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.
The tongue. I've always had trouble with it. What pops into my head comes out and what does the Bible say? How little a fire it kindleth.
Let's think of the tongue, just for the sake of analogy -not trying to change the Bible, but let's think of the tongue as the voice. The voice kindleth a fire. The voice is a fire, a world of iniquity. The voice defineth the whole body.
Hmm. Voice. What do we use as our voice in these modern times? We put things out on social media for others to read. We are letting our typing-texting become our tongue.
I'm a little hesitant to put this out there because as every good fourth grader knows... When you're pointing a finger at someone else there are three pointing back at your own self. So, I put this out there for food for thought for all-myself included. Think about what you put on social media. If you're/we are putting something out on social media to go in a round about way to let someone know what you think, how they have wronged you, or even doing it purposely to hurt someone without mentioning names, are we setting a course of nature of hell fire?
What profit does it gain? Probably nothing. The only thing to gain is hurt feelings and destroyed relationships.
The tongue-the voice-typing,texting- social media- what do you want it to express?
Thoughts provoked from the television sermon of Dr Stanley. His message was seeking God first in your decisions. Reading the entire chapter put this in my head. Maybe seek God first before using that voice.
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