Sweet Talkin' Evil

"Sweet Talkin' Evil"

"You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good?  For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks."   (Matthew 12:34)  Our Lord Jesus Christ "cuts to the chase," doesn't He?  Jesus gets right to the "heart" of the matter.  When what someone says doesn't line up with "their fruits," Beware!  It's just "Sweet Talkin' Evil."

"A wise man's heart guides his mouth, and

his lips promote instruction."

(Proverbs 16:23)

Have you run across people who say they just can't stop cursing?  It's a heart problem!  "Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks;" they have a heart problem.  The Bible says that the heart is desperately wicked, "who can know it?" (Jeremiah 17:9)  You've heard people say, "if I know my own heart..."  Wrong!  We don't know our own hearts; none of us do.  Our prayers should include, "Lord, give me a pure heart; cleanse it of all unrighteousness.  Let the words of my mouth be pleasing unto You."

"The good man brings good things out of the

good stored up in him, and the evil man brings

evil things out of the evil stored up in him."

(Matthew 12:35)

Why is this important?  We must guard our hearts; whatever goes in will come out of the mouth.  We can be deceived by smooth-tongued, double-minded, take you for a cleaning, types of people.  Not only can they rob us of our assets, but they amass a following that can lead us into a ditch, if we are not "wise" and very careful.  Herein, brings up THE most valuable point:  If you see someone performing miracles, signs, and wonders, find out the answer to this question, "What is their doctrine?"  I Timothy 4:13, "Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine."  Anyone you run across who says "Doctrine" is not important, turn and RUN!  What we believe, the Gospel of Jesus Christ our Lord, His death, burial and resurrection, repentance, baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the infilling of the Holy Ghost (Acts 2:38; Acts 10; Acts 19), are the cornerstone of our faith and salvation.  They are the "Truth;" we must bind Truth around our necks and write it on the tablets of our hearts, (Proverbs 3:3) so that we will not believe a lie and be damned. (2 Thessalonians 2:12)

"The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma and said in His

heart: "Never again will I curse the ground because of

man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil

from childhood.  And never again will I destroy all

living creatures, as I have done."

(Genesis 8:21)

We were all born in sin and shapen in iniquity; we need a Savior!  Only Jesus Christ our Lord can take a heart and make it new, cleanse it, wash it, and give us a new "Talk," and a new "Walk."  You say, "OK, but if I need doctrine to give me salvation and a pure heart; how do I know the Bible is true?"  Just "one" proof that the Bible is true is: Have you seen a rainbow lately?  Almighty God said, "I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth." (Genesis 9:13)  This is God's promise that He will not destroy the earth by flood again and the rainbow is the "sign" to us; every time you see a rainbow, rejoice!  God keeps His promises! 

The Word says to "Endure to the end."  None of us are perfect, but if we try to live a repentant and Holy life; if we serve the Lord Jesus Christ with all of our hearts, souls, minds and strength, pray, fast, read the Holy Bible, and become His witnesses to everyone we see; we have the tools we need to "guard" us from evil.  That's what it's all about  ...  staying away from "Sweet Talkin' Evil" and that brings our "hearts"  just a little bit closer to Heaven!

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PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas, Pastor Kenneth Phillips)