Christopher Kendall's Blog – May 2014 Archive (7)

Speaking: Psa 140:11 Let not the slanderer be established in the land; let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!

Judging: Isa 33:22 For the LORD is our judge; the LORD is our lawgiver; the LORD is our king; he will save us.

Our lips must be governed by the law of kindness, as well as truth and justice. Christians are brethren. And to break God's commands, is to speak evil of them, and to judge them,…

 Here are cautions against corrupt affections, and love of this world, which is enmity to God.

Since all wars and fighting's come from the corruptions of our own hearts, it is right to mortify those lusts that war in the members. Worldly and fleshly lusts are distempers, which will not allow content or satisfaction. Sinful desires and affections stop prayer, and the working of our desires toward God. And let us beware that we do not abuse…

These verses show the difference between men's pretending to be wise, and their being really so.  He who thinks well, or he who talks well, is not wise in the sense of the Scripture, if he does not live and act well. True wisdom may be know by the meekness of the spirit and temper.  Those who live in malice, envy, and contention, live in confusion; and are liable to be provoked and hurried to any evil work.  Such wisdom comes not down from above, but springs up from earthly principles, acts…

Death and Life are in the Power of the tongue

Jas 3:1 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. Jas 3:2 For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not…

James 2:26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without actions is also dead.

Jas 2:14 What good does it do, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith but does not prove it with actions? This kind of faith cannot save him, can it?

Jas 2:15 Suppose a brother or sister does not have any clothes or daily food

Jas…

Mat 12:37 for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned." likewise what manner of spirit are you coming from The heart is the fountain, words are streams flowing from the heart, For where your treasure is there is where your heart will be.  A troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring, must send forth muddy and unpleasant streams.…

Jas 1:22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. Jas 1:23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. Jas 1:24 For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like.Jas 1:25 But the one who looks into the perfect…