~ Gossip Okay ~
Introduction
~ Satan is the “Father of lies” (John 8:44). From the beginning—in the Garden of
Eden—Satan has tried to get humans to doubt, question, and deny the truth of
God’s Word. In essence Satan whispered
in Eve’s ear, “Did God really say that?”
(Genesis 3:1). This is a serious matter
because God will not always strive with an individual. “Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in
the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, who exchanged the truth of God for the lie,
and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed
forever” (Romans 1:24-25).
Satan Says
~ Gossip does no harm and your words
don’t hurt.
God’s Answer
~ “Let your speech always be with grace
[always speaking more highly than deserved], seasoned with salt, that you may
know how you ought to answer each one” (Colossians 4:6).
“A soft answer turns away
wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly,
but the mouth of fools pours forth foolishness”
(Proverbs 15:1-2).
“The
tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles! 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. For every
kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has
been tamed by mankind. But no man can
tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil,
full of deadly poison. With it we
bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the
similitude of God. Out of the same mouth
proceed blessing and cursing. My
brethren, these things ought not to be so” (James 3:5-10).
~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW
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