James 3:1-12 Powerful Words of the Tongue
- Injunction (James 3:1-2)
Prudence - Condemnation of Teachers (James 3:1)
Perfection - Control of Tongues (James 3:2)
- Illustrations (James 3:3-6)
Behold the Reins of a Steed
Overriding - we put bits in the horses' mouths
Obedience - that they may obey us
Operation - we turn about their whole body
Behold the Rudder of a Ship
Massiveness - the ships, which though they be so great
Might - are driven of fierce winds
Maneuver - yet are they turned about
Minuteness - with a very small helm
Mandate - whithersoever the governor listeth
Member - the tongue is a little member
Magnification - boasteth great things
Behold the Ruination of a Spark
Explosion of Ignition - how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
Expansion of Iniquity - And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity:
Entirety of Influence - so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body,
Extent of Injury - and setteth on fire the course of nature;
Evil and Infernal - and it is set on fire of hell.
- Incorrigibility (James 3:7-8)
Tamed and Dominated (James 3:7)
Tongue is Deadly (James 3:8)
Vicious - can no man tame
Vile - it is an unruly evil
Venomous Words - full of deadly poison
- Inconsistency (James 3:9-12)
Unmixed Flow (James 3:9-11)
Incompatibility (James 3:9)
Blessing the Creator
Berating His creatures
Injunction (James 3:10)
Impossibility (James 3:11)
Unmistakable Fruits (James 3:12)
Self Serving
Self Aggrandizement
James 3:13-18 Peaceful Wisdom for Thought
- Honourable Works of a Submissive Man (James 3:13)
Man - wise and understanding man
Manifesting - let him show out
Manner - good conversation his works
Meetness - meekness of wisdom
- Human Wisdom of a Sensual Man (James 3:14-16)
Demonstration - Contrast in Operations (James 3:14)
Contempt - bitter
Covetousness - envying
Contention - strife
Conceitedness, boasting - glory not
Craftiness - lie not
Diagnosis - Contrast in Origins (James 3:15)
Not Spiritual - not from above
Secular - earthly
Soulical - sensual
Satanic - devilish
Diffusion - Contrast in Outcomes (James 3:16)
Turmoil and Troubles
- Heavenly Wisdom for a Sensible, Serene Man (James 3:17-18)
Characteristic
Chaste - pure
Calm - peaceable
Considerate - gentle
Compliant - easy to be intreated
Compassionate - full of mercy
Charitable - full of good fruits
Consistent - without partiality
Conscientious - without hypocrisy
Conclusion
- Injunction (James 3:1-2)
Prudence - Condemnation of Teachers (James 3:1)
Perfection - Control of Tongues (James 3:2)
- Illustrations (James 3:3-6)
Behold the Reins of a Steed
Overriding - we put bits in the horses' mouths
Obedience - that they may obey us
Operation - we turn about their whole body
Behold the Rudder of a Ship
Massiveness - the ships, which though they be so great
Might - are driven of fierce winds
Maneuver - yet are they turned about
Minuteness - with a very small helm
Mandate - whithersoever the governor listeth
Member - the tongue is a little member
Magnification - boasteth great things
Behold the Ruination of a Spark
Explosion of Ignition - how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
Expansion of Iniquity - And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity:
Entirety of Influence - so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body,
Extent of Injury - and setteth on fire the course of nature;
Evil and Infernal - and it is set on fire of hell.
- Incorrigibility (James 3:7-8)
Tamed and Dominated (James 3:7)
Tongue is Deadly (James 3:8)
Vicious - can no man tame
Vile - it is an unruly evil
Venomous Words - full of deadly poison
- Inconsistency (James 3:9-12)
Unmixed Flow (James 3:9-11)
Incompatibility (James 3:9)
Blessing the Creator
Berating His creatures
Injunction (James 3:10)
Impossibility (James 3:11)
Unmistakable Fruits (James 3:12)
Self Serving
Self Aggrandizement
James 3:13-18 Peaceful Wisdom for Thought
- Honourable Works of a Submissive Man (James 3:13)
Man - wise and understanding man
Manifesting - let him show out
Manner - good conversation his works
Meetness - meekness of wisdom
- Human Wisdom of a Sensual Man (James 3:14-16)
Demonstration - Contrast in Operations (James 3:14)
Contempt - bitter
Covetousness - envying
Contention - strife
Conceitedness, boasting - glory not
Craftiness - lie not
Diagnosis - Contrast in Origins (James 3:15)
Not Spiritual - not from above
Secular - earthly
Soulical - sensual
Satanic - devilish
Diffusion - Contrast in Outcomes (James 3:16)
Turmoil and Troubles
- Heavenly Wisdom for a Sensible, Serene Man (James 3:17-18)
Characteristic
Chaste - pure
Calm - peaceable
Considerate - gentle
Compliant - easy to be intreated
Compassionate - full of mercy
Charitable - full of good fruits
Consistent - without partiality
Conscientious - without hypocrisy
Conclusion