Oakwood Church
Just Shut It - James 3:1-12
Locations & Times
Oakwood Community Church
11209 Casey Rd, Tampa, FL 33618, USA
Sunday 8:00 AM
“For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.”
James 3:2
James 3:2
The Truth about Words:
• Your words Matter
• Your words Reveal who you are
• Your words Shape who you become
• Your words Matter
• Your words Reveal who you are
• Your words Shape who you become
The Truth about Words:
• Your words Matter
“Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.”
James 3:1
• Your words Matter
“Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.”
James 3:1
The Truth about Words:
• Your words Matter
“For we must all appear before the judgment seat [Bematos] of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.”
2 Corinthians 5:10
• Your words Matter
“For we must all appear before the judgment seat [Bematos] of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.”
2 Corinthians 5:10
“Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw – each one’s work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward.”
1 Corinthians 3:12-14
1 Corinthians 3:12-14
The Truth about Words:
• Your words Matter
“No human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.”
James 3:8
• Your words Matter
“No human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.”
James 3:8
The Truth about Words:
• Your words Matter
“The tongue can bring death or life; those who love to talk will reap the consequences.”
Proverbs 18:21, NLT
• Your words Matter
“The tongue can bring death or life; those who love to talk will reap the consequences.”
Proverbs 18:21, NLT
The Truth about Words:
• Your words Reveal who you are
“With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God.”
James 3:9
• Your words Reveal who you are
“With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God.”
James 3:9
The Truth about Words:
• Your words Reveal who you are
“From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.”
James 3:10
• Your words Reveal who you are
“From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.”
James 3:10
The Truth about Words:
• Your words Reveal who you are
“Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water?”
James 3:11
• Your words Reveal who you are
“Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water?”
James 3:11
The Truth about Words:
• Your words Reveal who you are
“Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grape vine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water.”
James 3:12
• Your words Reveal who you are
“Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grape vine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water.”
James 3:12
The Truth about Words:
• Your words Reveal who you are
○ Is your heart full of worshipful Gratitude or raging Resentment?
“From the same mouth come blessing and cursing…”
James 3:10
• Your words Reveal who you are
○ Is your heart full of worshipful Gratitude or raging Resentment?
“From the same mouth come blessing and cursing…”
James 3:10
• Your words Reveal who you are
○ Are you producing the Fruit of the Spirit?
“Walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh… But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.”
Galatians 5:16, 22-23
○ Are you producing the Fruit of the Spirit?
“Walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh… But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.”
Galatians 5:16, 22-23
• Your words Reveal who you are
○ Are you producing the Works of the flesh?
“Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy…”
Galatians 5:19-20
○ Are you producing the Works of the flesh?
“Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy…”
Galatians 5:19-20
• Your words Reveal who you are
○ Are you producing the Works of the flesh?
“Now the works of the flesh are evident… fits of anger rivalries, dissensions divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these.”
Galatians 5:19-21
○ Are you producing the Works of the flesh?
“Now the works of the flesh are evident… fits of anger rivalries, dissensions divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these.”
Galatians 5:19-21
“For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.”
James 3:2
James 3:2
The Truth about Words:
• Your words Shape who you become
“And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.”
James 3:2
• Your words Shape who you become
“And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.”
James 3:2
• Your words Shape who you become
○ To manage your words, you must manage your Emotions
“And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.”
James 3:2
○ To manage your words, you must manage your Emotions
“And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.”
James 3:2
• Your words Shape who you become
○ To manage your words, you must manage your Emotions
“If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well.”
James 3:3
○ To manage your words, you must manage your Emotions
“If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well.”
James 3:3
• Your words Shape who you become
○ If you are Loving in what you say (and don’t say), you will become more loving in All you do
“Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs.”
James 3:4
○ If you are Loving in what you say (and don’t say), you will become more loving in All you do
“Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs.”
James 3:4
• Your words Shape who you become
○ Sin grows like a Fire; godliness grows like a Tree
“And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness… staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.”
James 3:6
○ Sin grows like a Fire; godliness grows like a Tree
“And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness… staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.”
James 3:6