James 3

Intro

The Encouraging word

Imagine you're having a terrible day. You failed a test, forgot your homework, and your best friend isn't talking to you. Then, as you're walking down the hall, someone says, 'Hey, you’re really good at that art project. You inspire me!' Suddenly, you feel a little lighter. That one sentence shifted your whole mood, didn’t it

The Hurtful Word

Now think about a time when someone said something unkind to you. Maybe it was a comment about your appearance or something you worked hard on. Those words stuck with you, didn’t they? They echoed in your mind long after the person walked away.

The Power of the Tongue

The Tongue and Teaching

James 3:1 “Not many should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we will receive a stricter judgment.”

James starts here pointing out that teaching has the power to guide and miss guide

However, it is the underling problem that he wants to address

Tongue and Spiritual life

James 3:2 “For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is mature, able also to control the whole body.”

“We all stumble in many ways” —> None of us are perfect

The tongue is a crucial—and often deadly—part of the body.

It’s like a master switch.

Take command of it, and you have the potential for bringing your spiritual life under control.

James 3:3–4 “Now if we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we direct their whole bodies. And consider ships: Though very large and driven by fierce winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs.”

What the tongue does can have great effect

James 3:5–6 “So too, though the tongue is a small part of the body, it boasts great things. Consider how a small fire sets ablaze a large forest. And the tongue is a fire. The tongue, a world of unrighteousness, is placed among our members. It stains the whole body, sets the course of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.”

The destructive nature of it

Some individuals started gossip fires years ago, and the flames are still burning

It can destroy self-esteem, devastate relationships, ruin a career, and kill a ministry

Can be used as a weapon

The sin of man as it relates to his speech:

Romans 3:13–14 “Their throat is an open grave; they deceive with their tongues. Vipers’ venom is under their lips. Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”

James 3:8 “but no one can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.”

The Tongue and the Heart

Good and bad from tongue

James 3:9–10 “With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in God’s likeness. Blessing and cursing come out of the same mouth. My brothers and sisters, these things should not be this way.”

a contradiction this should be

We live in a time were we are quick to speak negativity about others

God’s Creation not just other believers

James 3:11–12 “Does a spring pour out sweet and bitter water from the same opening? Can a fig tree produce olives, my brothers and sisters, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a saltwater spring yield fresh water.”

A fig tree cant produce olives is it is then it must be a olive tree

The very nature of what it is

look at the nature of who i am

out of the heart mouth speaks

Luke 6:45 “A good person produces good out of the good stored up in his heart. An evil person produces evil out of the evil stored up in his heart, for his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.”

was my heart really changed

who are you?

repent i have been careless

Who are you?

was i really changed

maybe time to repent

i made a mistake

The Way to Wisdom

James 3:13–14 “Who among you is wise and understanding? By his good conduct he should show that his works are done in the gentleness that comes from wisdom. But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and deny the truth.”

Just wise

that one that should be wisdom

1 kings 3

king saul wanted wisdom

is this somthing we seek after

applied knoledge

“ his good conduct he should show that his works are done in the gentleness “

action condunct

meekness

give advice

but a gentleness

The Fruit of Wisdom

James 3:15–18 “Such wisdom does not come down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there is disorder and every evil practice. But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without pretense. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who cultivate peace.”

two types

earthly

jelous, selfish andvision

about me

heavetly

God is glorified

wisdon is about action chracter

pure holyness

looks for peace

open to reason

look at the friuts of their life

not the titles in front of there name

evauate your life

are you persuind and value

James 1:5 “Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God—who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly—and it will be given to him.”

ask for it