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Ray Evans • February 11, 2020
When I hear preachers quote this scripture, "Death and life are in the power of the tongue" (Proverbs 18:21) I know what's coming: a sermon on how our words can affect the hearer...they have the "power" to lift up or tear down. It's a common sermon.
I don't disagree; obviously our words can affect the hearer...tell a child how bad he (or she) is and voila, you'll get a "bad" child. Criticize your spouse long enough and you could wind up in divorce court...build them up and they'll be yours forever.
I agree, words can hurt or heal...but consider this:
In the late eighties we owned a fitness club. It was on the first floor of an office building and catered to the tenants. Since there was no restaurant in the building, we decided to add a "Deli" to the club...basically soup, salads and sandwiches.
As I was reading Proverbs 18, a light bulb came on.
I had read that all diseases have their origin in animal fat...knowing the danger of eating animal fat, God said, "all the fat is the Lord's." His instructions were simple; don't eat the fat or drink the blood (this was a perpetual statute). (Leviticus 3:16-17)
Unfortunately, "taste" is also in the fat. Since the tongue is the "taste" organ, it follows that "life and death" vis-à-vis the food we eat, is in the tongue.
I don't disagree; obviously our words can affect the hearer...tell a child how bad he (or she) is and voila, you'll get a "bad" child. Criticize your spouse long enough and you could wind up in divorce court...build them up and they'll be yours forever.
I agree, words can hurt or heal...but consider this:
In the late eighties we owned a fitness club. It was on the first floor of an office building and catered to the tenants. Since there was no restaurant in the building, we decided to add a "Deli" to the club...basically soup, salads and sandwiches.
As I was reading Proverbs 18, a light bulb came on.
I had read that all diseases have their origin in animal fat...knowing the danger of eating animal fat, God said, "all the fat is the Lord's." His instructions were simple; don't eat the fat or drink the blood (this was a perpetual statute). (Leviticus 3:16-17)
Unfortunately, "taste" is also in the fat. Since the tongue is the "taste" organ, it follows that "life and death" vis-à-vis the food we eat, is in the tongue.
Here is wisdom: Eat to live, don't live to eat
Of course, until you're reborn Spiritually...nothing else matters.
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Believing in the "Rapture" relieves you of the responsibility to do anything except believe in Jesus...who will magically whisk you away to heaven. It's a lie, designed to keep you from preparing or being prepared for what's coming.
A lot of well-known and well-respected preachers talk about how long they have been preaching, as if the longer one preaches the more qualified one is to preach.
This may seem a strange question, but it never ceases to amaze me how few people allow God to play an active role in their daily lives. Why anyone would not want the creator of the universe to help them every second, every minute and every hour of every day, is simply beyond me.
The question in Psalms 15, "Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle?" probably has as many answers as there are preachers, but they all stem from a common belief: "Everyone who believes in Jesus goes to heaven." Sounds great, but is it true?
"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness"
2 Timothy 3:16
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