Passage: James 3:3-12 Speaker: Pastor Lukus Counterman Series: Faith that Works
Speaker: Lukus Counterman - Ask what James 3 is about and there is only one possible answer: the tongue. The control of one’s speech is one of the tests of true religion that James mentions at the end of chapter one. Believers must control their speech because the tongue has an influence on life for good and bad that is all out of proportion to its size. As we continue to look at this chapter, James explains the nature of the tongue - it is puny but powerful, it is humanly untamable, and it is shamefully inconsistent. If no man can tame the tongue, we are left without hope unless there is someone greater than a mere man who can intervene. Our hope is in Christ - the one who changes hearts and changes tongues. May the Lord help us to receive his word with meekness such that our hearts and mouths are changed.