Date: Sunday, 15th October, 2023
Text: James 3:1-12
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
It is the will of the Father that every of His children be free from blame. To be perfect is to be blameless before God. Be ye therefore, perfect as your heavenly father is perfect. Matthew 5:48. However, many are of the opinion that perfection is impossible; but that is not God’s opinion. His own counsel is that blamelessness or perfection is a possibility.
Perfection is achievable through Christ whose blood makes us perfect. A major door to perfection is the control of the tongue.
According to today’s text, the tongue is described as a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. The Bible says, also that all kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed by mankind, but no human being can tame the tongue (by his own power). It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. Apostle James says this should not be.
Though we all stumble in many ways; anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in check.
Ask the Lord to make you perfect through the supernatural control of your tongue in Jesus name.
Prayer Nugget: Father, I desire to be perfect; please, help me control my tongue by your Holy Spirit in Jesus name.