1. © 2003 By Default! A Free sample background from www.powerpointbackgrounds.com Slide 1 Tongue: Good / Bad The tongue can do great evil.

2. © 2003 By Default! A Free sample background from www.powerpointbackgrounds.com Slide 2 Introduction The tongue can accomplish great good The tongue can accomplish great good It can also do tremendous harm It can also do tremendous harm Proverbs 4:24 – Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and put perverse lips far from you. Proverbs 4:24 – Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and put perverse lips far from you. Froward (KJV) means – perverse, crooked, warped, not normal Froward (KJV) means – perverse, crooked, warped, not normal James 3 – We must tame the tongue James 3 – We must tame the tongue

3. © 2003 By Default! A Free sample background from www.powerpointbackgrounds.com Slide 3 The Tongue Can Do Great Harm If It Is A: Lying Tongue Lying Tongue Psalm 52:2-4 – Psalm 52:2-4 – 2 Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. 3 You love evil more than good, Lying rather than speaking righteousness. 4 You love all devouring words, You deceitful tongue.

4. © 2003 By Default! A Free sample background from www.powerpointbackgrounds.com Slide 4 The Tongue Can Do Great Harm If It Is A: Lying Tongue Lying Tongue Source of Lies is Satan Source of Lies is Satan John 8:44 - John 8:44 - You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.

5. © 2003 By Default! A Free sample background from www.powerpointbackgrounds.com Slide 5 The Tongue Can Do Great Harm If It Is A: Lying Tongue Lying Tongue Consequences – hurt, pain, broken relationships, death Consequences – hurt, pain, broken relationships, death God hates a lying tongue – Proverbs 6:16-19 God hates a lying tongue – Proverbs 6:16-19 Attitude – Ephesians 4:25 - Attitude – Ephesians 4:25 - Therefore, putting away lying, “ Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another.

6. © 2003 By Default! A Free sample background from www.powerpointbackgrounds.com Slide 6 The Tongue Can Do Great Harm If It Is A: Cursing Tongue Cursing Tongue This is done in two ways This is done in two ways –1) Using God’s name in vain –Exodus 20:7 - –Exodus 20:7 - “You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.

7. © 2003 By Default! A Free sample background from www.powerpointbackgrounds.com Slide 7 The Tongue Can Do Great Harm If It Is A: Cursing Tongue Cursing Tongue This is done in two ways This is done in two ways –1) Using God’s name in vain –2) Condemn something God has made –Matthew 5:22 - –Matthew 5:22 - But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of hell fire.

8. © 2003 By Default! A Free sample background from www.powerpointbackgrounds.com Slide 8 The Tongue Can Do Great Harm If It Is A: Cursing Tongue Cursing Tongue This is done in two ways This is done in two ways –1) Using God’s name in vain –2) Condemn something God has made –James 3:8-10 - –James 3:8-10 - 8 But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. 10 Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.

9. © 2003 By Default! A Free sample background from www.powerpointbackgrounds.com Slide 9 The Tongue Can Do Great Harm If It Is A: Backbiting Tongue Backbiting Tongue Proverbs 26:20-22 – Proverbs 26:20-22 – 20 Where there is no wood, the fire goes out; And where there is no talebearer, strife ceases. 21 As charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife. 22 The words of a talebearer are like tasty trifles, And they go down into the inmost body.

10. © 2003 By Default! A Free sample background from www.powerpointbackgrounds.com Slide 10 The Tongue Can Do Great Harm If It Is A: Backbiting Tongue Backbiting Tongue James 4:11 – James 4:11 – Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

11. © 2003 By Default! A Free sample background from www.powerpointbackgrounds.com Slide 11 The Tongue Can Do Great Harm If It Is A: Backbiting Tongue Backbiting Tongue Romans 1:29-30 - Romans 1:29-30 - 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, 30 backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

12. © 2003 By Default! A Free sample background from www.powerpointbackgrounds.com Slide 12 The Tongue Can Do Great Harm If It Is A: Proud Tongue Proud Tongue Psalm 12:3-4 – Psalm 12:3-4 – 3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that speaks proud things, 4 Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; Who is lord over us?” Proverbs 13:3 - Proverbs 13:3 - He who guards his mouth preserves his life, But he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.

13. © 2003 By Default! A Free sample background from www.powerpointbackgrounds.com Slide 13 Summary – 3 Verses Proverbs 10:19 - Proverbs 10:19 - In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, But he who restrains his lips is wise. Proverbs 15:28 - Proverbs 15:28 - The heart of the righteous studies how to answer, But the mouth of the wicked pours forth evil. James 1:26 - James 1:26 - If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless.