Out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks luke 6 45
Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life. Whatever you worship gets your first, most, and highest. Psalm 139:23-24 (NLT) Search me, O God, and know my heart test me and know my anxious thoughts.
Luke 12:34 (NIV) “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’ And since this is true, we shouldn’t think of God as an idol designed by craftsmen from gold or silver or stone.” What has first place? Worship is both outward and internal. What you worship is up to you.Īcts 17:27-29 (NLT) “His purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him-though he is not far from any one of us. He himself gives life and breath to everything, and he satisfies every need.” Worship is constant. Since he is Lord of heaven and earth, he doesn’t live in man-made temples, and human hands can’t serve his needs-for he has no needs. What is worship? Worship is human.Īcts 17:24-25 (CSB) “He is the God who made the world and every-thing in it. An evil person produces evil out of the evil stored up in his heart, for his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart. Thankfully, when we fail, our great God is "faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9).Luke 6:45 (CSB) A good person produces good out of the good stored up in his heart. When we put our faith in Christ, we receive a new nature from God (2 Corinthians 5:17), our hearts are transformed, and our speech reflects the new nature God has created within us (Romans 12:1–2). When we swear and curse, we are giving evidence of the polluting sin in our hearts that must be confessed and repented of. Why is it a sin to cuss / swear / curse? Sin is a condition of the heart, the mind, and "the inner man" (Romans 7:22), which is manifested in our thoughts, actions and words. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks" (Luke 6:45). "The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. Our speech will always indicate what is in our hearts. But when our hearts are filled with the goodness of God, praise for Him and love for others will pour forth. Sooner or later, the evil in the heart comes out through the mouth in curses and swearing. Jesus explained that what comes out of our mouths is that which fills our hearts. We cannot praise God while at the same time cursing our brothers. By making the analogy of both salt water and fresh water coming from the same spring (which is uncharacteristic of springs), he makes the point that it is uncharacteristic for a believer to have both praise and cursing come from his/her mouth.
James makes it clear that the lives of Christians - the "brothers" - should not be characterized by evil speech. 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." Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing.
Ephesians 4:29 tells us, "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen." First Peter 3:10 declares, "For, whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech." James 3:9-12 summarizes the issue: "With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness. It is definitely a sin to swear (curse, cuss, etc.).