Matthew 12:36 "But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgement for every empty word they have spoken."
Blackaby makes an interesting point in today's reading. He writes, "We would expect Jesus to condemn profane and vile uses of the tongue, but idle words?" He describes idle words as words that "we say carelessly, without concern for their impact on others."
This reminder should be on the wall of every staff room and Sunday school room and posted at every family get together. Christians love to condemn homosexuality, abortion and same-sex marriage, but gossip, idle words? Those are just personality quirks, not sin. Jesus Christ disagrees!
Not only can these idle words hurt people and destroy a witness, but they reveal the condition of a person's heart. "A good man bring good thing out of the good stored up in him, but an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him." Matthew 12:35 Note: Jesus uses "evil" to describe this person. Not "kinda' bad" or "slightly annoying", but EVIL.
Perhaps inward conviction should precede outward condemnation in a Christian's life.
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