Orbit doesn't clean your mouth, Christ cleans your heart.
"You have minds like a snake pit! How do you suppose what you say is worth anything when you are so foul-minded? It's your heart, not the dictionary, which gives meaning to your words. A good person produces good deeds and words season after season. An evil person is a blight on the orchard. Let me tell you something: 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. Words can also be your damnation."
Matthew 12:34-36 (The Message)
What happened to us being set-apart in speech? Jesus gave so many warnings about how we are supposed to talk. How do Christians go about their daily lives sounding like the world? I don’t understand. Our mouth is supposed to speak Truth. How can we claim Christ in one breath then in the next, curse? When did it become okay? It’s like it’s okay to say words that stand for other words, such as using B. instead of saying the entire word. People talk dirty. They use words like ho, and d---, so lightly. Ephesians 5:4 reminds us, "Dirty stories, foul talk and coarse jokes—these are not for you. Instead remind each other of God's goodness and be thankful!" Improper language should have no place in Christian conversation because it does not reflect God’s gracious presence in us. How can we praise God then speak vulgarly? Our words should please God, Psalm 19:14 says, "May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer." Our words are important because we represent Christ. Colossians 4:6 says, “Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.” Jesus, our Savior died for our foul mouths. Filthy talk hung Him on the Cross. It only took one word. Think about the speech that was hurled at Him. Is that much different than what we say when it doesn't glorify Him? Our words are to be encouraging. Uplifting. Kind. Pure. Right. True. Loving.
The words we speak should not give mixed messages to others, but only messages that are consistent with who we say we are--followers of Christ.
Matthew 12:34-36 (The Message)
What happened to us being set-apart in speech? Jesus gave so many warnings about how we are supposed to talk. How do Christians go about their daily lives sounding like the world? I don’t understand. Our mouth is supposed to speak Truth. How can we claim Christ in one breath then in the next, curse? When did it become okay? It’s like it’s okay to say words that stand for other words, such as using B. instead of saying the entire word. People talk dirty. They use words like ho, and d---, so lightly. Ephesians 5:4 reminds us, "Dirty stories, foul talk and coarse jokes—these are not for you. Instead remind each other of God's goodness and be thankful!" Improper language should have no place in Christian conversation because it does not reflect God’s gracious presence in us. How can we praise God then speak vulgarly? Our words should please God, Psalm 19:14 says, "May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer." Our words are important because we represent Christ. Colossians 4:6 says, “Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.” Jesus, our Savior died for our foul mouths. Filthy talk hung Him on the Cross. It only took one word. Think about the speech that was hurled at Him. Is that much different than what we say when it doesn't glorify Him? Our words are to be encouraging. Uplifting. Kind. Pure. Right. True. Loving.
The words we speak should not give mixed messages to others, but only messages that are consistent with who we say we are--followers of Christ.
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