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ARE YOU DOUBLE-TONGUED?
LORD’S DAY, NOVEMBER 20
James 3:9

Psalm 34:12-14

 

“Keep thy tongue from evil,

and thy lips from speaking guile.”

 

ARE YOU DOUBLE-TONGUED?
 
Man is created in the image of God, for Genesis 1:26 says, “… Let us make man in our image, after our likeness….” God “…hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring” (Acts 17:26-28).
 
It blesses God: The consideration that man is made after the image of God should restrain the tongue from cursing. It should remind men to give due honour and respect to their Creator. As they sing the high praises of God and are ready to utter words of thanksgiving, they should do it honestly from their hearts. They must thank God for His creation and His perfect design to create man in His image. Therefore, as they use their tongues to address with reverence the divine Being, men must, to be consistent, turn upon fellow-creatures with good words and exhortations. Such is the expected outcome of tongues that acknowledge the greatness of their God.
 
It curses men: How absurd it is that those who use their tongues in prayer and in praise of God, use the same tongue in cursing, slandering, and the like. It is sinful to revile those who are made in God’s image and more so those who have been renewed by the grace of the Gospel. These acts are a most shameful contradiction of all the pretensions of wicked men who appear to honour God the Father but dishonour His children.
 
It is then great hypocrisy, and one is guilty when one employs the same tongue in blessing God and cursing men. My dear reader, are you double-tongued? Prayerfully consider guarding your tongue against being used inconsistently in sacred duties and in demonic atrocities.
 
THOUGHT: Am I double-tongued?
PRAYER: Father, help me by Thy grace to be watchful in using my tongue that I may use it for Thy glory and for the good of Thy people.

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