Tasmanian Devil

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Tasmanian Devil
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Mind Your Tongue! 1. Mind the Power. (vv.1-8)
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• Mind Your Tongue!
• Mind the Power. (vv.1-8)
• Mind the Image. (v.9)

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He then who truly worships and honours God, will
be afraid to speak slanderously of men. - John
Calvin
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Honoring one another occurs as I focus on the
image of God in another. Honor one another
about yourselves. - Romans 1210
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Not only is it impossible for sweet and bitter
water to come out of one and the same fountain,
but it is also true that if the two get mixed, it
is the bitter which will affect the sweet, not
the other way around. Put blessing and cursing
together, and cursing will win out every time.
Bad habits corrupt good manners, and wicked talk
has the same effect. - Bede, 8th century monk
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• Mind Your Tongue!
• Mind the Power. (vv.1-8)
• Mind the Image. (v.9)
• Mind the Source. (vv.10-12)

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Matthew 1233-37 Make a tree good and its fruit
will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit
will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its
fruit. You brood of vipers, how can you who are
evil say anything good? For out of the overflow
of the heart the mouth speaks.
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Matthew 1233-37 cont The good man brings good
things out of the good stored up in him, and the
evil man brings evil things out of the evil
stored up in him. But I tell you that men will
have to give account on the day of judgment for
every careless word they have spoken. For by your
words you will be acquitted, and by your words
you will be condemned.
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Ephesians 53-5 But among you there must not be
even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind
of impurity, or of greed, because these are
improper for Gods holy people. Nor should there
be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking,
which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.
For of this you can be sure No immoral, impure
or greedy personsuch a man is an idolaterhas
any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of
God.
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Television talk-shows, sitcoms, and call-in
radio have majored in the kind of coarse humor
that Paul cautions us to avoid. Our old selves
are drawn to this form of entertainment, but it
is destructive to our souls. - Clinton Arnold