The Satan Controlled Tongue - Part 6

There's gossip in my house, right? When people come to my house and tell me about something, I say, well, thank you for telling me that. I'll call him up at the first opportunity, that person you talked to me about, and tell him all that you told me. Oh, no, no, no, brother, that's only for you, for prayer. I say, no, no, no, I have the habit of immediately contacting the person anybody talks to me about, and telling them what you told me, and I'll tell your name also, you're the one who told me that. I have been delivered from gossip in my house completely. You want to follow that prescription? That's true. If gossip is juicy for you, you will not follow it. But if you want to get rid of all the garbage that people, imagine if somebody brought his garbage bin, came to your sitting room, and poof, dumped it all there, smelly, rotten stuff. And you lick it all up and say, it's great, and he comes next day with another bit of garbage. It's crazy. And this is worse. Yeah, it says in chapter 26, verse 20, For the lack of wood, the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, contention dies down. Where gossip ends, the quarrel dies down, just like a fire will go out when there is no fuel. Gossipers are producing the fuel, providing the fuel. He who has ears to hear, let him hear. I want to just show you one serious word in Psalm 50, in case you haven't seen it. Psalm 50. Please listen to this. Psalm 50, verse 20. You sit and speak against your brother, and these things you have done, says the Lord, verse 21, and I kept silent. You thought, God says, that I was just like you. But I will reprove you. And consider this, verse 22, I will tear you in pieces, and there will be none to deliver. What was his crime? His crime was only that he sat and spoke against his brother. And the Lord says, I'll tear you to pieces. I'll expose everything you ever did in your past life. Be careful. Number six, angry words. That's another thing which is spoken much more about in the New Testament. We'll think about that on the next study on Sunday. But chapter 12 of Proverbs, we read in verse, there are many verses on this in the book of Proverbs, Numerous. Chapter 12, verse 16, A fool's anger is known at once. Fools have short fuses. They explode quickly. A fuse is supposed to blow only when it's really bad. The voltage is very high, but fools have got short fuses. It's a way of saying that they explode so quickly. A little thing is enough to provoke them to anger. Okay, chapter 14 and verse 17, A quick-tempered man acts foolishly. Always it's connected to the fool, anger. In Ecclesiastes, it says, Anger dwells in the bosom of a fool. I mean, if it's in your heart itself, it's a fool. If it comes out through the mouth, it's even worse. Okay, chapter 14 and verse 29, He who is slow to anger has great understanding. You know that New Testament verse in the book of James, chapter 1, which says, Be quick to hear and slow to speak. James, chapter 1, verse 19, Let everybody be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger. So, God's given us two ears and how many tongues? One. Most people, anyway, have got only one tongue. But many actors, they've got one ear and about ten tongues. Quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger. If you're slow to speak, you will be slow to anger. Now, there are numerous verses on this in Proverbs. Angry words, it says in chapter 15 and verse 1, A gentle answer turns away wrath. And that's one of the things we must really seek to come to, not just keep quiet. It's easy to keep quiet when somebody is angry. When you keep quiet when somebody is angry, it usually means you're bottling it up. But if you overcome your anger, you can speak a gentle word. It's more difficult to speak a gentle word than to keep quiet. That's what it says here. When you keep quiet, it probably means you're angry still. But it's all in your heart. Like a good practicing yoga, you can really control your mouth. So, chapter 15, verse 18, A hot-tempered man stirs up strife. I'll just quickly go through this. Chapter 16, verse 32, He who is slow to anger is better than one who is mighty, who captures a city. It says it's better to conquer your spirit and your temper than even to conquer a city. And chapter 17, verse 14, it says, The start of a quarrel is like a leak in a dam. And if you don't stop it, the whole dam will burst. It says in chapter 19, verse 11, A man's discretion, wisdom, makes him slow to anger. In chapter 20, verse 3, Keeping away from strife is an honor for a man, but any fool will quarrel. Chapter 22, verse 24,