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Worlds Matter: They Lift Up Or Knock Down!
Contributed by Kelly Durant on Nov 9, 2015 (message contributor)
Summary: Words are real things! They have the ability to lift up, or to knock down, to inspire, to encourage, or to discourage!
Words Matter! Captain Kelly Durant
Scientists have studied how many words we speak a day. They have determined that men speak about 10,000 per day and women speak about 20,000. The problem is when men get home from work they usually have already spoken their 10,000 so that will explain why when the woman asks the man questions, he just gives one word answers. How was your day at work? Fine. Did you talk to your boss? Yes. What did he say? Nothing. Ha! Words are real things! They have the ability to lift up, or to knock down, to inspire, to encourage, or to discourage! Open your Bibles to:
36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Every single word we speak is very important! (repeat) Let’s contrast man’s words to the words that God gave us through Jesus, which give us love, faith, and hope! Not even money can buy that! Open your Bibles to:
63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
What we all must do is strive everyday to spend our time with these words of God so we will be full of life and full of the Spirit! Comparing words to food, God’s Word is like meat, solid protein, but man’s words are often like a sweet dessert that is laced with bacteria that will make you sick.
Lets now see how Our Lord reacts sometimes to our words, the words we speak when we are defending our wants and thinking about our own selves. Look up:
21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.
23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
Any of us often can become the very mouthpiece of Satan if we are not careful. It seems so easy to open our mouth when things are not exactly the way we want them. According to the Word, we should not judge a person on the surface by his words only, but we should know their motive and we also must remember God takes into account they will answer to Him on the judgment day. But amongst our selves here I want you to please feel the freedom to correct with love and patience any brothers and sisters in the Lord when you perceive there are words coming out of their mouths that are just of their own selfish interest, and not in the overall interest of winning souls and building God’s Kingdom! Especially when there is criticism, gossip, and negative things being put into words. The word says:
Prov 27:5
Open rebuke is better than secret love. The highest expression of your love to your brother is to correct him. Jesus did it and you must follow His example! I know inside you may be asking yourself, is there a problem here in the church that you are talking about this? The answer is I don’t really see that there is a serious one but the Lord laid this message on my heart to be like a purging fire. You know in order to prevent a forest fire, the foresters will make a controlled fire burn the brush on the ground so that way if a real fire comes it will not be able to stay lit. Also, always there have been many churches that have lost many people due to the words of man and in house quarrelling. Why do you think the mega churches with 5,000 members are so popular? People would rather sneak in, then sneak out, no responsibilities and no commitments, but also there is no maturing on the part of those that choose that way because more than half of the New Testiment is all about relationships and how to get along with each other and with God and He wants us to deal with it. In a small place like here we are all family and families have their disagreements, but they later hug and they forgive because they have the same blood, the blood of Jesus to unite them!
