Sermon from St Andrews Church, Slip End, UK. Sermon given by our priest in charge Rev’ Nick Mwandia on the 12/9/21 on the 15th Sunday after Trinity. This sermon is called ‘Faith and the Tounge’. Sermon starts at 2:33 Download … Continue reading →
Sermon from St Andrews Church, Slip End, UK. Sermon given by our priest in charge Rev’ Nick Mwandia on the 12/9/21 on the 15th Sunday after Trinity. This sermon is called ‘Faith and the Tounge’.
Sermon starts at 2:33
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James 3.1-12
1 Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know
that we who teach will be judged more strictly.
2 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.
3 When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the
whole animal.
4 Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are
driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot
wants to go.
5 Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great
boasts.
Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.
6 The tongue also is 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.
7 All kinds of
animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed by
mankind,
8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of
deadly poison.
9 With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human
beings, who have been made in God’s likeness.
10 Out of the same mouth come
praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be.
11 Can both fresh
water and salt water flow from the same spring?
12 My brothers and sisters, can a fig
tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh
water.