{"id":2428,"date":"2013-09-03T07:15:15","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T11:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidcprice.com\/?p=2428"},"modified":"2013-09-03T07:15:15","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T11:15:15","slug":"sunday-morning-rewind-taming-the-wild-beast-in-your-mouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/davidcprice.com\/sunday-morning-rewind-taming-the-wild-beast-in-your-mouth\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Morning Rewind: Taming the Wild Beast in Your Mouth."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"zipper\"<\/a>“If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless.”\u00a0 James 1:26<\/p>\n

Bridle your tongue.\u00a0 Have you ever tried to bridle (or we could say, bite your tongue) when someone really pushes your buttons?\u00a0 When they say that one<\/em> thing that really puts you over the edge?\u00a0 It’s hard isn’t?\u00a0 I dare say, almost impossible.\u00a0 Actually, maybe it is impossible.\u00a0 In chapter 3, James says as much: “…every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, but no human being can tame the tongue.\u00a0 It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.”<\/p>\n

Aha! A loophole!\u00a0 See, Scripture, itself, gives us a pass and an excuse for not holding our tongue when that huh-huh-huh had it coming! Ah, not so fast, cowboy.\u00a0 This may give us a reason<\/em> as to why we don’t hold our tongue, but it doesn’t give us an excuse<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Wait a minute, though.\u00a0 No human being can tame the tongue.\u00a0 That’s what it says.\u00a0 So, if no human being can control the tongue, how are we held responsible when we don’t?<\/p>\n

This is where spiritual maturity comes in.\u00a0 It\u2019s why James said not many should become teachers in verse 1 of chapter 3, because there must be spiritual maturity.<\/p>\n

Look at it this way:
\nUnless we bridle our tongue, we are deceiving ourselves and our religion is worthless.\u00a0 Now, James says no human CAN control the tongue?\u00a0 The spiritually mature one understands this, but further understands that, though no HUMAN BEING can control the tongue, God can!\u00a0 So, through submission to the Holy Spirit of God, our tongue comes under control and HE makes us into doers of the Word through our speech.\u00a0 At that point, our speech becomes a good indicator of the Holy Spirit\u2019s control over our lives.\u00a0 If He is not<\/em> in control (demonstrated by out of control speech), then our outward expressions of our belief system (“religion”) are worthless.\u00a0 In other words, it isn’t real.<\/p>\n

Here are a couple of things to consider as you fight the battle of taming the tongue:<\/p>\n

\u00a01.\u00a0 Understand you can\u2019t control your own tongue, so submit to the work of the Holy Spirit ( this, of course, assumes you really have<\/em> a relationship with Him.\u00a0 If not, start there!)
\n2.\u00a0 Through His strength, take every thought captive (2 Cor. 10:4-5)
\nFor the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds.\u00a0 We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ<\/em>
\n3.\u00a0 Quote James 1:19-20 in your mind before you say a word<\/em> and then RESPOND (rather than reacting<\/em>) with a goal of honoring Christ.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.”\u00a0 James 1:19-20<\/p>\n

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“If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless.”\u00a0 James 1:26 Bridle your tongue.\u00a0 Have you ever tried to bridle (or we could say, bite your tongue) when someone really pushes your buttons?\u00a0 When they say that one thing that really puts you…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"Sunday Morning Rewind: Taming the Wild Beast in Your Mouth.","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4,5,596,542],"tags":[601,602,81,684,556,432,600,450,461],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3jKZO-Da","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1402,"url":"http:\/\/davidcprice.com\/words\/","url_meta":{"origin":2428,"position":0},"title":"The Power of Words","date":"August 7, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Words are powerful, aren\u2019t they? 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