How to Talk Like a Christian Should (James 3:1-12)
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Transcript of How to Talk Like a Christian Should (James 3:1-12)
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How to Talk Like a Christian Should
(James 3:1-12)
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Brief Review
• This is our tenth installment in this series of lessons concerning “How To” Christianity taken from the book of James.
• In this series we have already learned how to survive trying times, obtain wisdom, survive temptation, address our anger, secure salvation, become a doer of the word, embrace pure religion, stop showing partiality, and develop real faith.
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How to Talk Like a Christian Should
• The six word-pictures in our text
• The twenty sins of the tongue
• The four solutions needed in order to talk like a Christian should
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Six Word-Pictures
DIRECTION• A bit in a horse’s mouth (vs. 3)• A rudder of a ship (vs. 4)
DANGER• A fire (vs. 5,6)• A dangerous animal (vs. 7)
DECISION• A spring (vs. 9-11)• Fruit (vs. 12)
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Twenty Sins of the Tongue
• Backbiting (II Cor. 12:20)
• Blasphemy (I Tim. 1:20)
• Boasting (James 4:16)
• Deceit (Romans 1:30)
• Disputing (Philippians 2:14)
• Filthiness and Foolish Talking (Ephesians 5:4)
• Flattery (Jude 16)• Foolish Disputes
(Titus 3:4)• Foul Language
(Colossians 3:8)• Gossip (Talebearing)
(Proverbs 26:20)
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Twenty Sins of the Tongue
• Heresies (II Peter 2:1)
• Idle Words (Matthew 12:36)
• Lying (Ephesians 4:25)
• Mocking (Jude 18)• Murmurings (I Cor.
10:10)
• Reviling (I Cor. 5:11)• Scoffing (II Peter
3:3,4)• Slander (Ephesians
4:31)• Vain Babblings
(I Tim. 6:20)• Whisperings (II Cor.
12:20)
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Four Solutions
• If we are going to learn to talk as a Christian should, then we need to:
1. Heal our Hearts (Luke 6:45; Prov. 4:23).2. Be Slow to Speak (Proverbs 29:20)3. Speak Less (Proverbs 10:19;
21:23)4. Speak every word as if Jesus was listening to us.