THE DEVIL'S TONGUE

   "Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!  And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity:  so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell."  (James 3:  5, 6)

   When was the last time you heard an encouraging word from friends or family members in a time of need, or in a time of great sorrow?

   Would it be fair to say that most disagreements between friends and family members begins with angry words?

   Would it also be fair to say that man's greatest weapon under the sun is his own tongue?

      "For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind:  but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 
     "Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing."             
                                                  (James 3: 7, 10)

      "Life and death are in the power of the tongue:  and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof."  (Proverbs 18: 21)

   Whenever people use words of profanity, they are speaking the Devil's language.
   Whenever people surrender the authority of their own tongues to the authority of the Devil, they are enabling the Devil's wrath to come out of their mouths and torch other people.
   Some people spread rumors and gossip about people, and some people spread rumors and gossip about God.
   The power of the tongue is man's greatest weapon in physical and spiritual warfare.

   "But the tongue can no man tame;

it is an unruly evil,

full of deadly poison."

(James 3:  8)