Well Shut My Mouth!
By Mark Flippo
Exodus 14:14 - The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Proverbs 13:3 - He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: [but] he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
James 1:19 - Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
An appropriate image to go with this scripture. That can be the hardest thing to do. When everything that is in you wants to say something because you know you are right. You have the better idea. You know that person is lying through their teeth.
Now they are caught and you just want to tighten the screws just a little bit. If you do that you will have sinned. You have not kept your mouth under subjection to the Holy Spirit.
James 3:5
“Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!”
You do not have to live long to understand this passage! Let us all work on the little member that can bring so much trouble!
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By Mark Flippo
Exodus 14:14 - The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Proverbs 13:3 - He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: [but] he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
James 1:19 - Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
An appropriate image to go with this scripture. That can be the hardest thing to do. When everything that is in you wants to say something because you know you are right. You have the better idea. You know that person is lying through their teeth.
Now they are caught and you just want to tighten the screws just a little bit. If you do that you will have sinned. You have not kept your mouth under subjection to the Holy Spirit.
James 3:5
“Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!”
You do not have to live long to understand this passage! Let us all work on the little member that can bring so much trouble!
http://moderndayparablesrcf.com