Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Evil Treasure in Your Heart

Matt.12:33 "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.
Matt.12:35-37
35 The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. 36 I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, 37 for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."A troubled and corrupt fountain(heart) brings forth muddy unpleasant streams.  Nothing but the salt of grace, cast into the spring, will heal the waters, season the speech, and purify the corrupt communication.An evil man has an evil treasure in his heart and brings forth evil things.The sinner brings forth bad words and actions, to dishonour God, and hurt others. We need to be humble before the Lord always and keep a watch on our words to make sure we are keeping a Christian tongue! Text taken from Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryProfessing Christian, let us tame our tongue. Show respect to others! Masters, treat your slaves well! Slaves respect your masters. Men in authority over others, you will be judged by your own treatment of your workers! Workers respect "the man" even if he is in the wrong. Father God, only you know a person's heart! I pray for the ones who have bitterness of heart and disrespect for their brothers. Show mercy to them and teach them compassion! In Jesus name, AmenEph.6:5-9 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, 6 not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, 7 rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, 8 knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free. 9 Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.

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