These Things Ought Not To Be

Perhaps some are assuming the reason I am preaching on this subject is because some members in the church are mis-using their tongue in the church.

But if you think this you are absolutely wrong!!!

God as my witness as I stand in this pulpit before you and the God I love and serve…I AM PREACHING THIS SERMON AS A CAUTIONARY SERMON.

Why?

Because Christian need to be aware of the GOOD WAY and the BAD WAY the tongue can be used.

Illus: I came across a statistic that shocked me recently.

I read that the average person speaks 11,000,000 (Million) words a year.

Imagine 11,000,000 (Million) words a year.

• This is easier to believe about some people than others.

• In fact I know some people that probably speak 11,000,000 words in a month.

Do you know how many words that is in a lifetime?

At the age of 65 it is 715,000,000 (Million) words.

Imagine the magnitude of that many words!!!

And God’s Word tells us we are going to give an account for every idle word we speak.

Look at Matthew 12:35-36 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

Does that mean we are going to give account for every common word that we use each day?

No!!!

Let me explain…

Look at the word “IDLE”.

We use the word IDLE in two ways…

(1)We use that word IDLE as a lazy person in how they spend their idle time in their life.

Humor: Someone said this about a lazy person…there's no need to be angry at lazy people they didn't do anything!

We use the word IDLE in reference to how a person spend their IDLE TIME.

But here in the scripture we are not talking about idle time

(2)In this verse of scripture idle is referring to our words.

The word idle here literally means words that are thoughtless, useless word, that accomplishes no good, injurious words, false and malicious words that God keeps record and will judge us at the judgments.

For example in Jude 1:15 we read, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

Words matter to God. He keeps a record of our IDLE words.

Jesus said, "I tell you that on the day of judgment people will have to account for every (injurious, harsh idle) word they spoken."

Can you imagine how embarrass lost sinners will be as they stand before Jesus at the Great White Throne Judgment and will give account for…

• All their cursing

• All their gossiping

• All their lying

• All their insults

• All their bickering

• All their boasting

• All their dirty jokes

• All their taking God’s name in vain

Can you imagine how they will feel on the judgment day!!!

Illus: I imagine they will be ashame as that crowd that screamed out “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!”

Every lost sinner who has mis-used their tongue to hurt others are going to give account for every idle word

Jude 1:15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

But on the other hand can you imagine how Christians will feel as they stand before the Lord at the JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST THAT HAVE USED THEIR TONGUE SPEAKING MILLIONS OF GOOD WORDS…

• To encourage someone

• Taught Sunday school

• To preach God’s Word

• To invite someone to church

• To open their mouth and sing praise unto Him in the Lord’s house.

They will feel good at the Judgment Seat of Christ.!!!

Jesus spoke plainly about our use of words. He tells us, "for every idle word".

Why does God care about words?

We assume that the sins of our tongue are minor sins, sins that God will overlook.

Jesus was fully aware of the devastating nature of our words.

Words are incredibly powerful…

• They can build up,

• They can tear down,

• They can encourage,

• They can discourage

• They can motivate.

• They can destroy a person good reputation

• They can speak falsehoods.

• They can cause horrible scars.

Illus: Remember the saying many of us used as kids, "Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me."