George J LaHood Jr, Since you 're studying meditating on Ephesians 4 and specifically are interested in "communication " and what comes "out of the mouth ", I urge you to check out James 3:13, Luke 6:45 and Proverbs 10:10 because these parts of Scripture speak directly to communication.
Mathew 12 37 "...by thy words thou salt be justified and by thy words thou shalt be condemned... " Likewise, see James 3:13 "Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? Let him shew out of a good conversation... " and Luke 6:45 "A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that wich is good...for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. " Also Pro. 10:10 "...With the heart man believeth unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. " See Pro. 18:21 "Death and life are in the power of the tongue... " and James 3:10 "Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. " My understanding of all these is that a curse is more than just a 4-letter word. It can be an act that invokes harm to another or it can be an act of profanity, i.e. implying content of religious things th4ru speech or action. I encourage readers with prayer for understanding first to re-read what the world calls "The Lord 's Prayer " in this regard, referencing this prayer with Heb. 2:14-15 and Col. 1:13
Men speak well of you when you live your life as a men pleaser. Paul said if I be a pleaser of men, then I can not please God. This is the very nature of false prophets they can 't please him and neither can the people that follow them . Speaking what people want to hear instead of telling them what will save their souls. This is also the very nature of those who say it doesn 't make a difference in what you believe, but God never said that. It should be clearly evident to any bible scholar that the bible shows in each and every case that it does make a difference and there are consequences from following our own line of thinking. God said in Isaiah, "my thoughts are not your thoughts and neither are my ways yours. Unfortunately this is the reason why Jesus said in Matthews the gate to hell is wide and broad, and many if not most will be on it. Because strait and narrow is the way to heaven there be few that find it, not them as many say!
They are statutes of the major constitution of the New Testament,the Law of the Spirit of Life constitution,birthed back on planet Earth when Jesus rose from the grave on the third day. Tose precepts are SPIRITUAL STATUTES LAWS that are now the governing order on planet Earth in this Spiritual dispensation period of TODAY !...yes so those Laws apply to us today ....not the Old Testament laws !
We have to remember that Jesus prays for us. While we were yet sinners says the scripture Christ died for us. We are all in need of a Savior. When we forgive, it identifies us with Christ. Sometimes we have to pray to God to help us to forgive. I know this first hand because forgiveness doesn 't always seem to come naturally. Forgiveness breeds fruit unto everlasting life. The bible says that we all have to die to the flesh everyday . Glory be to God that we have the gift of repentance for our sins committed in the flesh
It is very difficult to pray for those that curse me and for those that despitefully use me. It can be done though Through pray and wanting to be free from the bondage that these things would put on me. I will not allow myself to step down to their level of doing things. I will go up. In a 5 story parking lot to be able to get out of there you have to go all the way up it to get out !!!! So it is with God My Lord is higher than the despisers and cursers. It does take time to get it done but if you have a willing heart you will stay with it till you do . And OH !!! The freedom and release. Blessed !!! Blessed !!!!
WE IN JESUS THRU HIS FATHER GOD IS LOVE WE FOLLOW JESUS GODS ONLY SONOFGOD AND GOD IS LOVE AS WE ACT ACCORDINGLY LOVE THY ENEMY SEEMING HRD BCOMES EASY
Woe to you when all men speak well of you. Jesus wanted His disciples to know the cost of following Him, and that the false Teachers would be popular. Those that live godly will suffer persecution.
VERSE 46.Most of the christians of this world are christians by birth and they worship JESUS as their saviour or lord .Here JESUS clearly tells that even if you worship him all your life and does not follow his teachings which is love other ,forgive others ,there is no use.
verse 28. Think that your body and soul is separate for a while and think that whoever has done any wrong to you has done it to your physical body only and your spirit or soul which is the actual you and which will be eternal is unharmed.Your spirit doesn 't need anything from this world.IF YOU FORGET ABOUT YOUR BODY THEN YOU CAN FORGIVE OTHERS WITH OUT ANY PAIN.
Luke 6 38 Give, and it shall be given unto you good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. We serve a God that is of an abundance, and when we give he gives back to us in overflow, more than what we ask, because his abundant return is for us to receive as a blessing to be a help for others. And when we do this, people are able to see the love of God in us, for greater is he that is in us than he that is in the world.
Church folk s are so quick to judge other people and sometimes in the judging we have judged that person have just as much as the person that they are judging and more, we to need to realize that we are not the judge GOD is the judge of us all we have all done things that is not pleasing to GOD, we also need to get rooted and grounded in the word of and we are busy being in GOD word and maturing we will not have time to look at others faults because we all have them.
To give is a blessing. It 's our God given duty to be a blessing to others. As you are blessing your brothers and sisters blessing shall come back to you as well.
This verse reminds me of what my mother used to say, BE NICE TO EVERYONE BECAUSE WHAT YOU GIVE, YOU GET BACK. LIFE IS A BOUNCING BALL, YOU THROW IT ON THE WALL, IT COMES STRAIGHT BACK TO YOU!. What a powerful verse indeed. The word of God is alive ......
Comments for Carolyn Avie 's, it means whatever a person needs and you are able to give do so from the heart and God will bless you to give more to those in need.
This is more of a question than a comment. Iused to go to this church the pastor would use the verse in Luke6 38 where it says Give it shall be given unto you,pressed down,etc. He would use this when he was asking people to give money but this former roommate of mine told me that is talking about not judging people and forgiveness. After reading it for myself again I agree with her.Does anyone agree with that or is it about money to you.
A person that go 's from one church to another, has no foundation. You need to be under authority , under a good church ,that preaches the true word of God and a good pastor.
This is my first visit to this site. My interest is in the KJV Authorized 1611....As I downloaded the book of Luke, it was difficult to read without getting a headache. There are so many misspelled words that if anyone who is unfamiliar and hoping to study this book or learn more, it will be a deterrent. The site is wonderful when search individual verses out specific phrases but the errors in this book is extremely distracting.