Be A Blessing with Your Words
Sermon • Submitted
0 ratings
· 56 viewsNotes
Transcript
Be A Blessing With Your Words
Be A Blessing With Your Words
“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit. You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless.
“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit. You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
How do we become a blessing with our words?
Stop using unwholesome words
Speak edifying words
Serve others’ needs with your words
STOP USING UNWHOLESOME WORDS
Eph 4:29 “Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.”
What are unwholesome words?
With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
Cursing -Is cursing still in your vocabulary? There is hope for us by the power of Christ that He can change our language as He changes our hearts.
But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.
Abusive speech - What does abusive speech mean? Outbursts of anger, shouting, labeling others, belittling others, threatening or putting them down. Abusive speech should have no part in a Christian’s vocabulary.
Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices
Lying Many relationships have been broken because a lie has been spoken to cover up a double life. By the power of the Holy Spirit, we can overcome this bad habit.
Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.
Silly talk/Coarse Jesting - An example of this is when we make fun of others’ struggles that we may not identify with. We are to avoid such jokes, instead we are to find ways to help them overcome their struggles.
For I fear that perhaps when I come I may find you not as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish—that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, hostility, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.
Slander and gossip cause division and damage. Sometimes the damage done is next to impossible to repair
SPEAK EDIFYING WORDS
Eph 4:29 “Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.”
a. Encouragement (1 Thessalonians 5:11; Proverbs 16:24; Hebrews 10:25).
b. Speaking the truth in love (Ephesians 4:15; Proverbs 15:1).
c. Apology/Forgiveness (Luke 15:21-22).
d. Prayer (Numbers 6:24-26).
e. Sharing the Gospel (John 6:68).
SERVE OTHERS’ NEEDS WITH YOUR WORDS
Eph 4:29 “Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.”
Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.”
He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”