The Tongue

   Sermon Outline for “The Tongue”

Every one of these careless words is going to come back to haunt you. There will be a time of Reckoning. Words are powerful; take them seriously. Words can be your salvation. can also be your damnation. Matt 12:36-37 The Message

11 When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I up, I put away childish things. 12 Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.13 Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love. 1 Cor 13:11-13 NLT

people .. Hurt people

19 My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, to speak and slow to become angry, 20 because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. 21 Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you. James 1:19-21 NIV

5Likewise, the is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.

8but human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. James 3:1-17 NIV

20 words satisfy like a good meal; the right words bring satisfaction.21 The can bring death or life; those who love to talk will reap the consequences. Proverbs 18:19-21 NLT

4 Gentle words are a tree of life; a deceitful tongue the spirit. Proverbs 15:1-4 NLT

26 Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless. 27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. James 1:26-27 NIV

45 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the is full of. Luke 6:43-45 NIV

What has your mouth said your heart is full of….???

 Who is Lord of your MOUTH??

 Has there been enough evidence to convict you of being a Christian?

Matthew 25:14-30

36 But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken. 37 For by your you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned Matt 12:36-37 NIV

If you declare with your , “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9