Taming the Tongue
This lesson is not to point fingers nor to feel good to set one straight, but to be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to be angry. I am reminded of an old story that may illustrate the taming of the tongue:
This lesson is not to point fingers nor to feel good to set one straight, but to be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to be angry. I am reminded of an old story that may illustrate the taming of the tongue:
Are you burying or hoarding your riches or are you sharing or spreading your wealth for the good of mankind? And, how do you treat your employees who built your company? Do you withhold from the poor? Do you “give less” and “ask for more”? Are you more interested in “the bottom line” than for the employee?
God is omniscient—when setting up the human justice system, he knew man would make false oaths and bear false witnessing or raise a false report against his neighbor, friend, or family member. Judges and juries were set in place to safeguard against false reports along with each witness examined separately to minimize collaboration and escape detection of falsified testimony.
Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things make a man unclean. For out of the heart comes evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
I think you will agree that if we were under God’s laws and not those of man that our world would be ideal. God has addressed every issue in his laws with a solution that makes sense and could and should be used by all. I have been studying numerous books on his laws with the KJV Bible being the center for knowledge and understanding for many years and wish to share my thoughts and welcome your thoughts…
Understanding God’s Laws