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This program is made
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of the God called partners
of Renner Ministries.
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Get ready for a teaching
that feeds your spirit
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and your mind, where the word is the anchor in
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uncertain times
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and doctrine doesn't bend to culture.
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We keep it simple,
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but dive deep revealing a
truth that strengthens us,
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a love that emboldens,
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and a mission that touches the world.
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Let's join Rick Renner.
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Hey, this is Rick Renner
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and I want to welcome
you to today's program.
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Been sitting right here
waiting for this moment
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so we can get started again in a brand new series
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which is called - What Jesus Said About Getting A Grip
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on Your Mouth.
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Everybody needs this series
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because there are moments when we all need
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to get a grip on our mouth
and not just spout off
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and say something that we later regret that we said. We need
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to know how to get a grip on our mouth.
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And today we're gonna see what Jesus had to say about this.
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But this is a 5-part series that comes in all kinds
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of formats and with a wonderful study guide
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that has everything in the
series, in the study guide.
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And I'm gonna tell you
again as I always tell you
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that I believe when you read the material
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and at the same time hear it
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or see it, it really causes that teaching
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to get down deep inside you.
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It's proven scientifically
that when you hear or see
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and read the same material, it
really causes you to get it.
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And I want you to get this teaching about Getting A Grip
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on Your Mouth.
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And I wanna also tell you about Joyce Meyer's wonderful book
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called Power Words.
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The subtitle says - What you say can change your Life.
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And in Joyce's book she talks
about what you should say.
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She talks about what you should not say.
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It is just such a wonderful practical book
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and that's why I'm telling you about it.
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And by the way, Joyce is a very dear friend to me and Denise
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and to our family. We love Joyce Meyer,
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we love her entire family.
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But this is a book that you need to read
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and that's why I'm telling you about it.
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But you can find out more about how
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to get all these
resources by going online,
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or you can give us a call.
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Just call the number on the screen
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and we'll tell you how you can
get these various resources
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and a lot more.
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And if you need prayer, we
also want to pray for you.
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You know, the Bible tells us that if two
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or three of us would agree
as touching anything,
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it will be done.
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You can pray by yourself,
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but sometimes it really does help
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to have somebody just
agree with you in prayer.
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You can call us. We're waiting
right now to hear from you.
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Just call the number on the screen.
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Or maybe you'd prefer to send an
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email. When we hear from you,
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we're going to agree in prayer
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and Jesus is gonna do what
needs to be done in your life.
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And if you're not a partner yet,
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would you pray about becoming
a part of our Partner Family?
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A partner is someone who sows whatever's in their heart
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to sow regularly into our ministry,
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to help us take the teaching of the Bible
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to the ends of the earth.
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And my friends, our partners are powerful
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and we invite you to become
a part of our Partner Family.
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But I want you now to
reach for your Bible.
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Now, every day this week,
we're going to be referring
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to James 1:19
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because it is the
foundation for this series.
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So we're gonna go back there again today
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and then we're gonna see what Jesus had
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to say about Getting A Grip on Your Mouth.
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So reach for your Bible, get a pen
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or a pencil, get ready to take some notes.
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But first I wanna read these verses from the book
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of Proverbs, which I started with yesterday,
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but they're worth hearing again.
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Proverbs 18:7 says, A fool's mouth is his ruin.
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Boy, that is the truth. And his lips are snare to his soul.
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People get in trouble because they speak too quickly
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and say things they shouldn't have said.
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That's what Proverbs 18:7 says.
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Or Proverbs 18:21 says - Death and life are in the power
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of the tongue and they
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that love it shall eat the fruit thereof -
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which means - you're going to eat what you say.
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So you need to slow down
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and make sure you're
saying the right thing.
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And remember that life
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and death are in the power of the tongue.
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Be careful what you say.
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Or Proverbs 21:23 says - Whoso keeps his mouth
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and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.
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And here we find out that sometimes the wisest thing for you
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to do is just to be quiet.
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Sometimes that is the best route to take.
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Or how about Proverbs 29:20 which says -
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Do you see a man that's hasty
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in his words: There's more hope
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for a fool than for him.
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And here we see there is great
virtue in just slowing down
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and thinking before you speak
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and Getting A Grip on Your Mouth.
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But let's go back to James 1:19
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and cover it one more time very quickly.
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And in James 1:19, James who
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by the way was the half brother of Jesus,
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said this about getting a grip on your mouth.
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Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift
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to hear, slow to speak and slow to wrath.
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And as we saw yesterday, those words,
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every man, literally mean everyone, all human beings.
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Or in this case, he's speaking
to every single Christian,
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which means this verse is talking
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to you, it's talking to you
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when it says - let every man. Just put your name there
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because it's talking to you.
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It says, let every man be swift to hear.
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And in fact, when you look at this verse,
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we discover there's only
one thing you're supposed
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to do swiftly, you're to be swift to hear.
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And as we saw in yesterday's episode,
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the word swift is the Greek, tachus, which is a word
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that especially pictures -
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a runner who runs as fast as he can
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so he can reach the finish line before is come competitors.
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It means that when it
comes to hearing, you need
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to move your feet.
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You need to be as serious as
a runner who's trying to get
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to the finish line before anybody else.
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You need to be a first class listener.
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Because this runner wants to win the race,
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he puts everything else out of his mind,
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he focuses on the finish line
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and presses forward to obtain the 1st Place Prize.
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So in this context, it means
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that when somebody else
is speaking, you need
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to put everything out
of your mind, focus on
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what is being said,
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and really press forward to comprehend
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what they're saying to you.
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It means to move one's
feet as fast as possible
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or to do something urgently
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or to do something swiftly as possible.
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And this verse is a command for all believers.
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All believers means me and it means you.
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This is talking to you - to urgently,
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swiftly, hear what is being communicated.
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And as we saw yesterday, the word, hear, is the Greek word
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akousai, a form of the Greek word akouo.
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The word akouo, is where we get the word for acoustics.
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It means I hear, but it's not just hearing
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and not processing.
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This word akouo,
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here, akousai, means to hear,
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but importantly carries the notion
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of one possessing a full comprehension of
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what is being communicated.
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So if somebody's talking to you, you don't understand them,
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tell them the truth, say - I'm not getting it.
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I need you to slow down.
Tell it to me one more time.
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Could you please state it
maybe a little differently?
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I really wanna understand
what you're saying
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that will show them that you
are really eager to understand
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and they will appreciate your honesty
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and it will assure that you don't mis-communicate
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what is being said to you.
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But wait, he goes on to say that we're to be slow to speak.
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And as we saw yesterday,
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the word slow is the Greek word, bradus.
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And this word bradus, refers to something that is slow,
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sluggish, or mentally dull.
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It refers to one who has
a handicap so serious
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that he cannot act quickly.
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Now, I don't want to
be socially offensive,
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but this word bradus, is the same word which would describe
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somebody who has a mental handicap and
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therefore they can't quickly respond.
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Or maybe they have a speech impediment.
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That's what this word really means.
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And it means that when it comes to speaking, rather than be
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so swift to respond, you need
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to have a little impediment in your response.
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You need to slow down, you need to think
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before you speak, you need
to open your ears, be swift
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to really hear what's being said to you.
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And rather than spout off
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and pipe off too fast, you
need to really slow down,
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be sluggish.
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You need to have an impediment in your speech
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before spouting off
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and saying something that
later you're going to regret.
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Be slow to speak.
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Now I know that we all wanna
speak, we all want to say
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what we're thinking,
but my friend, sometimes
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what you're thinking
doesn't need to be said.
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It's better just to put on the breaks.
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And the word, speak, here is the Greek word, lalesai.
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It's a form of the word laleo, which means to chatter,
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to converse, or to carry
on in a conversation.
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You know, I've learned over
the years in counseling people
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that when I speak to them,
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sometimes they're not really listening to me.
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They're thinking about how they're going to respond to me.
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And if they're thinking about
how they're gonna respond
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to me, it means they're not really hearing what I'm saying.
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And finally, when I get
quiet, they spout off.
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They say a bunch of things; they didn't hear
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what I was communicating.
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And my friends, what you have
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to say really may not
contribute to much good.
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It's better just to slow down
and to think before you speak.
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We're told in Ecclesiastes 3 - there's a time to speak
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and there's a time to be quiet.
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We're also told in the book
of Proverbs that we need
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to study to answer.
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You need to really think
about what you're gonna say
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before you say it.
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But hey, that's not all. It goes on to say that we're
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to be slow to wrath.
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And the word slow is again the Greek word bradus.
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This word is repeated twice in this verse.
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This word, bradus, refers to something again that is slow,
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sluggish, or mentally dull,
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which means you shouldn't just vent
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what you feel very quickly.
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that describes something
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and bent out of shape.
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When you're twisted and bent out of shape,
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that is not a great time for you to speak.
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That's a time for you to put on the brakes
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because probably you're
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that you're later going to regret
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and words that are hurtful
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to the other person. Just put on the brakes.
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that suddenly gives way
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It is a deeply felt anger suddenly released.
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You just spew it on somebody else. That doesn't help them
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and it doesn't help you.
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that explodes in rage.
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Rage never has a benefit.
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So we're to be swift to listen, we're to be slow to speak
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and were to be slow to wrath.
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And the RIV of James 1:19, says it like this.
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But understand my dearly beloved brethren that every one
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of you - is talking about you -
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every one of you needs to swiftly run to hear, attend to
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and comprehend what is being communicated.
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You need to zip your lips, put a lid on your mouth
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and learn how to slow down
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You also need to intentionally
put on the brakes
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to stop blowing your cool so easily.
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Now my friends, that is a
wonderful interpretation
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of James 1:19.
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And you need to take it to heart.
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You need to zip your lips,
put a lid on your mouth
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and learn to slow down in
expressing your opinions.
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And you also need to intentionally put on the brakes
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to stop blowing your cool so easily.
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And again, this is a series about getting a grip on
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your mouth.
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And I wanna repeat to you again, Psalm 141:3,
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which is so very important in my life.
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I quote this verse to myself. It says - Set a watch,
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O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
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Lord, help me to say what I should say.
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Help me to keep my mouth shut when I shouldn't speak.
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Lord, set a watch before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.
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But now I want to see what Jesus had
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to say about Getting A Grip on Your Mouth,
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but first, let's hear a verse from Leviticus
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5:4 and 5.
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Listen to this because Jesus builds on this.
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And Leviticus 5:4 & 5, it says -
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Or if anyone utters with his lips a rash oath
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to do evil
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or even to do good. Some people say,
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I swear I'm gonna get that person.
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I swear I'm gonna do this.
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Well, this verse is talking to you
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if you're making those kinds of statements -
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Or if anyone utters with his
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or to do good or any sort of rash oath
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that people swear and it's hidden from him
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and he comes to know it
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and he realizes his guilt in any of these - in other words,
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you swear you're gonna do something but you didn't do it -
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verse 5 says - And it shall be
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that when he shall be guilty
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that he shall confess that
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If you make a promise to do something
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but you didn't really put a lot of thought behind
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that promise and now it comes
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and you really don't want to do it, you're sorry
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that you made that promise, you may need to apologize.
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That's going to be a moment of embarrassment
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that you could have avoided
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a promise.
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Slow down.
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Think before you speak, think
about what your words mean
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and what those words are
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My friends, if you say something rashly,
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you may end up later having to
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You don't have to apologize
if you just zip your lips
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and think before you speak.
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But now let's go to Jesus.
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And in Matthew 5:33, Jesus said again,
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you've heard that it had be said of them
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of old, Thou shalt not
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forswear, but shall perform unto the Lord
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thine oaths.
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Well, let's begin with the word - not,
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thou shalt not. The word,
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not, in Greek is the word ouk.
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It is the strongest form of no
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or not in the Greek language.
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That means Jesus is speaking
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He's literally saying, you categorically,
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you emphatically shall not forswear thyself.
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You say - Well what in the world does the
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word - forswear - mean?
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The word, forswear, the Greek word,
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epiorkeo: it's a compound of 2 words: the word epi
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and the word orkos.
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The word epi here is used as an intensifier.
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And the word orkos means an oath,
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but it was also the word -
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listen to this - for offense
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or a limitation: to make an oath
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that fences you in, that limits you
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or locks you into a position.
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It's really talking about you
rationally making some kind
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of promise without putting a lot
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of thought into it before you made it.
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And once you make it, now you're bound.
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Now you've got to do what you said
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because you swore you would do it
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and you've gotten yourself into trouble.
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And that's why Jesus says don't do it.
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do not do this. My friends,
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you need to get a grip on your mouth
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and think about what you say before you say it
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or think about what you promised before you promise it.
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but shall perform unto the Lord thine oaths.
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it's a form of it.
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It's a compound of two words: the word apo,
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which means back.
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And the word, didomi, means I give.
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But when you compound the words together here,
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it is translated as the word perform.
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And it means to pay back,
to keep or to perform.
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Which means if you've made a
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you've got to do it.
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And that's why Jesus
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Don't forswear. Don't make a promise
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rashly; don't make an oath rashly
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because if you do,
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then you're gonna be obligated to keep your word.
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Jesus said better not to do it.
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And he said, because thou shalt perform unto the Lord thine
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oaths - oath.
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And the word oaths is different from the word forswear.
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The word oath is the word word, horkos.
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And this word horkos, describes that which is bound
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by a boundary: that which is fenced in
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and thus restricted by a boundary set around it.
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such oaths are so serious that they place boundaries
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and limitations upon one's life.
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And for this reason, Jesus says,
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it is better not to rationally make an oath:
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avoid it completely.
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Get a grip on your mouth.
Think before you speak.
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And in fact in Matthew 5:34, Jesus continues
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and he says - But I say unto you, swear not at all,
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neither by heaven for it is God's throne, nor by the earth -
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that's verse 35 - for it is his footstool.
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But let's look at verse 34.
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But I say unto you, swear not at all. The word, sware,
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the Greek word omnou, which again means to make a promise
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or an oath: to take an oath or to swear by an oath.
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But it really pictures someone who makes a rash
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or threatening oath: one who is swearing
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that he will take matters into his own
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hands to do something.
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Now this prohibition does not
stop us from making every kind
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of oath, but anything done that is hastily and recklessly,
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Jesus says in Matthew 5:37, comes from the evil one.
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It comes from the evil one. Jesus says, simply do not do it.
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Do not swear at all - not at all.
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It means altogether at all, entirely holy.
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It means avoid this completely. Then he adds - neither
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by heaven, for it is God's throne.
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The word neither, in Greek, is a conjunction
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that in this case means either, neither, nor or not even.
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It means never, ever
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and indicates keeping something beyond the realm
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of possibility.
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It is the equivalent of saying, don't ever do this -
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avoid it completely.
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Don't ever do it.
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And notice Jesus says - neither by heaven,
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for it is God's throne.
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Have you ever heard somebody say, I swear to God: I swear
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by heaven: I swear to heaven.
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They even said that in the 1st Century.
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In fact, it was very
popular among the Jews
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to use heaven when they made oath or when they swear -
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I swear by heaven. My friends, Jesus says, do not do this.
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This word heaven, denotes heaven.
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It is the eternal abode of God, angels and saints.
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And again, Jews often employed heaven in their oath
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and their swearing because
it sounded so religious
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and so serious.
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And it was intended to
add a sense of authority
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and credence to what they were saying.
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But Jesus says, do not do it.
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Swear not at all.
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My friends, if you zip your lips and think
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before you make an oath or a promise or
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before you make some threatening statement,
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you're gonna keep yourself out of trouble.
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We're learning about how to get a grip on your mouth.
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I'll be back in just a moment
and I'm going to pray for you.
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Someone asked the question -
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Who is the elect lady in 2 John vs-1.
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Well, let's go to 2 John vs-1, to see what it says.
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John is writing. He says The elder, referring
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to himself, unto the elect lady
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and her children, whom I love
in the truth, and not I only,
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but also all they which
have known the truth
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Who is the elect lady that he is addressing.
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Some have suggested that he was writing to the Virgin Mary,
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but she was already dead by this time.
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So who is the elect lady?
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And the answer is obtained by doing a study of history.
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Principal cities in Roman provinces were called elect ladies
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and the principal city of Asia at that time
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where John lived was the city of Pergamum
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and Pergamum was referred to as the elect lady.
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that when John addresses the elect lady in this verse,
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he's referring to the church in Pergamum.
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And therefore here we
have the secret epistle
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to the church in Pergamum.
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Have you ever said something
that you later regretted?
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We all need to learn how
to control the things
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that come out of our mouths
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and Jesus has a lot
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to say on the subject. In Rick Renner series,
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What Jesus Said About Getting A Grip on Your Mouth,
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you will learn how to be slow
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and thoughtful with your words,
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really thinking before you speak.
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and curses come from the same mouth: submitting
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to the Holy Spirit when your tongue is untamable
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and much more.
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and positive words can be used
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Hey friends, this is Rick Renner,
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and today I wanna say
thank you to you partner
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for everything you do
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to help us fulfill Heaven's mandate on our ministry.
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In Proverbs 10:21, it says, the lips
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of the righteous feed many.
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And that is our assignment.
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And the past year, we have traveled all over Russia.
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And when we travel to minister, we don't charge
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for plane tickets or for churches to pay
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for the cost of our team.
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You pay that price, you
do that with your gifts.
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You enable us to go to
people who could never pay
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for all of us to come.
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But we've gone as a team and
lives have been transformed.
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We've had meetings where
we have met thousands
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and thousands of people
who listen to us on TV
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and then come together
to hear us in person
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as we impart the life transforming truth
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of the Bible to them.
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And you're a part of that
because you are a partner.
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You're putting the fuel in the
tank that enables us to go.
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And for this, I say thank you
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and all those people say thank you.
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And if you're not a
partner yet, we need you.
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And today I'm inviting
you to become a part
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of our Partner Family.
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We're waiting for you to help
us to the trusted teaching
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of the Bible, to the ends of the earth.
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Well, today we've been talking about how
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to get a grip on your mouth
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and we've been looking at what Jesus had
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to say about rationally
making promises or oaths
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or swearing something.
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Jesus said, swear not at all.
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And the truth is people get
themselves into trouble when
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they speak before they think: slow down, zip your lips,
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put a lid on your mouth
and think before you speak.
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This series is so helpful,
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and I wish when I was a younger man,
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someone had taught me
the things which we are
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covering in this series.
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But the series is called What Jesus Said about Getting a
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Grip on your Mouth: comes with a wonderful study guide.
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And I want to tell you again about Joyce Meyer's wonderful
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book called, Power Words -
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How Your Words Can Change your Life.
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And my friends, your Words can get you into trouble,
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or your words can really, positively change your life.
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And in this book, Joyce
tells you what you should say
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and what you ought not to say.
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And I really believe you
need to read that book
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and hear this series so
you can get these resources
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by going online or by giving us a call.
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And please, when you reach
out to us, let us know how
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to pray for you.
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And I'm gonna pray for you right now.
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Put your hand on your heart.
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Father, thank in the name of Jesus
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that we have such clear
instruction that we need
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to be careful about speaking
hastily and recklessly.
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Lord Jesus, help us to
think before we speak
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and to avoid getting ourself
into trouble in the precious
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name of Jesus -
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Amen. Well, tomorrow we're gonna start right here.
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We're gonna continue more about -
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What Jesus Said About Getting A Grip on Your Mouth.
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But until then, remember
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that Ecclesiastes 8:4 declares that "Where the word
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of a king is, there is power."
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If you've never received
Jesus as your Savior
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and Lord, now is the time for
you to experience a new life
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Jesus has to give you.
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Pray this prayer with me right now - Lord,
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I repent of my sin and receive you as my Savior
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and Lord. Wash away my sin
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and make me completely new.
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I thank you that my sin is removed
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and Satan no longer has any
right to lay claim on me.
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I faithfully promise that I will serve you as my Lord
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for the rest of my life -
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Amen.
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If you just prayed the
prayer of salvation with us,
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would you please let us know by going
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to renner.org/salvation?
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We would love to connect with you.
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Thank you for joining Rick Renner today.
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For more information about Renner Ministries
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and product resources, visit renner.org.