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TITLE: Wrong Uses of the Tongue

TEXT: John 8:43-45
PROPOSITION: The tongue can do great evil.
QUESTION: How?
KEY WORD: Ways
SCRIPTURE READING: Same


INTRODUCTION:

  1. Proverbs 4:24 – Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and put perverse lips far from you

  2. Hebrew word -(froward – KJV) – perverse, crooked, warped, not normal

  3. James 3:2-8 – We must be able to bridle the tongue


The tongue can do great harm if it is a:


Lying Tongue

  1. Description – Psalm 52:2-4

  2. Source – Satan – John 8:44

  3. Consequences – death, hurt, pain, broken relationships

  4. God hates a lying tongue – Proverbs 6-16-19

  5. Attitude – Ephesians 4:25, 29, 31

  6. We should seek – Psalm 102:2


Cursing Tongue

  1. Make common what is sacred – 2 ways

    1. Using God's name in vain

      1. Exodus 20:7

      2. Matthew 23:16-22

    2. When we condemn something God has made

      1. Matthew 5:22

      2. 1 Peter 3:8-10


Backbiting Tongue

  1. Proverbs 12:18

  2. Proverbs 26:20-23

  3. James 4:11

  4. Romans 1:30


Proud Tongue

  1. Psalm 12:3-4

  2. 2 Peter 2:10-11

  3. Proverbs 13:3

  4. Matthew 12:36-37


Conclusion

  1. Proverbs 10:19

  2. Proverbs 15:28

  3. James 1:26

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