Aim: To rule over the powerful tongue—through our union with Christ.
Doctrine: The powerful tongue is capable of both great good and evil. James would have Christians recognize this fact, and for us to strive, by grace, to be consistenly holy (in our speech).
Exegesis: The powerful tongue's bewildering contradictions: there is a dishonorableness to it (vv. 8-9); its ways are inexcusable (v. 10); there is an unnaturalness to it (vv. 11-12).
Further application: How believers are to control the powerful tongue: by continually confessing Christ (and our need for Him), we will progressively crucify the flesh (and its verbal expressions).
Key verse: v. 10 ''Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.''
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Rev. Mark Henninger received his Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and he has been Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois for more than 30 years.
