Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Watching Our Words...

33 Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit. 34 You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. 36 I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, 37 for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.” (Matthew 12)
Jesus is not talking to some wild bikers walking out of a bar, hoodlums hanging out on the streets, or jocks joking around in the locker room.  He is talking to religious people who think they've got it right.  Judgment day is coming when the rewind button is pushed. What have we said - be it in cold, calculated words, or words carelessly spoken? What do they reveal about what is really in our hearts?  Jesus hits home.  As the passage goes on, his opponents then demand Him to do something - they change the subject; they do not want to talk about their speech, or what it reveals about the state of their hearts. But speak about our speech we must; search our hearts we should. We need to make the tree good on the inside, and that we cannot do, apart from Him. May he change our hearts, our thoughts, our speech today. 

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