Topic: Holiness And The Tongue

TEXT: JAMES 1:26. 1 PETER 3:10, EPH. 4:29, MATT. 12:36-37, PROV. 15:4; 10:19; 29:20

James 1:26 – “If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.”

1 Peter 3:10 – “For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:”

Ephesians 4:29 – “Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.”

Matthew 12:36 – “But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.”

Proverbs 15:4 – “A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.”

Proverbs 10:19 – “In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.”

Proverbs 29:20 – “Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.”

The life God planned for His people as described by Isaiah as the way of Holiness.

Isaiah 35:8 – “And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.”

Many have the wrong idea of holiness; some think it is sad look, melancholic, being strict, etc.

Holiness when rightly understood is attractive. Holy people are happy and compassionate people.

Being separated from God and separated from evil things is holiness.

No one can enjoy forgiveness and eternity without the the intension of being holy.

The degree of one’s holiness can be measured by his sensitivity in handling sins. Isaiah 35:9

When you lack holiness, it is a ladder of the devil into your life.

God emphasizes holiness many times in the Scripture. It is unfortunate that in this Christianity; many people replace important things with unimportant things.

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