Life And Death – The Power Of The Tongue

Our words are containers of power that create action. They build up or the tear down. Words have the power to bring life or death physically, emotionally, and spiritually. This isn’t magical. It’s a matter of cause and effect.

Proverbs 18:21 says that life and death are in the power of the ton. What does it mean by “in the power of the tongue?”

The Scripture isn’t the only place we see life and death in the power of the tongue. In fact, it’s connection to the issue of life and death is found throughout Scripture. This means it would be wise to understand the power of the tongue.

We hear all the time young people committing suicide in our culture because of something someone bullied or told them. This is a clear example of life and death in the power of the tongue in society today.

Untangling The Tongue

The book of James tells us that “the tongue is a small part of the body” (James 3:5). But it goes on to talk about the tongue as if it has a personality, not like a physical part of the body. The key takeaway about the tongue is the words it produces. Let’s take a look at Proverbs 18;21 like that.

Life and death are in the power of that tongue produces

There are two things are going on there. There are words, and there is a production of them.

We know what words are but how are they produced? Those words come from the heart before they land on a person’s tongue. So, now let’s look at the verse that way

Life and death are in the power of the spoken words that come out of the heart.

James goes on to say how this looks.

With the tongue, we praise our Lord and Father, and with it, we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness (James 3:9).

When the Bible is talking about the power in the tongue, it’s talking about the words we say.

Revealing The Power

Words are containers of power that create action. They build up or tear down. Words have the power to bring life or death physically, emotionally, and spiritually. It’s a matter of cause and effect.

1. Physical. Words can bring life through encouragement, or a kind and proper warning. For example, a person gives hope to a suicidal person, a doctor advises lifesaving surgery, or a severe weather warning advising what precautions to take.

The words of a judge or jury have the power to give or take away life. These words have more power than if the person is in fact guilty or not guilty.

Physical death can be a result of hateful words or spoken in rage or anger.

2. Emotional. What we say has a profound impact on other people’s hearts.

A soothing tongue is a tree of life, But a pervasive tongue crushes the spirit (Proverbs 15:4).

Some wound as they speak, like swords; but the tongues of the wise heal (Proverbs 12:18).

A crushed spirit is a wounded soul within their emotions. A traumatized soul shuts down their emotions, in essence killing them. Words that carry life can bring dead emotions back to life through healing.

3. Spiritual, Jesus came to give us life – abundant and eternal life.

The thief comes only that he might steal, kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly (John 10:10).

Now this is eternal life; that they know who the only true God, and Jesus, who you have sent (John 17:3).

Here are words that lead to spiritual life or death:

If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved (Romans 10:9-10).

You Have A Choice

The issue of life and death has always been a choice. From the beginning, God has always given humanity a choice between life and death,

In the Garden of Eden, He set the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the center for a choice between life and death.

Before Moses let the children of Israel into the Promised Land, they were offered the choice between life and death.

See, I set before you today life and prosperity m death and destruction (Deuteronomy 30:15).

When Israel was under siege by the Babylonians Jeremy was sent to offer the choice between life and death.

Tell all the people, ‘This is what the Lord says: Take your choice of life or death!” (Jeremy 21:8).

The power in your tongue is ruled by your choice. Humans are the only creation of God that have the ability choose their words.

However, that can be difficult to master.

But no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison (James 3:8).

If this is true where did the choice go! It’s still there. God has given us the way to choose life and tame our tongues.

How To Choose Life

The way to choose life and tame our tongues is deeply rooted in Jesus He is the way the truth, and the life, as well as the word made flesh.

He taught us that what we need to do to tame our tongues is pay attention to what is in our hearts. Although He is rebuking the religious leaders in Matthew, the truth is seen again in Luke.

“Make a tree good and its fruit will be good or make a tree bad for a tree is recognized by its fruit. You brood of snakes! How could evil mean like you speak what is good and right? For whatever is in your heart determines what you say.” (Matthew 13:33). Do you see, the power in the tongue being used in society today?

A good person produces good thinfstfrim the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart (Like 6:25).

Being filled with Him fills our hearts with life. Also, James and Pauk tell us how to put the right things in our hearts,

Let The Word Of Christ Dwell In You Richly

In all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

Take note that every one she quick to listen, slow to sprain and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. We must get rid of the moral garbage and the evil that is so prevalent within us and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can give you life and save you from death, (James 1:19-21).

We need to start building each other up, instead of tearing each other down in the world today. Or it means death to our world.

Life And Death Are In The Power Of The Tongue And We Can Choose To Speak Life,

An Invitation To Freedom

When we think of ourselves as believers in Christ, yeah often struggling with habitual sin and temptation, we can fall into feeling ourselves to be total failures. Apostle Paul emphatically reminds us that Jesus denied to release us from bondage to the very chains we are choosing.

I’m not so different from those early Christians struggle to understand your newfound liberty. Just as a concept of freedom felt unnatural to the New Testament believers, it can sometimes feel foreign to us in the 21st-century as well.

For years, we can allow bondage to fear, except us to stress to overwrite our identity, muting the melody God orchestrated for our lives. The inability to understand our freedom doesn’t make it less true, But it did strife the song God put put on our hearts to sing. We are at free birds nut caged birds.

If you’re anything like me, we have to huge freedom daily. It’s so easy to default to human understanding is genocide freedom for falsehood returning proverbial slaves to the cares, creeds and checklists the world world have us follow.

But we’re here for a purpose, and Jesus paid for our freedom to run in that purpose. He paid with His own precious life. The power of the Spirit flows from the cross, frees us from the chains of sin and death, and unlocks our prison door. The power of the Spirit is unleashed with astonishing force through the apparent folly of the cross.

Which falsehoods have to mistakenly become enslaved to, falsehood that keep your influence for God silenced? Ate there times when you, too, need a reminder to confidently embrace your freedom with graceful abandon? This world need the ministry of our songs, and anthems of purpose, written before time, uniquely for us. So, release those shake first notes, and be the you God created for such a time as this. When you do you freedom rises and releases light into a world that’s the darkest it’s even been.

Things You Need To Know About God’s Wrath

As peace is a truth widely loved, wrath is a truth widely loathed. Many in the church have been embarrassed by God’s wrath and have revised this biblical truth.

The theme of the wrath of God toward sin and sinners is clearly and widely taught in the Bible. This truth is so interwoven with the hope of our peace with one another and with God that if we lose our grasp on one we lose hope of the other.

In scripture God always warn us of His wrath and then leads us towards salvation.

The wrath of God is, “His steady, unrelenting, unremitting, uncompromising antagonism to evil in all its forms and manifestations.”

The Anger Of God Is Not Like Our Anger

When we speak about the wrath of God, remember that it is the wrath of God. So, everything we know about God is just love, and He is good – needs to be poured into our understanding of His wrath.

The words “anger” and “wrath” make us think about our experience. You may have suffer because of someone who is habitually angry loses his temper, or flies into a rage. Our anger can often be unpredictable, petty, and disproportionate.

Although these things are often true of human anger, none of them are true of the anger of God. God’s wrath is the just and measured response of His Holiness toward evil.

God’s Wrath Is Provoked

The anger of God is not something that resides in Him by nature; it’s a response to evil. It is provoked.

The Bible says, “God is love.” That is His nature. God’s love is not provoked. He does not love us because He sees some wisdom, beauty, or goodness in us. He loves us because He loves us, and we can never get beyond that (Deuteronomy 7:7).

But God’s wrath is different, His Holy response to the intrusion of evil into His world. If there was no sin in the world there would be no wrath of God. So, the Bible’s teaching about the wrath of God is different rom ancient mythologies, gods who run around frustrated and fuming. God’s anger is His settled resolve that evil will not stand,

God Is Slow To Anger

Why does God allow evil to continue in the world? Why does He not wipe it out?

God holds out the offer of grace and forgiveness in Jesus Christ (2 Peter 3:9). People are coming to Him in faith and repentance every day, and God patiently holds open the door of grace. The day of God’s wrath will come, but then the door of grace will be closed.

God’s Wrath Is Revealed Now.

How does God reveal His wrath when sinners suppress the truth about Him, exchange the truth for a lie, and worship created things rather than the creator? God gives them up (Romans 1):

  • Therefore, God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts and impurity (1:24).
  • For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions (1:26).
  • God gave them up to a debased mind (1:28).

“Paul is not teaching that one day God will punish Roman civilization for its vice and decadence are themselves God’s punishment… Their punishment was their greed, envy, strife, deceit, violence, and faithfulness.” When we see the moral fabric of our culture being torn, then ad Christian believer we should cry to God for mercy,

God’s Wrath Is Stored Up

The Who,e Bible account leads to a day when God will deal with all evil fully, finally, and forever. This will be the day of Wrath, when God will recompense every evil and bring to judgement every sin.

God will do this in perfect justice. The punishment for every sin will match the crime. When the judgement is done, every mouth will be stopped because everyone will know God judged in righteousness and justice. Then God will usher in a new heaven and a new earth which will be the home of the righteous.

God’s Wrath On Sinners

In John 3;36, He does not say, “The wrath of God will come on the disobedient,” He says, “ Whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on Him.” By nature we are children of wrath (Ephesians 2:4). It is the state in which we are born.

What, at the end of the day, is the great human problem? it is not that we are lost and need to find our way on a spiritual journey. It is not that we are wounded and need to be healed. At the core of the human problem is that we are sinners under the judgement of God, and the divine wrath hangs over us until it is taken away.

How God’s Wrath Is Removed

The Bible speaks about God’s wrath being poured out at the cross: “I will soon pour my wrath upon you, and spend my anger against you” (Ezekiel 7:8). This takes us to the heart of what happened there: The divine wrath toward sin was poured out on Jesus. He became the “propitiation” for our sins (Romans 3:25), which means that payment for our sins was poured out on Jesus at Calvary Hill.

Don’t ever get the idea that God lives you because Jesus died for you. No, it’s the other way around. Jesus died for you because God loved you! He love you even when you were the object of His wrath! God so loved the objects of His wrath that He spent the wrath on Himself at the cross.

The outpouring of God’s wrath was the greatest act of live this world had even seen.

The hope for sinners is that between us and the wrath of God stands the cross of Jesus. Sin was laid on Jesus and the Divine wrath toward it was poured out, spent, and exhausted in the darkness of Calvary. And when it was done, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “it is finished!”

Why did we pick up that sin again? It was taken away. We are sinners by nature,

The wrath of God that will one day be poured out on all sin was spent at the cross will regard to all who are with Him.

Then Jesus rose from the dead, and He stands before us today, a living Savior! He offers to you the priceless gift of peace with God, He is ready to forgive your sins and fill you with His Spirit. He can save you from the wrath and reconcile you to the Father. He has opened the door of heaven, and He is able to bring you in.

One day God will take His mighty hand off of the nation. Because God cannot be where sin prevails. Only evil will be present. And the wrath of God will begin.

The Road Less Traveled

Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only few will find it. – Matthew 7:13-14

There are only two possible paths. As far as where you,l spend eternity, there are only two possible choices: eternal joy or eternal sorrow.

The narrow gate is named “God’s Grace” – the narrow road is named “Following Jesus.” Please notice that the gate is at the beginning of the road, not the end.

We get on the right path because God’s Spirit helps us “makes our footsteps sure.” If the wide gate has a name it is our strength.” If the wide road has a name it’s “in our own way.”

You’re on one or the other.

You can only be on one road at a time. You can only be traveling one direction at a time.

There is only one gate and a path into eternal life. So, if you haven’t entered the gate, and you aren’t on the road, your headed toward eternal sorrow,

You’re either on your way to life, or you’re on your way to death. We might not look like this reality because it seems sort of exclusionary. But our discomfort doesn’t make it any less true.

Don’t Judge A Road By It’s Traffic

Wide roads can still lead nowhere.

Beltways are big, wide abs busy roads that just goes in circles.

Within big cities, the widest roads lead to other parts of the city.

Some roads just lead from cities with one name to cities more or less like then, but with different names.

All the roads still only go to places where roads can go.

The path of your life might go around in circles, or from one ugly place to the next, or maybe all over the place – but that doesn’t mean you’re actually going anywhere.

What we need is a way to get off the same old roads,and onto a road that goes somewhere!

It’s a road less traveled for a reason.

Maybe the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason. –Jerry Seinfeld

It’s less traveled for a reason – people prefer to do things that harm themselves and others.

Too often we prefer death to life – or so we think the only way to get life is to flirt with the things that lead to death.

We too easily believe the lie our life will be happier, and more exciting if we go around acting like perfect idiots (or at least imperfect ones).

It’s also less traveled because it requires effort to get through the narrow gate and stay on the narrow path.

We have to struggle with our shortcomings, face our failures, and realize our inadequacies. We have to train ourselves to be better people by unlearning old patterns and going through the pain of learning new ones.

Choose The Road That Leads To Life!

God offers life – He’s not the cosmic party pooper that Satan wants to make Him out to be.

The road to life might not be as smooth and easy to travel on and might not have to razzle-dazzle of the super-highway to nowhere. But, it’s still a much better journey,

Narrow Gate Ahead

Don’t miss the turn off!

The gate is narrow and it’s easy to miss. You might be surprised at what a simple looking gate it is. You might expect something bigger. The gate is just up ahead on the right.

The road has a fork in it. Today you have a choice – to go the way that heads toward death, or to go the way that heads toward life.

You have to choose which fork your going to take. No rush decision. If you want to ponder Jesus’s teachings a little longer before you decide to follow Him, that’s okay.

Jesus Himself talked about the importance of counting the cost.

On the other hand, you’re still moving down life’s road. You’re either moving towards life or away from it.

Not everything fits through the gate. It’s a narrow gate. You can’t get a wide load through it. Yes, leaving the wide road, means leaving some stuff behind. It’s not that the stuff is so good, but it has a certain allure for us.

Everyone is welcome

The gate is always open

There aren’t any guards at the gate looking people over.

All who call on the Lord will be saved. All who want to get in the narrow gate will.

Jesus says “I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved… The thief comes only to steal, kill and destroy: I have come that you may have life, and have it abundantly” (John 10:9-10).

The Bottom Line:

Take the next exit to a fuller more joy-filled life.

Take The Road To God

Are You Going To Heaven?

Eternal life is costly. Satan and his faked angels are enraged. They were flushed out of heaven by the Lord God Almighty, because of pride and disobedience. For losing their place in the homeland and being subzero humiliation y the Lord God Almighty who created the human race and put us in charge of the earth; these fiendish forces have vowed to oppose the True Lord God Almighty in all ways always on earth while keeping a harem and you will go to heaven, you are sadly mistaken.

You have been hoodwinked, deceived, and bamboozled. Satan and his demons are enraged at their Creator; they hate the Only True God and they hate you and me more. Satan hates us and wants our destruction. The hellfire prepared for Him and his fallen angels is not a pretty place. It is a place of no return and they want to take as many souls with them as possible. Believe me Satan is after your soul. Satan doesn’t want you and me to inherit what he has lost: heaven.

It is unfortunate many souls on earth are ignorant of the ferocious war that’s going on over their souls. Their are few who have full and thorough knowledge of the reality of this spiritual warfare the forces of darkness abs light over the souls of human beings on earth.

If you are indeed a believer and follower of our Lord and Savior Jesus; you are being watched by the kingdom of evil. Satan is laser-focused on you and your activities and demonic forces are casing you and me 24/7.

Take it or leave it; our current world system is being run by Satan and his fallen angels. The politics, the banking and economy, education, fashion, entertainment, music, sports, technology, diplomacy, international business, religion are run by Satan and his demons. All you have to do is watch the news for a few minutes. The whole world is under the power of the evil one, referring to Satan, 1 John 5:19. Our Lord Master and Savior said: “ I will no longer Ali much with you, for the ruler of this world (referring to Satan) is coming, and he has nothing in Me.” Apostle Paul describe Satan and his rule on earth In John 14:30 this way “The god of this age ( referring to Satan) has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the Glory of Christ, who is the image of God.”

If you are a truly-regenerated and genuinely born again believer of God and still unconvinced that Satan is the god and ruler of this current earthly system, Jesus Christ who we call Lord, Master and Savior declare to you and I this His Kingdom which we aspire to the future is not of this world. Hear Him; “My Kingdom is not of this world…” (John 18:36). That should be plain enough and tell you that, as one of Jesus Own, you and I don’t belong to this current world system. Over and over we are warned to not love the world or anything in the world . If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him (or her) ( 1John 2:15). There is an old hymn that goes “This world in not my own and I am just passing by. Yet, their lifestyle’s belie that song . Do we really mean it and know the importance of that song.

I was reading over article that stated the 3 signs you are going to hell. Those 3 signs are:

1. Ignoring Jesus is the only way to heaven.

2. Living a life exactly like before you were saved.

3. You don’t believe in hell.

Poison kills where you think it does or not, Fire burns whether you be, you it does or not. God’s word is true whether you believe it is or not.

It seems like too many people live materialistic lives. Jesus did not so you could drive a fancy car, or have a boat and off-road vehicles. He died for you so that you could be forgiven and saved.

I talk to people all the time who say “I’m a good person, I know I’m going to heaven.” The truth is morality is not enough to get into heaven. It’s isn’t enough to be good. Salvation is the only way to heaven. (redemption from the power of sin). Yes, we all sin, but we all need to have a relationship with God. Repent and ask for forgiveness often. And turn away from your sins.

Their are only two destinations after we die. Heaven or Hell. Verses like Daniel 12:2-3; Matthew 25:46; and Revelation 20:14-15 show us that upon death there are only destinations, Heaven or Hell.

Whether or not you end up in heaven or hell will depend on whether or not you have put your trust in Jesus Christ alone as your savior. The decision to put your trust in Jesus Christ as your savior guarantees eternal life heaven. The decision to reject Jesus Christ as your savior results in an eternity in hell, separated from God. Where we go depends on our trust or rejection of Christ as Savior.