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“ Summary, Part 3 (final) ” FOURTH, LET US USE OUR TONGUES TO STIMULATE THE GRATEFUL WORSHIP OF OUR CHRISTIAN BRETHREN [44:19]. Eph 5:19-20 – Before God saves us, our foul hearts are sanctuaries of self and our profane tongues are employed in anything but divine praise. A Holy church is a happy church. And a happy church is a grateful church. A grateful church is composed of members that stimulate one another to thankful praise. We must ask ourselves what is the default spirit of our hearts. CONCLUDING QUESTIONS [51:00]. 1. Do you speak only the truth to your Christian brethren? Are we scrupulously honest (as opposed to brutally honest, which the Bible doesn’t condone)? 2. Do you strive to speak only that which builds up your Christian brethren? 3. Do you confess your sins to your brethren and pray for them? Pride prevents such confession, even in the face of those we offend. 4. Do you seek to encourage a spirit of worship in your Christian brethren? Do you have a complaining spirit or a thankful spirit?
Ian Migala (10/10/2016)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 2 ” SECOND, LET US USE OUR TONGUES TO BUILD UP AND NOT TEAR DOWN OUR CHRISTIAN BRETHREN [28:20]. Jas 4:11 – In seeking to understand James’ prohibition, we will answer a number of questions. First, what specifically is forbidden? Setting ourselves up as judges of the brethren. Second, to what law do such Christians appeal? Either Pharisaical law or unwarranted legalism. Third, why are we prohibited from speaking against our brethren? Because we ultimately judge God Himself when we do. We will stand in front of the Father, not the brethren. THIRD, LET US USE OUR TONGUES TO CONFESS OUR SINS AND TO PRAY FOR OUR CHRISTIAN BRETHREN [35:33]. Jas 5:16 – If you are a Christian, God has sanctified your tongue that you may use that little organ for sacred purposes like confession your sins and praying, confessing not only to God but also to your Christian brethren, and for interceding for them. First, we must confess our sins to one another, especially our public sins and sins committee against our brethren. Second, we must pray for one another. We must keep short accounts with God and with our brethren. We must not only forgive our sin-confessing brethren, but we must also pray for them. If we don’t forgive them, we will find it hard to seek God’s face for them.
Ian Migala (10/10/2016)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 1 ” We continue with 8. BROTHERLY LOVE SPEAKS WHAT IS HELPFUL AND NOT HARMFUL. The things we say reveal a lot about our hearts. Mt 12:35-37 – We will be held to account for our words. The Book of Proverbs is filled with wisdom about the use of the tongue. We examine four advices regarding this critical matter. FIRST, LET US USE OUR TONGUES TO SPEAK TRUTHFULLY AND HONESTLY TO OUR CHRISTIAN BRETHREN [starting at 12:49 of the audio]. Eph 4:25, Col 3:9 – Paul plainly teaches that since we are no longer pagans, but new creatures in Christ, we must not continue in the sins that once characterized us—including lying to one another. Let us first take apart Paul’s exhortations. He assumes that we are liars before we are saved. This is because the father of lies was our father. A new Christian who has long been in the practice of lying before his conversion may find that consistently telling the truth is difficult, but not impossible with the aid of the Holy Spirit (who is the Spirit of Truth). We deduce three things from this: we must be scrupulously honest in all relationships; we must always do our best to know the exact truth about anything that might affect our neighbor, especially before we repeat it to one another; and we must keep our promises.
