1. The Untamed Tongue James 3:1-12 James 3:7-8
7. For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
8. But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

2. Barometer
Atmospheric Pressure
Thermometer
Temperature
Speedometer
Velocity - speed
Tongue
Soul - Character

3. The Tongue is Important
James 3:1-12
Heaven
1.Description
2. Character
3. Power
Pro.6:16-19
Hell
Tongue
Soul - Character

4. The Description of the Tongue
Fire
James 3:6 “And the tongue is a fire”
Prov. 16:27 “and in his lips there is as a burning fire.”
Prov. 26:20 “Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
inflicts Pain
is Destructive
Fire

5. The Description of the Tongue
Untamable
James 3:8 “But the tongue can no man tame”
Tamed = to reduce from a wild to a domestic state , to bring under control: harness”
1 Pet. 3:10 “For "He who would love life And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking deceit.”
“bridling back the tongue”

6. The Description of the Tongue
Unruly Evil
James 3:8 “it is an unruly evil”
Like a wild animal in a cage
Can injure

7. The Description of the Tongue
Poison
James 3:8 “full of deadly poison”
Poison = venom as emitted by serpents
Fire is an open force
Poison is subtle
Describes the effects on the victims
Slander
Backbiting
Gossip

8. Gossip
Is like A
Poison !

9. The Character of the Tongue Betrays condition of Heart
“for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.” Matt. 12:34
Accent tells about geographical origin
Matt. 26:73 “for your speech betrays you”
Northerner
Southerner

10. The Character of the Tongue Betrays condition of Heart
Swearing = a profane heart
Impure stories = a filthy heart
Murmurings = a thankless heart
Criticism = a jealous heart
Slander = a hateful heart
Heart
Indicator

11. The Character of the Tongue
Can Bless and Curse
“Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.” James 3:9
Bless = speak well of
Curse = to doom –
bring evil upon men

12. Control Tongue Body The Power of the Tongue
Jas. 3:2 “For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.”
Whole body = sins that body can commit
Control tongue first !

13. Three illustrations The Power of the Tongue Horse = bridle
Ship = rudder
Fire = little can destroy much

14. The Untamed Tongue James 3:1-12 Can Destroy a person’s reputation
Can Destroy the Happiness of others
Can Destroy a congregation
Can Destroy your soul

15. 1 Peter 3:10-11
10. “For, He that would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile:
11. And let him turn away from evil, and do good; Let him seek peace, and pursue it.”

16. The Untamed Tongue The Bridled Tongue
James 1:26 “If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.”
The Bridled Tongue

17. The Untamed Tongue Sermon by Arthur Pigman Evans Church of Christ
515 Gibbs Road
Evans, Ga
Sunday Morning April 15, 2012