嘴唇所結的果子 (1) :『心裏所充滿的,口裏就說出來』
背誦經文:耶和華─我的磐石,我的救贖主啊,願我口中的言語、心裏的意念在你面前蒙悅納。(詩19:14)
A.
由雅各書第三章看舊人的口舌
a. 舌頭雖小,其影響力卻極大
á 3 我們若把嚼環放在馬嘴裏,叫牠順服,就能調動牠的全身。4 看哪,船隻雖然甚大,又被大風催逼,只用小小的舵,就隨著掌舵的意思轉動。5 這樣,舌頭在百體裏也是最小的,卻能說大話。看哪,最小的火能點著最大的樹林。(雅3:3-5)
á 6 舌頭就是火,在我們百體中,舌頭是個罪惡的世界,能污穢全身,也能把生命的輪子點起來,並且是從地獄裏點著的。(雅3:6)
á É是不止息的惡物,滿了害死人的毒氣。(雅3:8b)
á 7 各類的走獸、飛禽、昆蟲、水族,本來都可以制伏,也已經被人制伏了;8 惟獨舌頭沒有人能制伏,是不止息的惡物,滿了害死人的毒氣。(雅3:7-8)
á 原來我們在許多事上都有過失;若有人在話語上沒有過失,他就是完全人,也能勒住自己的全身。(雅3:2)
B.
口舌是心的發表:它顯明出生命的源頭和品質
C.
「感恩」與「讚美」都是嘴唇所結果子的典範
The Fruit of the Lips (1): ÒFor out of the abundance of the heart
his mouth speaksÒ
Memorization Verse: ÒLet the words of my mouth and the meditation
of my heart be acceptable in Your sight,
O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer.Ó (Ps 19:14)
A. LetÕs observe the tongue of the old man from
chapter 3 of the Book of James
a. Though small, it possesses extremely great influential power
3 Indeed, we put bits in
horsesÕ mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body. 4 Look also at ships: although they are so large and
are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the
pilot desires. 5 Even so the
tongue is a little member and boasts great things. (James 3:3-5)
b. The tongue of the old man is exceedingly dreadful
6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The
tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets
on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.
(James 3:6)
It is an unruly evil, full
of deadly poison. (James 3:8b)
c. No man can tame his own tongue
7 For every kind of beast
and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been
tamed by mankind. 8 But no man can tame the
tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. (James
3:7-8)
2
For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does
not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.
(James 3:2)
B. The tongue is the expression of the heart: it
reveals the source and quality of the life within
43 ÒFor a good tree
does not bear bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. 44 For every tree is known by its own
fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes
from a bramble bush. 45 A good man out of the
good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out
of the evil treasure of his heart [a] brings forth evil. For out of the abundance
of the heart his mouth speaks. (Luke 6:43-45)
10 Out of the same mouth
proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to
be so. 11 Does a spring send forth fresh water and
bitter from the same opening? 12 Can a fig
tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Thus no spring yields
both salt
water and fresh. (James 3:10-12)
C. Both Thanksgiving
and Praise are the models (good examples) of the fruit of
the lips.
Offer to God thanksgiving,
and pay your vows to the Most High É Whoever offers
praise
glorifies Me; (Ps 50:14,23)
15
Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice
of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to
His name. (Heb 13:15)
4 É As the branch cannot
bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless
you abide in Me. 5 ÒI am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in
Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for
without Me you can do nothing. (John 15:4b-5)