“For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.” (James 3:7-8)
All kinds of animals are trained to do all kinds of tricks as well as useful things. Dogs are trained to assist the blind or go into crime scenes or on battlefields and locate potential dangers. Dogs as well as cats are comforting creatures for residents of many nursing homes.
But man cannot tame his own tongue. Our tongue is like the maniac of Gadara who could not be tamed except by the Lord Jesus.(Mark 5:1-20) The tongue seems to be attached directly to one’s heart. Let Jesus cleanse your heart, or better, give you a new heart and the tongue will be under control.
Until the tongue is given to the Lord for His control it is like a venomous snake striking fear and death all around. It is like deadly poison placed in the food of an unsuspecting spouse.
It takes the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ to cleanse the tongue of all its poison, hatred and vicious blasphemy and to tame it for use by the Lord.
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