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[22.74 --> 26.96] It will be on the screen, but as always, of course, I encourage you to have it there in
[26.96 --> 27.34] front of you.
[28.04 --> 29.20] From James 3.
[30.00 --> 37.88] Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we
[37.88 --> 40.76] who teach will be judged more strictly.
[42.14 --> 44.20] We all stumble in many ways.
[45.16 --> 49.96] Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body
[49.96 --> 50.48] in check.
[51.58 --> 57.62] When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal
[57.62 --> 60.44] or take ships as an example.
[61.44 --> 67.74] Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small
[67.74 --> 69.72] rudder wherever the pilot wants to go.
[70.88 --> 75.76] Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts.
[76.50 --> 80.50] Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.
[80.50 --> 85.88] The tongue is also a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body.
[86.52 --> 92.24] It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one's life on fire, and is itself
[92.24 --> 94.62] set on fire by hell.
[96.30 --> 101.88] All kinds of animals, birds and reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed
[101.88 --> 102.56] by mankind.
[102.56 --> 105.68] But no human being can tame the tongue.
[105.86 --> 110.02] It is a restless evil full of deadly poison.
[112.22 --> 121.20] With the tongue, we praise our Lord and Father, and with it, we curse human beings who have
[121.20 --> 122.74] been made in God's image.
[123.92 --> 126.98] Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing.
[127.94 --> 130.64] My brothers and sisters, this should not be.
[130.64 --> 134.16] Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?
[134.86 --> 139.90] My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives or a grapevine bear figs?
[140.76 --> 145.14] Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
[145.78 --> 147.06] This is the word of the Lord.
[154.12 --> 159.46] When I was a kid, and it's probably still true today, although I haven't heard it in a
[159.46 --> 163.14] while, we used to have this saying, and maybe you know it.
[163.20 --> 167.18] In fact, at home, I encourage you to finish the thought.
[168.28 --> 176.84] Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words or names will never hurt me.
[178.14 --> 179.86] Words can never hurt me.
[179.86 --> 181.86] But let's be real.
[181.86 --> 183.36] But let's be real for a minute.
[184.66 --> 188.60] Because I don't actually remember the last time sticks and stones hurt me.
[189.88 --> 193.76] And I'm quite sure that sticks and stones have never broken any of my bones.
[194.34 --> 197.38] But man, words have hurt me.
[199.26 --> 201.24] Words can hurt.
[201.24 --> 209.96] Truth is, the most common weapon that's ever used against you in life is someone's tongue.
[211.50 --> 217.52] Whether it's gossip behind your back or slander to your face or angry words spoken in haste
[217.52 --> 219.30] or name-calling and disrespect.
[221.58 --> 226.52] And here's the thing that even James, in writing this letter, couldn't have seen coming.
[226.52 --> 229.74] It's not just spoken words these days.
[230.72 --> 233.72] There are texts sent out in friend groups.
[233.88 --> 236.44] There are Snapchats flying around a high school.
[236.60 --> 239.82] There are messenger posts or Facebook pages or Twitter and Instagram.
[240.44 --> 245.36] Words spoken or typed or tagged cut deep.
[246.96 --> 251.48] Most of us, probably all of us, have experienced it.
[251.48 --> 255.60] And let's be really real.
[256.04 --> 261.06] Because most of us, at some point or another, are probably also guilty doing it.
[264.68 --> 269.84] But James has, for us, a more beautiful way.
[270.26 --> 275.40] There's a more beautiful reality into which we are called to live and experience.
[275.40 --> 285.64] The real faith expression of being hearers and doers of the word is going to change your use of words.
[288.28 --> 293.30] Here's the sort of big banner theme that I want us to see today.
[293.30 --> 301.34] Your speech, at the way you talk, the words you use, what you say, and how you say it,
[301.68 --> 307.48] your speech is the barometer of your make-it-real faith.
[309.06 --> 312.30] Real hearers of the word and doers of the word,
[312.82 --> 319.62] and maybe the first way that we are hearers and doers has to do with the way we talk.
[319.62 --> 324.32] Your speech is the barometer of your faith.
[325.18 --> 330.42] And really, I'm adding to the list of metaphors that James uses to help us understand
[330.42 --> 334.56] that the role your speech plays in reflecting a real faith.
[335.62 --> 339.52] But maybe not everyone is really clear what a barometer is.
[340.60 --> 344.52] A barometer is an instrument that's used to measure air pressure.
[344.52 --> 350.28] So the speech you use reflects the pressures you are under.
[351.12 --> 355.14] Cultural pressure to conform, peer pressure to look and sound a certain way,
[355.64 --> 357.70] social pressure to do certain things.
[358.06 --> 362.04] The anxiety of life is reflected in how we talk.
[363.76 --> 369.66] And a barometer is used to forecast weather changes.
[369.66 --> 375.50] Changes in air pressure are indicative of a new system coming in.
[375.88 --> 379.30] You've probably experienced the pressure change before it rains.
[379.44 --> 381.40] Some people get headaches because of it.
[381.52 --> 384.50] Or I've met people who get sore knees, and their knees are sore,
[384.62 --> 386.04] and they go, oh, it's going to rain in two days.
[387.64 --> 391.58] Changing air pressure can reveal what weather is coming.
[391.70 --> 393.80] And it's the same thing with your tongue.
[393.80 --> 402.12] Your language one moment can be a pretty accurate picture of your attitude and your behavior in another moment.
[403.02 --> 406.80] For instance, the way that you talk about your employer,
[407.44 --> 409.90] or the way that you talk about that girl in homeroom,
[410.14 --> 413.54] is indicative of what you will be like towards them,
[413.70 --> 417.84] or indicative of what you will be like about them to others.
[418.70 --> 421.48] Your tongue says a lot about you.
[423.80 --> 428.76] And so, I think it's good for us to start in this text at the beginning.
[429.82 --> 432.04] So, verse 1, we read,
[433.50 --> 438.64] We know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.
[440.82 --> 443.36] As a preacher and teacher of the Bible,
[443.90 --> 446.06] this verse can scare me,
[446.66 --> 448.94] or it can actually embolden me.
[448.94 --> 453.02] Precisely because I believe that it is true,
[453.34 --> 457.50] it makes me take the task of preaching and teaching more seriously.
[457.76 --> 460.10] And so, I labor, and I dig deep,
[460.30 --> 461.94] and I prayerfully reflect,
[462.10 --> 462.72] and I study,
[463.08 --> 463.60] and I read,
[463.70 --> 466.32] and then I invite you into the same
[466.32 --> 467.26] to check me,
[467.34 --> 468.48] and to hold me accountable.
[469.04 --> 470.50] That's what you will hear me say.
[470.68 --> 471.24] Things like,

[22.74 --> 26.96] It will be on the screen, but as always, of course, I encourage you to have it there in

[26.96 --> 27.34] front of you.

[28.04 --> 29.20] From James 3.

[30.00 --> 37.88] Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we

[37.88 --> 40.76] who teach will be judged more strictly.

[42.14 --> 44.20] We all stumble in many ways.

[45.16 --> 49.96] Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body

[49.96 --> 50.48] in check.

[51.58 --> 57.62] When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal

[57.62 --> 60.44] or take ships as an example.

[61.44 --> 67.74] Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small

[67.74 --> 69.72] rudder wherever the pilot wants to go.

[70.88 --> 75.76] Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts.

[76.50 --> 80.50] Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.

[80.50 --> 85.88] The tongue is also a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body.

[86.52 --> 92.24] It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one's life on fire, and is itself

[92.24 --> 94.62] set on fire by hell.

[96.30 --> 101.88] All kinds of animals, birds and reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed

[101.88 --> 102.56] by mankind.

[102.56 --> 105.68] But no human being can tame the tongue.

[105.86 --> 110.02] It is a restless evil full of deadly poison.

[112.22 --> 121.20] With the tongue, we praise our Lord and Father, and with it, we curse human beings who have

[121.20 --> 122.74] been made in God's image.

[123.92 --> 126.98] Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing.

[127.94 --> 130.64] My brothers and sisters, this should not be.

[130.64 --> 134.16] Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?

[134.86 --> 139.90] My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives or a grapevine bear figs?

[140.76 --> 145.14] Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.

[145.78 --> 147.06] This is the word of the Lord.

[154.12 --> 159.46] When I was a kid, and it's probably still true today, although I haven't heard it in a

[159.46 --> 163.14] while, we used to have this saying, and maybe you know it.

[163.20 --> 167.18] In fact, at home, I encourage you to finish the thought.

[168.28 --> 176.84] Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words or names will never hurt me.

[178.14 --> 179.86] Words can never hurt me.

[179.86 --> 181.86] But let's be real.

[181.86 --> 183.36] But let's be real for a minute.

[184.66 --> 188.60] Because I don't actually remember the last time sticks and stones hurt me.

[189.88 --> 193.76] And I'm quite sure that sticks and stones have never broken any of my bones.

[194.34 --> 197.38] But man, words have hurt me.

[199.26 --> 201.24] Words can hurt.

[201.24 --> 209.96] Truth is, the most common weapon that's ever used against you in life is someone's tongue.

[211.50 --> 217.52] Whether it's gossip behind your back or slander to your face or angry words spoken in haste

[217.52 --> 219.30] or name-calling and disrespect.

[221.58 --> 226.52] And here's the thing that even James, in writing this letter, couldn't have seen coming.

[226.52 --> 229.74] It's not just spoken words these days.

[230.72 --> 233.72] There are texts sent out in friend groups.

[233.88 --> 236.44] There are Snapchats flying around a high school.

[236.60 --> 239.82] There are messenger posts or Facebook pages or Twitter and Instagram.

[240.44 --> 245.36] Words spoken or typed or tagged cut deep.

[246.96 --> 251.48] Most of us, probably all of us, have experienced it.

[251.48 --> 255.60] And let's be really real.

[256.04 --> 261.06] Because most of us, at some point or another, are probably also guilty doing it.

[264.68 --> 269.84] But James has, for us, a more beautiful way.

[270.26 --> 275.40] There's a more beautiful reality into which we are called to live and experience.

[275.40 --> 285.64] The real faith expression of being hearers and doers of the word is going to change your use of words.

[288.28 --> 293.30] Here's the sort of big banner theme that I want us to see today.

[293.30 --> 301.34] Your speech, at the way you talk, the words you use, what you say, and how you say it,

[301.68 --> 307.48] your speech is the barometer of your make-it-real faith.

[309.06 --> 312.30] Real hearers of the word and doers of the word,

[312.82 --> 319.62] and maybe the first way that we are hearers and doers has to do with the way we talk.

[319.62 --> 324.32] Your speech is the barometer of your faith.

[325.18 --> 330.42] And really, I'm adding to the list of metaphors that James uses to help us understand

[330.42 --> 334.56] that the role your speech plays in reflecting a real faith.

[335.62 --> 339.52] But maybe not everyone is really clear what a barometer is.

[340.60 --> 344.52] A barometer is an instrument that's used to measure air pressure.

[344.52 --> 350.28] So the speech you use reflects the pressures you are under.

[351.12 --> 355.14] Cultural pressure to conform, peer pressure to look and sound a certain way,

[355.64 --> 357.70] social pressure to do certain things.

[358.06 --> 362.04] The anxiety of life is reflected in how we talk.

[363.76 --> 369.66] And a barometer is used to forecast weather changes.

[369.66 --> 375.50] Changes in air pressure are indicative of a new system coming in.

[375.88 --> 379.30] You've probably experienced the pressure change before it rains.

[379.44 --> 381.40] Some people get headaches because of it.

[381.52 --> 384.50] Or I've met people who get sore knees, and their knees are sore,

[384.62 --> 386.04] and they go, oh, it's going to rain in two days.

[387.64 --> 391.58] Changing air pressure can reveal what weather is coming.

[391.70 --> 393.80] And it's the same thing with your tongue.

[393.80 --> 402.12] Your language one moment can be a pretty accurate picture of your attitude and your behavior in another moment.

[403.02 --> 406.80] For instance, the way that you talk about your employer,

[407.44 --> 409.90] or the way that you talk about that girl in homeroom,

[410.14 --> 413.54] is indicative of what you will be like towards them,

[413.70 --> 417.84] or indicative of what you will be like about them to others.

[418.70 --> 421.48] Your tongue says a lot about you.

[423.80 --> 428.76] And so, I think it's good for us to start in this text at the beginning.

[429.82 --> 432.04] So, verse 1, we read,

[433.50 --> 438.64] We know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.

[440.82 --> 443.36] As a preacher and teacher of the Bible,

[443.90 --> 446.06] this verse can scare me,

[446.66 --> 448.94] or it can actually embolden me.

[448.94 --> 453.02] Precisely because I believe that it is true,

[453.34 --> 457.50] it makes me take the task of preaching and teaching more seriously.

[457.76 --> 460.10] And so, I labor, and I dig deep,

[460.30 --> 461.94] and I prayerfully reflect,

[462.10 --> 462.72] and I study,

[463.08 --> 463.60] and I read,

[463.70 --> 466.32] and then I invite you into the same

[466.32 --> 467.26] to check me,

[467.34 --> 468.48] and to hold me accountable.

[469.04 --> 470.50] That's what you will hear me say.

[470.68 --> 471.24] Things like,