James 3:9-12 With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? My brothers, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
How can this be? It is like the question: “do you kiss your mother with that mouth?” said to kids who say things that would cause anyone to look at them twice. We praise God and curse men with the same tongue. Doesn’t this sadden you? But James is getting at something here. We have been made new. We have been born again. No longer should our heart be full of vile things but of the God things of God. So why do we speak evil? Does it show that our hearts have not been cleansed or that we are not walking by God’s Spirit? It should wake us up when we speak wrongly that our heart is connected to the wrong source and to repent and make a change. Don’t be a worthless salt spring that no one can find life in but connect your heart and therefore your words to the life giving spring that comes from knowing Jesus Christ.
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