Read James 3:2 and ask for a volunteer to explain the verse’s message in their own words. By our speech we can ruin the world, turn harmony to chaos, throw mud on a rep... Read verse in The Message Bible Teachers are held to the strictest standards. Teachers are held to the strictest standards. We get it wrong nearly every time we open our mouths. Scripture: James 3:1–12. he exposes the hypocrisy of speaking a word of blessing without doing anything to be a blessing. If you could find... Read verse in The Message Bible This message appears as a chapter in The Power of Words and the Wonder of God. James has indeed been talking about the tongue, and he is going to take the matter even farther in chapter 3. 2 Indeed, we all make many mistakes. 1. For if we could control our tongues, we would be perfect and could also control ourselves in every other way. In James 2:14ff. James 3:1-2a Conference Message. (1-2) Opening observations: the greater accountability of teachers and the difficulty of … The Message; James 3 James 3. A careless or wrongly placed word out of your mouth can do that. A Word of Warning to Would-Be Teachers. James 3 The Message Bible << James 2 | James 3 | James 4 >> The Tongue. James 3 New Living Translation (NLT) Controlling the Tongue. We must know the hypocrisy of the tongue. 2 And none of us is perfectly qualified. 3 Dear brothers and sisters, [] not many of you should become teachers in the church, for we who teach will be judged more strictly. The powerful tongue can be used for great good or great evil. We get it wrong nearly every time we open our mouths. James 3:5-8 A word out of your mouth may seem of no account, but it can accomplish nearly anything - or destroy it! 3 1 Don't be in any rush to become a teacher, my friends. James 3 Don't be in any rush to become a teacher, my friends. The demonstration of a living faith in controlling what we say. If James left us here this would be a miserable message: the tongue is a deadly poison that no man can stop. In 3:17, James tells us that the source of this wisdom is “from above.” This in line with Proverbs 2:6, which declares, “For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.” As we will see (3:15), there is a so-called worldly “wisdom,” but invariably it is at odds with God’s wisdom (see 1 Cor. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.. 3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. We get it wrong nearly every time we open our mouths. Teachers are held to the strictest standards. James describes a blank person as one who wants the things of heaven but does not want to let go of worldly attitudes Double-minded 1 John 2:16 for all that is in the world the lust of the blank and the lust of the blank and the pride of blank is not of the farther but is of the world II. Thankfully, we aren't left to ourselves. Apart from redemption it will only tear down and destroy. Teaching is highly responsible work. And none of us is perfectly qualified. OUR FOCUS IN THIS STUDY is the teaching of James 3:1–12: Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. Comment, “Kindly spoken words help create a more determined desire to serve.” Sep 26, 2008. Emphasize that only Jesus is perfect, but the verse tells us that corrected, appropriate speech will lead to better behavior. The Tongue, the Bridle, and the Blessing: An Exposition of James 3:1–12 Desiring God 2008 National Conference. 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