have no certain dwelling place. 12
We toil, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure. 13 Being defamed, we entreat [παρακαλουμεν
– i.e. fig. we softly speak to those who are defaming us]. We are made as the filth of the
world… wiped off by all, even until now.
Asserting
your own primacy to interrupt another is not being “last of
all, like men sentenced to death” it is like ‘reigning as kings’
over others.
“Entreating” is a soft position, not a hard
one that interrupts. Look at the speaking posture of the Apostles: They were
the greatest among us, yet there are no rights to interrupt others in these
humiliated and self-abasing words, but we see a holy and kind rebuke to those
who have indulged and tried to reign in this life, as though the Kingdom of
Jesus would allow us to be self-exalted over other people, and be accepted in
His Kingdom at the same time. We really reign in spirit (1Co_4:8
b) in Jesus’ Kingdom when we are humble and abased like
Paul.
Paul
steven and Peter spoke along the lines of "motioning with their hand"
the
only time that this was violated is when wicked, sinful, murderous people lost
their patience and violated their own rules and honor and were no longer
willing to hear.
Will
we come clean of such wicked sin and repent of interrupting, or will we be
content to share the hearts of wicked unrepentant Stubborn fools who sinned
against the righteous by interupting them breaking their honor.
--
Notice
wether it is Paul speaking to a large group or Peter speaking to a small group
at a prayer meeting, when they were ready to speak they motioned with their
hand and the others were expected to keep silent and listen.
How
many times did Jesus and others ‘Hold His Peace’?
Do
not blame God when you disobey the Bible. In this very context women are
commanded to be silent.
Whether
it is one on one, (as with Proverbs, Sirach, or
even Nabal against David’s messengers)
or it is in an assembly (as with 1Co_14,
Nicodemus and the Pharisees,
Roman Law, and
people who motioned with their hand)
it is a common virtue throughout the entire Bible and even Biblical culture (as
with the Qumran Community Rule)
to not interrupt. Whether it is in Steven’s martyrdom,
the pagan persecution against Alexander, or
the Jewish persecution against Paul,
interrupting is always described as a sin done by the overflow of extremely
wicked people in the Bible.
Interrupting, quickly answering, and
speaking before actually hearing has always been a characteristic of perverted
fools and shallow and shameful societies that hate God. Whenever culture degrades to immodesty and
impiety to the greatest degrees, interrupting will abound. But if any culture
pursues more honorable things, even the lost among them will acknowledge that
interrupting is a dishonorable, cheap and wicked shame to practice. We can not
only see this being explicitly taught in the Scriptures, but even accepted by
the lost pagans of a more honorable day, which is all but gone in the fading
honor of a forgotten time of the past, now having been overshadowed by the
indulgence of modernity, and the pride and boasting of shamefulness in our age,
and love of our own foolish and dirty words, even to the dishonoring of other
people through the impulsive and reckless practice of interrupting.
Now having been shocked by a forgotten
truth which was once a common standard, will we repent of our inferior “new”
culture and obey the Bible to actually value words enough to let each speak, one person at a time,
or will we dishonor each other with the continual self-exaltation
and competition of
interrupting with our own transgressing words of vanity, disorder and
irrational confusion? Let us tremble at the commandment and do it zealously
lest we receive the eternal wages of those who sin by loving to speak.
This
is a Bible study that speaks to our ritch indulgent self-confident culture:
if
a man will be saved from sin it is required that he be found humble and broken,
vulnerable and reverent to all the dictates of truth to which he must choose to
be attracted, captivated, overwhelmed and amazed by. It is not proper that a
woman act like a man, nor is it right for those who are in the process of being
saved to lead themselves out and circumvent their life guard. Life gurds are
taught that if a drowning person panics and dominates their situation that you
often have to let them drown before you can save them let you both be pulled
under by the compulsion and lack of souness and self control in the victem.
We
ought to instead be wise, humble and reverent, because the Kingdom is not for the rash, the foolish,
the self confident, the unsubmitted, the fearful, but for the humble and
submitted.Only pour people Get into God's kingdom.
But
the indulgent, independant (i.e. Unsubmitted) the confident, the sufficient,
those who are affirmed in their abilities, those who are confident because of
their knoledge, those who have not demoted themselve because of their own
faults, those who are not eager to recieve help in truth those who are quick
and impulsive without restraining themselves to hear trujth, those who speak
more than they hear, those who dominate their own perdicament
All
of these do not amke it in the end. Why is it that Jesus commands us to be like
children and we never take Him seriously? Why is it we always find ourselves
confident and dominating like the eldest when Jesus said we needed to be as the
younges. Why do we always act like those who rule among the nations when Jesus
said we had to be the opposite?
A
fool bites the hand that feeds him, but one who hs been reasonably trained by
God even honors the lowly vessle he is fed with from God's hand.
It
is not fitting and becoming of one who is in need to inerupt the surgen who
works on him. It is not sane and sound for a drounding person to panic and hurt
and pull under the life gaurd who comes to pull him out.It is not right for
wiksdom and truth to be set asside for convenience. It is not reasonable for
beggers to be choosers. It is not right for those in need to dictate how their
needs must be met.
Humility
will save everyone who honors her because she pring 100 % of those who Love and
endure with her to Jesus and Hos kingdom.
Being
vulnerable to truth we will have no danger at all concerning the wolves. Having
trusted God first, we will naturally trust His ambasitors. Having reverently
listened to God, it is absolutly certain that we will also listen to His
ambasitors in the same way, because we must find Jesus' Words true:
He
who recieves you recieves me
Truth
is not found by a fool who leads himself, but by one who has become embarased over
his own leadings and repents to actually follow Jesus in truth, with out the
hypocracy of despising the weak flesh wrappe around the
instrament
chosen to guide him.
I
can prove how Truly reverent a person is toward God in their prayer closet by
how they treat God in public when He is represented in "the least of
these" His brothers.
A
person's loyalty to Jesus' authority is not as much tested when they are
praying by themselves as when they are responding to His representatives on
earth. E really know that Jesus is Lord over a person's life when they honor
and reverence His mesengers.
If
we are 100% given to God then we must prove it by being ealous to honor His
truth 100% of the time.
Seeing
the weakness in the flesh in others is an easy cheapshot to take against God.
We ought not to be found taking it if we will live.
1Pe_4:11 CAB
If anyone speaks, let him speak as the utterances of God...
1Pe_4:11 Greek
εἴ τις λαλεῖ,
ὡς λόγια
Θεοῦ...
Eph
4:28-32 CAB
28 Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather
let him labor, working that which is good with his hands, in order that he may
have something to share with him who has need.
29
Let no corrupt word proceed from your mouth, but only what is good for edification, that it may give grace [favor] to them that hear.
30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by
whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
31 Let all bitterness, wrath,
anger, clamor, and blasphemy be removed from you, with all malice. 32 And
be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as also God
in Christ forgave us.
Joh_7:16-18
KJV-Based Jesus answered them,
and said, “My doctrine is not my own, but His that sent me. If any man will do
His will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it is of God, or whether I speak of myself. He that speaks of himself
seeks his own glory: but he that seeks His glory that sent him, the same is
true, and no unrighteousness is in him.”
This
exclusivity also includes what Jesus does as well as what He says:
See
John Summaries: John 5; John 7; John 14
It
is interesting that whenever satan sends someone they are free to speak all
they want and promote and glorify themselves without restraint, because satan
is glorified in the selfish and prideful exaltation of the flesh. But whenever
Jesus sends people they always have to live a crucified life of humiliation and
subjection in their glorious faith. They are truly slaves of righteousness,
because they are not free to go on opening their mouth at their own pleasure.
They like what is right, not what is convenient. They like what is true, not
what they have to say. They live according to what is obedient and true, not to
what is indulgent and self promoting. They keep their mouth closed until the
right time, whereas pagans have no such restrictions:
Joh_7:6
CAB
Then Jesus said to them,
"My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.
Paganism
makes no distinctions of cleanliness for holiness sake, therefore, pagans can
always talk. It takes a real Christian to actually keep quiet in observance of
holiness.
Time
to speak?
Fire
in bones
Don’t
assume you are hearing from God
Jer_23:25-40
CAB
I have heard what the prophets
say, what they prophesy in My name, saying falsely, I have seen a night
vision. 26
How long shall these things
be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies, when they prophesy the
purposes of their own heart? 27
Who devise that men may
forget My law by their dreams, which they have told everyone to his neighbor,
as their fathers forgot My name in the
worship of Baal. 28
The prophet who has a dream, let him tell his dream; and he in whom is My word spoken to him, let him tell My word
truly. What is the chaff to the wheat? So are My words, says the Lord. 29 Behold, are
not My words as fire? Says the Lord; and as an axe cutting the rock? 30 Behold, I am
therefore against the prophets, says the Lord God, that steal My words everyone
from his neighbor. 31
Behold, I am against the prophets that put forth prophecies of mere
words, and slumber their sleep. 32
Therefore behold, I am against the prophets that prophesy false dreams,
and have not told them truly, and
have caused My people to err by their lies, and by their errors; yet I sent
them not, and commanded them not. Therefore, they shall not profit this people
at all. 33
And if this people, or the priest, or the prophet, should ask, What is
the burden of the Lord? Then you shall say to them, You are the burden, and I
will dash you down, says the Lord. 34
As for the prophet
and the priests and the people, who shall say, The burden of the Lord, I will
even take vengeance on that man, and on his house. 35 Thus shall you
say everyone to his neighbor, and everyone to his brother, What has the Lord
answered? And, what has the Lord said? 36
And the burden of the Lord you shall mention no more; for his own word shall be a man's burden. 37 But what, you say, has the Lord our God
spoken? 38
Therefore thus says the Lord our God: Because you have spoken this word,
The burden of the Lord, and I sent to you, saying, you shall not say, The burden of the Lord; 39 therefore
behold, I will seize and dash you
down and the city which I gave to you and your fathers. 40 And I will
bring upon you an everlasting reproach, and everlasting disgrace, which shall
not be forgotten.
Note
1: Corrections (such as cross-outs) are
made by me, Josiahs Scott
Note
2: For more on Jeremiah, including a summary
of this passage, see our Bible summaries:
www.TrueConnection.org/BibleStudies/Bible_Summaries.html#Jeremiah
Joh_14:10
- not His own Words
Joh_5:19-20
- only what He sees the Father do
Joh_5:30
- does nothing of myself
Jud_1:16
- be warned of ‘puffed words’
Remember:
-
‘every idle word’
-
stop up with judgment
The
devil’s tactic is to get you to think speak and operate independently
from God. We do this when we speak our own words and don’t wait for God’s.
Speaking
much is comparable to fornicating with many partners. You’re only supposed to
be with one person for life, and spiritually, you’re only supposed to speak God’s
Words, and those things beyond these boundaries are lawlessness.
Big
Point
I
have found that quite often the people that get tempted the most to speak
independently and naturally are also the same people who minimize our ability to hear from God!
Imagine that… Now why would that be?
We
get used to speaking our own words and love operating this way, and we do this
and then want to turn around and sabotage the Biblical teaching
so that we say that we can’t even hear God’s Words in the first place!
Don’t
cast scorn on our ability to obey the Bible and hear God’s voice simply because
you are complacently comfortable with violating holiness with your own mouth
and your own words.
Compare:
“Only Divine Words”
and
“Jesus Only Does and Says what He
Sees from The Father”
In
the end, claiming that we cannot hear God’s Words in order to justify our
complacent and natural, fleshly lifestyle is basically the same type of sin
that Pentecostals usually use as a basis to tag God’s name on to their own
words.
Although
the Pentecostal sin is far worse, both of these attitudes attempt to make room
for living a life where they get to do what their own heart wants to do, and
speak the words that readily come from their own heart.
Jas_1:19-27 CAB
So then, my beloved brothers, let every man be quick
to hear, slow to speak*, slow to anger; [* Sir_5:11;
See: Apocrypha_Defense.rtf –
rough personal notes] 20 for the wrath
of man does not produce the righteousness of God. 21
Therefore laying aside all filthiness and abundance of evil, in meekness
receive the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. 22 But become
doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 Because if
anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one is like a man observing his natural
face in a mirror; 24
for he observed himself and has gone away, and immediately forgot what
sort of man
he was. 25
But the one who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues
in
it, and is
not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one shall be blessed in
what he does. 26 If anyone among you thinks he is religious,
and does not bridle
his tongue but deceiving his heart, the religion of this man is useless. 27 Pure and
undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in
their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
Jas_3:1-15
CAB
My brothers, let not many become teachers, knowing that we shall receive
greater judgment. 2
For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a mature
man, able also to bridle the whole body.
3 Consider that we put bits in horses' mouths
that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body. 4 Consider also
the ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are
guided by a very small rudder wherever the impulse of the pilot desires. 5 Even so the
tongue is a small member and it boasts great things. See how great a forest a
little fire kindles! 6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. Thus the tongue is set
among our members, as that which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the
course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell. 7 For every kind
of both beasts and birds, of both reptiles and sea creatures, is tamed and has
been tamed by mankind. 8
But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unrestrainable evil, full of deadly
poison. 9
With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who are
created according to the likeness of God.
10 Out of the same mouth come blessings and
curses. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. 11 The spring
does not pour forth from the same opening both the sweet and the bitter water, does it?
12 It is not possible, my brothers, for a fig tree to make olives, or a
vine to
make figs, is it? Thus no spring is able to produce both salt and sweet water. 13 Is there
anyone wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his works are in meekness of wisdom.
14
But if you have bitter jealousy and strife in your heart, do not boast
and lie against the truth. 15 This wisdom is not that which comes down from
above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic.
(Also,
don't swear: Jas_5:12)
How
do you know when you are speaking with the wrong Confidence?
Mat_12:36-37
WEB I tell you that every idle [αργονG692] word that men speak, they will give account
of it in the day of judgment. 37
For by your words
you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."
Jam_1:19
LITV …my beloved brothers, let every man be swift
to hear, slow to speak… [A reference from Sir_5:11; See: Apocrypha_Defense.rtf]
Jam_1:26
MKJV If anyone thinks to be religious among you, yet does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own
heart, this one's religion is vain.
>>
Add: they are blind guides, leave them alone
Psa_39:1-9
CAB
...I said, I will take heed to
my ways, that I sin not with my tongue; I set a guard [KJV: “bridle”] on my mouth,
while the sinner
[KJV:
“wicked”]
stood in my presence.
2 I was dumb, and humbled myself, and kept silence from good words; and my grief was renewed. 3 My heart grew
hot within me, and a fire would kindle in my meditation; I spoke with my tongue,
4 O Lord [that is, not around the
sinner],
make me to know my end, and the number of my days, what it is; that I may know what I lack.
5 Behold, You have made my days old; and my
existence is as nothing before
You; indeed, every man living is
altogether vanity. Pause. 6
Surely man walks in a shadow; nay, he is disquieted in vain; he lays up treasures, and knows not for whom he
shall gather them. 7
And now what is my
expectation? Is it not the Lord?
And my ground of hope is with
You. Pause. 8
Deliver me from all my transgressions; You have made me a reproach to
the foolish. 9
I was dumb, and opened not my mouth; for You are He that made me.
[also
see the rest of this chapter about vanity: Psa_39:10-13]
Pro_26:4-5 CAB Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you
become like him. 5
Yet answer a fool according to his folly, lest he seem wise in his own
conceit.
No
“Striving” to Speak
2Ti_2:23-26 – Foolish people have got to be
ready to endure and hear a meek voice without interrupting,
if they are worthy to be talked to at all...
Tit_3:8-11 CAB Faithful is this word, and concerning these things I
want you to strongly affirm, so that those who have believed in God may take
thought to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to
men. 9 But avoid foolish [μωρὰς] disputes
[ζητήσεις] and genealogies, and strifes [μάχας] and legal fights [νομικὰς]; for they are unprofitable [ἀνωφελεῖς] and futile [μάταιοι].
10 Reject [παραιτοῦ] a divisive man [αἱρετικὸν] after the first and second
admonition [νουθεσίαν],
11 knowing [εἰδὼς
– perceiving]
that such a person has been perverted and is sinning, being self-condemned.
Pro_14:5-8
KJV A faithful witness will not lie: but a false
witness will utter lies. 6
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that
understandeth. 7
Go from the presence of a foolish
man [But See LXX!], when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge. 8 The wisdom of
the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
Pro_14:6-8
CAB You shall seek wisdom with
bad men, and shall not find it, but discretion is easily available with the
prudent. 7
All things are adverse to a foolish man,
but wise lips are the weapons of discretion.
8 The wisdom of the prudent will understand
their ways, but the folly of fools leads astray.
For
more on how and why ‘we must not talk to perverted fools,’
compare the Bible study entitled, “Embrace Dialogue”
(an unfinished work).
Psa_34:12-13 CAB What man is there that desires life,
loving to see good days? 13
Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking guile.
(Mostly
like the MT; the Greek
here is quoted almost exatly by 1Pe_3:10-11)
Psa_34:12-13 MKJV
Who is the man that desires life, and loves days, that he
may see good? 13
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking guile.
This
is a promise!
Pro_10:19-21 CAB By a multitude of words you shall
not escape sin, but if you refrain your lips you will be prudent. 20 The tongue of
the just is choice silver, but the heart of the ungodly shall fail. 21 The lips of
the righteous know sublime truths,
but the foolish die in want.
Pro_10:19-21 KJV
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth
his lips is
wise. 20 The tongue of
the just is as
choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth. 21
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
Pro_13:3-5 CAB
He that keeps his own mouth keeps his own life [τὴν ἑαυτοῦ
ψυχήν: his own soul; Heb. means “soul” as well;
see H5315],
but he that is hasty
with his lips
shall bring terror upon himself. 4
Every slothful man desires, but the hands of the active are
diligent. 5
A righteous man hates
an unjust word,
but an ungodly man is ashamed, and will have no confidence*.
Pro_13:3-5 KJV
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life [Heb. means “soul” as well;
see H5315]:
but he that openeth wide his lips shall
have destruction. 4
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the
diligent shall be made fat. 5
A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
[*
“no confidence” CAB - this is
a reverse of the original case: Pro_27:12 (quoted
previously)]
So
in the end the result is:
Pro_14:26 CAB
In the fear of the Lord is
strong confidence...
Pro_15:28
CAB
The hearts of the righteous
meditate faithfulness, but the mouth of the ungodly answers evil things...
Pro_15:28 MKJV
The heart of the righteous studies to answer, but the mouth of the
wicked pours out evil things.
Pro_17:27-28
CAB
He that forbears to utter a
hard word is discreet, and a patient man is wise. 28 Wisdom shall
be imputed to a fool who asks after wisdom, and he who holds his peace shall
seem to be sensible.
Pro_17:27-28 LITV
He who restrains his words knows knowledge, and one cool of spirit is a man of understanding. 28 Even a fool
who is silent is counted wise, he who
shuts his lips is counted as discerning.
Pro_21:23 CAB He that keeps his mouth and his
tongue keeps his soul from trouble.
(Much
like MT)
Ecc_5:2-3 CAB Be not hasty with your mouth, and
let not your heart be swift to utter anything before God; for
God is in heaven above, and you are
on earth; therefore let
your words be few. 3 For through the
multitude of trial a dream comes; and a fool's voice is with a multitude of words.
Ecc_5:2-3 LITV Do not be hasty with your mouth, and do not let your
heart hurry to bring forth a word before God.
For God is
in Heaven, and you are on earth; on account of this, let your words be
few. 3 For the dream
comes through the greatness of the task; and the voice of the fool is known by the many words.
Isa_35:8
CAB There shall be there a pure way,
and it shall be called a holy way; and there shall not pass by there any
unclean person, neither shall there be there an unclean way; but the dispersed
shall walk on it, and they shall not go astray.
Isa_35:8
KJV And an highway shall be there, and a way, and
it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but
it shall
be for
those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
peter
took Jesus aside
there
are six days to work
by
words justified and by words condemned
Speaking
much is not loving
Speaking
much is foolish
Speaking
much is prideful
I
think this is not in accord with the LXX:
“A fool has no delight
in understanding, But only in revealing his own
opinion,”
(Pro_18:2 WEB) [or
“uncovering his heart” (LITV)].
And
again, “A
fool utters all his mind…” (Pro_29:11 KJV).
In Job, it says of a young man named
Elihu,
2
…the wrath of Elihu… was kindled… and… 6 Elihu…
answered… “10 …I
said, 'Listen to me; I also will show my opinion.'…
17 I also will answer my part, And I also will show my
opinion. 18 For I am full of words. The spirit within me constrains
me. (Job_32:1-18 WEB) Behold, my
belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst
like new bottles. 20
I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer. (Job_32:19-20
KJV)
Many reading about Elihu have forgotten
that it also says, “A
fool also is full of words…” (Ecc_10:14
KJV).
The
law was given “…that
every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment
of God”
[Rom_3:19 ASV].
For
the overseer must be… able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict
those who contradict him. 10 For there are also many unruly men, vain
talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision, 11 whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole
houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain's sake, [Tit_1:7-11 WEB].
Psa
141:3 KJV Set a watch, O LORD,
before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
“No
man can tame it” so it has to be God who tames it if we are ever going to be
saved!
Bridle (I call this, the “Be quiet” anointing)
Remember
“Bridle” the tongue? (Jas_1:26
– as quoted previously)
Remember
that “Multitude of Words” = sin? (Pro_10:19 – as
quoted previously)
>>R!
Ecc_12:9-12
CAB
And because the Preacher was
wise above others, so it was that
he taught men excellent knowledge, and the ear will trace out the
parables. 10
The Preacher sought diligently to find out acceptable words, and a
correct writing, even words of
truth. 11
The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails firmly fastened, which
have been given from one shepherd by agreement.
12 And moreover, my son, guard yourself by means
of them; of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of
the flesh.
-
Scripture refined
I
have repented from just typing out any and everything I feel and calling it
"done."
God's
Words are refined in the fire seven times over, and yet we think we can just go
along and type whatever we want with no fear or judgement for our irreverence
in communication!
Why
I Write Slow
The
Moral and practical reasons why I cannot answer many questions in writting
(1)
There is a practical aspect of writing which limits me more than most people,
which is the fact that by default I tend to work in slow gear. I am not a
naturally fast thinker, and i am even slower when it comes to additing the
p[rocess of writting to this!
While
some people can think quickly and ephiciently transfer it to writing, I do not
have that privilage by default. I hope you will be understanding if i cannot
answer so many question in writing because of this.
The
great irony is that I have run into this issue for all my life, and the best
way to finally answer this for everyone who asks is it, well, write it all out!
Do you realize how much it takes me just to explain why it takes so much to
write things out?
(2)
But much more important than my personal limitations, there is a moral picture
that is constantly violated in the current world of writing
How
do you know when you are speaking the right Words?
Go
over principals of exaltation
Pro_8:6-8
CAB
Listen to me, for I will speak solemn truths;
and I will produce right sayings
from my lips. 7
For my mouth shall meditate truth, and false lips are an abomination
before me. 8
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing in them
wrong or perverse.
>>
Need to check these against the Hebrew:
Pro_10:8 CAB A wise man in heart will
receive commandments, but he that is unguarded in his lips shall be overthrown
in his perverseness.
Pro_16:13 CAB Righteous lips are acceptable
to a king, and he loves right words.
Pro_6:16-18 CAB
For he rejoices in all things which
God hates, and he is ruined by reason of impurity of soul. 17 The eye of the
haughty, an unjust tongue,
hands shedding innocent blood, 18
a heart devising evil thoughts, and feet hastening to do evil, are hateful to God.
Pro_18:20-21
CAB
A man fills his belly with the
fruits of his mouth, and he shall be satisfied with the fruits of his
lips. 21 Life and death
are in the power of the tongue, and they that rule it shall eat the fruits
thereof.
Pro_18:20-21
LITV A man's belly shall be satisfied with the
fruit of his mouth; he shall be satisfied with
the produce of his lips. 21
Death and life are in the hand of the tongue, and
those who love it shall eat its fruit.
Act_20:2 – Paul’s Warnings and Testimony
Add
these:
-
having many things to write
-
‘how many things’—in them many things which they twist to their own
destruction
-
Sent them the prophets, rising early
These
Apostles and Prophets gave us the Scriptures because they first lost their own
words
Jer_15:16-21
CAB
Consume them, and Your word
shall be to me for the joy and gladness of my heart. For Your name has been called upon
me, O Lord Almighty. 17
I have not sat in the assembly of them as they mocked, but I feared
because of Your power. I sat alone, for I was filled with bitterness. 18 Why do they
that grieve me prevail against me? My wound is severe; when shall I be healed?
It has indeed become to me as deceitful water that has no faithfulness. 19 Therefore thus
says the Lord: If you will return, then will I restore you, and you shall stand
before My face. And if
you will bring forth the precious from the worthless, you shall be as My mouth; and they shall return to you; but you shall not
return to them. 20
And I will make you to this people as a strong bronze wall; and they
shall fight against you, but they shall by no means prevail against you. 21 For I am with
you, to save you, and to deliver you out of the hand of wicked men; and I will ransom you out of the hand
of pestilent men.
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KJV
(MT)
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CAB
(LXX)
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Pro_12:13-23
KJV The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips:
but the just shall come out of trouble.
14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a
man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he
that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. 16
A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame. 17 He that speaketh truth sheweth forth
righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
18 There is that speaketh like the piercings
of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. 19
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. 20 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine
evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy. 21
There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled
with mischief. 22
Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight. 23 A prudent
man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
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Pro_12:12-23
CAB
The desires of the ungodly are evil, but the roots of the godly are
firmly set. 13
For the sin of his lips a sinner falls into snare, but a righteous man escapes from
them. (12:13A) He whose looks are gentle shall
be pitied, but he that contends in the gates will afflict souls. 14 The soul of
a man shall be filled with good from the fruits of his mouth, and the recompense of his lips shall be given
to him. 15 The ways of
fools are right in their own eyes, but a wise man heeds counsel.
16 A fool declares his wrath the same day, but
a prudent man hides his own disgrace. 17
A righteous man declares the open truth, but an unjust witness is
deceitful. 18
Some wound as they speak, like swords, but the tongues of the wise
heal. 19
True lips establish testimony, but a hasty witness has an unjust tongue.
20 There is
deceit in the heart of him that imagines evil, but they that love peace shall
rejoice. 21
No injustice will please a just man, but the ungodly will be filled
with mischief. 22
Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but he that deals
faithfully is accepted by Him. 23
An understanding man is a throne of wisdom, but the heart of fools
shall meet with curses.
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We
know we have the wrong confidence when we cannot stop speaking when we are
supposed to.
If
the same talking can make you sin when you are not supposed to be talking, it
is not at all clean when you seem to be talking about good things.
The
true test of a prophet is not when
a person can speak, but when they can finally shut their mouth:
When
confronted by a false prophet, notice what Jeremiah did initially when he was
contradicted:
Jer_28:11-12
CAB
And Hananiah spoke in the
presence of all the people, saying, Thus said the Lord: Thus will I break the
yoke of the king of Babylon from the necks of all the nations. And Jeremiah went his way.
12 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah,
after Hananiah had broken the yokes off his neck…
It
is about time in history where people stopped assuming that they should always
have an answer and something (perverted) to say, and started being like the
real prophets in the Bible who took pleasure in the cleanness of quietness. If
there is never waiting in you “hearing god” then you are not “Hearing God”:
Joh_8:6
CAB
But this they said, testing
Him, that they might have an accusation against Him. But Jesus, stooping down,
began to write on the ground with His finger, not taking notice.
Why
is this so? We must repent and come to terms with a very basic principal about
being a real prophet in Jesus kingdom:
1Co_14:32
CAB
And the spirits of the
prophets are subject to the prophets.
If
a person cannot shut their mouth, we can be absolutely sure that they are not a
prophet since their ‘spirit is not subject to them.’ They may indeed be the
prophets of Baal in their pagan lack of self-control, but all of the real
prophets in Jesus’ kingdom are able to subject their own soul, take up their
cross, and WAIT for whenever God would have them speak.
It
is a great and glorious day in history when we can finally find a person on
earth who is actually a real Christian, and has gotten a hold of true spiritual
things, but every fool can open their mouth to defile others with their pagan
spirituality!
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·do
a lot of talking
·be
very confident
·be
convinced that you have found the answer, and be completly and en th ousi as
tic a lly satisfie d with it, no matter how natural and fleshly it is
·always
be very confident and never question if you have been approved by God nor waite
around to hear his approval
·be
quick to assume your own approval, and never let anything get in the way or
slow down your confidence.
·dont
be emotionally weak so as to need God s affirmation at every moment to
function, because then you may stall when there is a chance to talk
·spend
more time in the morning thinking of answers to arguments and reading than in
actual prayer and emotionally needing to actually get some where with God -this
is one of your surest ways to go to hell-
·be
attracted to your own soul
·trust
in your own sincerity
·make
sure you dominate the conversation at all times so that you do not ever have to
practice self controle or deny yourself when you can find time to talk
·always
have something to say about every thing so that you can indulge in the lust of
talking and pass it off as proclaiming truth and being anointed by God to talk.
·never
value anyone elses heart but your own , because caring enough to search out
where someone else is and who they are takes all of the focus off of your own
mouth and diminishes your confidence in believing that people always need to be
listening to you
·never
spend too much time emotionally listening to others because really knowing
people confer s too much value on them and makes it seem like listening to them
is more valuable than them hearing you talk.
you
dont want them or yourself to think that they ever have anything better to say
than you do, because it is alway s time for you to talk
Jas
Summaries
1
- Slow to speak
Set
apart fithyness
Receive
with meakness
But
be doers of the word… not just hearer
Do
not bridle tongue (end)
3
tongue
(Chapter
4 – beginning)
5
don’t swear
Add:
People
speak so much because they get a certin satisfaction from it, this is lustful
indulgence, because it is not self denying.
Many
people speak about religious things because they get a personal satisfaction
from it, and are not living in self-denyal. Many people even talk harshly against
others with many conspiracy theories and beloved philosophies, but this is self
serving and self gratifying. It is not sacrificial, but an indulging of the god
of their own belly.
Why
should we do this Bible study? It is not so we will say what we all already
know and believe, but that we listen intently for spiritual truth to challenge
us to examine what we think “we all already know and believe.”
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At the beginning we are not talking about good words just yet, but about
identifying the sinful words we tend toward, and charging us to repent of them.