1. The Wisdom of a Tamed Tongue October 21 st, 2012

2. The Prescription Needed to Tame the Tongue 1) Prove you are wise by doing what God has told you to do. Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done…

3. The Prescription Needed to Tame the Tongue 2) Your obedience must be clothed with humility which comes from God’s wisdom. …by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.

4. The Prescription Needed to Tame the Tongue 3) You must remove bitterness and jealousy from your hearts. … if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. Humility: Yielding oneself to God, His ways, and to others for God’s glory and honor.

5. The Prescription Needed to Tame the Tongue 4) You must remove selfish ‘me-centered’ defensiveness from your heart. … if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.

6. The Prescription Needed to Tame the Tongue 5) You must acknowledge that bitterness, jealousy & selfishness are of the devil – not of God. … Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, of the devil.

7. Requirements of God’s Wisdom 1 st Requirement: God’s wisdom requires that we trust his wisdom to be absolutely pure & requires our devotion to that purity. But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure…

8. Requirements of God’s Wisdom 2 nd Requirement: God’s wisdom requires unselfish humility. then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. …then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.

9. Requirements of God’s Wisdom 3 rd Requirement: God’s wisdom requires the soil of peaceful humility in order for a righteous life to grow. Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.

10. The Wisdom of a Tamed Tongue October 21 st, 2012