Speaking Ill of each other

I am so excited - we were unable to make it to church today - because Rowan woke up with a  fever and I with unbelievable morning sickness.  That's not why I am excited - I am excited because Park has their messages on YouVersion now!!!!!  I can access them on my iphone!  KEWL


James 4:11-12 ESV
Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?

They even come with notes!!!  And you can add your notes!!!!

HOW DO WE SPEAK AGAINST – SPEAK EVIL OF SOMEONE? 

James 3:17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. 18 And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. - 

WHAT DO YOUR WORDS PRODUCE? - WHY DO WE DO IT? - HERE IS HOW IT WORKS Matthew 15:18 But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the HEART, and this defiles a person. 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, FALSE WITNESS, SLANDER. - LITTLE DO WE KNOW THAT WHEN WE JUDGE & SPEAK AGAINST SOMEONE WE PLACE OURSELVES OVER GOD - HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU ARE NOT GOD? 

12 There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor? Isaiah 33:22 For the LORD is our judge; the LORD is our lawgiver; the LORD is our king; he will save us. - SAVE James 2:8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your NEIGHBOR as yourself,” you are doing well. Leviticus 19:18 You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your NEIGHBOR as yourself: Matt 22:39 And a second is like it: You shall love your NEIGHBOR as yourself. Rom 13:10 Love does no wrong to a NEIGHBOR; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. - Loving our neighbor is obedience to the law - Loving our neighbor is works that shows our faith How do we love our neighbor? - By understanding how God has loved us as His NEIGHBOR 12 He (GOD) who is able to save and to destroy. -

DESTROY Matthew 12:36 I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, Matthew 10:28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather FEAR HIM WHO CAN DESTROY BOTH SOUL AND BODY IN HELL. - BUT, there is MORE GRACE 

Vs. 6 – There is more grace for the humble - LOVING OUR NEIGHBOR DOES NOT MEAN WE AVOID SPEAKING THE TRUTH TO THEM - It is how we speak the truth - WE SPEAK TO OUR NEIGHBOR WITH HUMILITY - 

Matthew 7:1 “Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. 3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye. - 

WE SPEAK TO OUR NEIGHBOR IN LOVE WITH A PURPOSE Ephesians 4:15 Rather, speaking the TRUTH IN LOVE, we are to GROW UP in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, -

WE SPEAK TO OUR NEIGHBOR COMMITTING OURSELVES TO THEM - IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MAKE IT RIGHT - REPENT – CONFESS IT - APOLOGIZE to the one you shared with concerning someone - When appropriate APOLOGIZE to the one you trashed

KEWL