(The Danger Of Having Dynamite In Your Dentures)

James 3:3-12 (MSG)

3 A bit in the mouth of a horse controls the whole horse.

4 A small rudder on a huge ship in the hands of a skilled captain sets a course in the face of the strongest winds.

5 A word out of your mouth may seem of no account, but it can accomplish nearly anything—or destroy it! It only takes a spark, remember, to set off a forest fire.

6 A careless or wrongly placed word out of your mouth can do that. By our speech we can ruin the world, turn harmony to chaos, throw mud on a reputation, send the whole world up in smoke and go up in smoke with it, smoke right from the pit of hell.

7 This is scary: You can tame a tiger,

8 but you can't tame a tongue—it's never been done. The tongue runs wild, a wanton killer.

9 With our tongues we bless God our Father; with the same tongues we curse the very men and women he made in his image.

10 Curses and blessings out of the same mouth! My friends, this can't go on.

11 A spring doesn't gush fresh water one day and brackish the next, does it?

12 Apple trees don't bear strawberries, do they? Raspberry bushes don't bear apples, do they? You're not going to dip into a polluted mud hole and get a cup of clear, cool water, are you?

(THE DANGER OF HAVING DYNAMITE IN YOUR DENTURES)

THE GOAL OF THIS MESSAGE

IS TO MAKE US THE BLOOD BOUGHT SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD

AWARE OF THAT THE WORDS THAT COMES OUT OF OUR MOUTH HAS THE POWER TO DAMAGE LIVES

OR EVEN DETERMINE LIFE IT`S SELF

BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO TO

Proverbs 18:21 (GW)

21 The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love to talk will have to eat their own words.

EVEN THOUGH MANY OF US DOSE`NT REALIZE IT

BUT THERES AN INCREDIBLE FORCE BEHIND THE WORDS WE USE

BECAUSE IN ONE BREATH

WE CAN EITHER BUILD PEOPLE UP OR TEAR THEM DOWN

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YOU SEE A STORY WAS TOLD ABOUT (ALFERD NOBEL)

HOW HE CREATED DYNAMITE WITH THE HOPES THAT IT WOULD BE USED FOR CLEARING LARGE ROCKS AND OTHER OBSTACLES

IN A FEW SHORT YEARS

HIS INVENTION BECAME A TOOL THAT THE MILITARY USED TO DESTROY PEOPLE

AND JUST LIKE ALFERD NOBLES INVENTED DYNAMITE TO HELP PEOPLE

GOD PUT A TONGUE IN EACH OF OUR MOUTH TO ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER

BUT WE LIVE IN A DAY AND TIME WHERE MANY OR USING IT TO DESTROY ONE ANOTHER

NOTICE -NOTICE -NOTICE

WHAT JAMES REVEALS TO US IN THE TEXT ABOUT THE TONGUE

HE SAYS THE TONGUE IS A FIRE

IN OTHER WORDS IT`S A TOOL THAT THE DEVIL USES TO IGNITE PROBLEMS

THAT WILL GIVE YOU A BAD CASE OF DYNAMITE IN YOUR DENTURES

BECAUSE IF THE TRUTH BE TOLD

ONE WORD WRONGLY SAID

HAS BEEN THE CAUSE OF FAMILY FUEDS

AND BROKEN FRIENDSHIPS

BUT IT`S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND

THAT GOD BLESS US WITH A TONGUE TO EDIFY AND ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER

IN OTHER WORDS GOD WANTS US IN THE CONSTRUCTION BUSSINESS

AND NOT THE DESTRUCTION BUSSINESS

IN THE TEXT BEFORE US

JAMES COMPARES THE DAMAGE THE TONGUE CAN DO WITH A RAGING FIRE

YOU SEE A FIRE THAT IS CONTROL AND USED WELL

CAN COOK A MEAL THAT WILL PLEASE YOUR STOMACH

BUT A FIRE THAT IS OUT OF CONTROL CAN BURN A WHOLE HOUSE DOWN

THATS WHY AS BELIEVERS IN THE ARMY OF THE LORD

WE MUST CONTROL OUR MOUTH

OR YOUR MOUTH WILL CONTROL YOU

AND YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF WITH A BAD CASE OF DYNAMITE IN YOUR DENTURES

NOTICE --NOTICE--NOTICE --

NOT ONLY DOES HE COMPARES THE TONGUE WITH A RAGING FIRE

BUT HE ALSO COMPARES THE TONGUE

TO A BIT IN A HORSE MOUTH

AND A TINY RUDDER ON A HUGE SHIP AT SEA

AND THE BIT AND RUDDER BOTH DETERMINES

THE DIRECTION OF THE HORSE AND THE SHIP

ALL I`M TRYING TO TELL YOU IF YOU THINK NEGATIVE

YOU WILL TALK NEGATIVE

AND THAT`S A SIGN THAT YOU HAVE A BAD CASE OF DYNAMITE IN YOUR DENTURES

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WELL NOT ONLY DOES JAMES TELLS US

THAT THE TONGUE IS LKE A RAGING FIRE

AND THE BIT AND RUDDER CONTROLS THE DIRECTION OF THE HORSE AND SHIP

BUT AS I PREPARE TO GO TO MY SEAT

JAMES REMINDS US THAT THERES SOME WORDS

WE NEED TO REMOVE FROM OUR MENTAL ROLODEX

IN OTHER WORDS

HE REMINDS US HOW CAN SWEET WATER AND BITTER WATER COME OUT OF THE SAME FOUNTIAN

BECAUSE WHAT`S IN WELL OF YOUR HEART

WILL COME OUT THE BUCKET OF YOUR MOUTH

BUT NOT ONLY DOES HE GIVES US A SWEET WATER AND BITTER WATER ILLUSTRATION