Happy weekend, friends! To stay true to completing the summer online James series, here is this week’s installment of The Scandalous Message of James.
Before you begin:
Have you ever added one tablespoon of salt to a recipe when it should have been one teaspoon? It’s such a small error, but the entire recipe will be ruin. Think of other small things which can have big consequences.
What you should know:
For James, talk was cheap! Empty claims of faith that didn’t result in observable change and action didn’t impress him. And yet he appreciated this awesome power of the human speech apparatus.
Baseless claims of faith created one kind of danger, but James was also concerned about the destructiveness of our out-of-control speech. The tiny tongue could be fire, poison, and evil.
Biblical Reminders:
In the big picture of faith and words, James says our speech is the number one indicator of what we believe. How would others describe the color and content of our words? James doesn’t want us to convey mixed messages. If the way we speak turns people away, then our faith in action may never get a chance to touch their lives. Is that I’m saying true? Is it necessary? Will it honor God? We need to look at the big picture and not our immediate reactions.
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