"He's changing the human heart- the 'not' ought to be into the ought to be." - Jem
James 3:1 NCV
"My brothers and sisters, not many of you should become *teachers, because you know that we who *teach will be judged more strictly."
Teacher's- vs. 1:
Speaking the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth- So help you God!
James 3:2 NCV
"We *all make many mistakes (All stumble). If people never said anything wrong, they would be perfect and able to control their entire selves, too."
All- vs. 2:
All/Everyone- none of us (mankind) are secluded from this text.
Romans 3:23-24
"Everyone has sinned and fallen short of God’s glorious standard, and all need to be made right with God by his grace, which is a free gift. They need to be made free from sin through Jesus Christ."
James 3:5-8
It is the same with the tongue. It is a small part of the body, but it brags about great things.
(Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things).
A big forest *fire can be started with only a little flame. And the tongue [is] like a *fire. It [is] a whole world of evil (iniquity: wickedness/sin) among the parts of our bodies. The tongue spreads its evil through (Defiles) the whole body. The tongue [is] set on *fire by hell, and it starts a fire that influences all of life.
James 3:6 NKJV
"And the tongue [is] a *fire,
a world of iniquity. The tongue [is] so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on *fire the course of nature (Nature: our fallen nature); and it [is] set on fire by hell."
Note: The tongue [is] a fire, a world of iniquity- sin/wickedness
*The tongue [is] iniquity- not ought to be so, but [is].
7-People can tame every kind of wild animal, bird, reptile, and fish, and they have tamed them, but no one can tame the tongue (James 3:2 NKJV- If anyone does not stumble in word, *[he is a perfect man], able also to bridle the whole body).
No one (No man/flesh) [can] Tame (control): Our nature is fallen and of the flesh, lacking control.
vs.
Jesus (perfect man) [can] Tame (control): He was with out sin.
It [is] wild (unruly) and evil and full of deadly poison.
Unruly evil: Sin is no longer contained but let loose, our tongue moves about turning our spoken words/speech into wicked instruments of hurt and intentional evil.
Romans 12:17
"Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men."
*I emphasize the [IS] because it's such a certainty.
James 3:10-12, 17 NKJV
Out of the same mouth proceed blessing (Praise/worship)and cursing (blasphemy/mocking).
My brethren, these things ought not to be so.
Ought not to be so: Powerful words to describe the fall and it's repercussions.
Vs. 2- Perfect man (ought to be), instead it's- "not ought to be so" (imperfect man).
Since the fall of man, the generations of humankind struggle; they fight with their human nature (flesh) constantly. Ought not to be- because of the fall of man, yet Jesus set us free from the law (judgement) and has forgiven our sins. Repenting and desiring a thirst for righteousness. we want to be Christ-like & He continues that work daily to mold us into His son's image.
Philippians 1:6
"being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ."
Vs. 11-12
Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening?
Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.
Examples of things that
*"ought to be"
compared to
*"not ought to be" things. Nothing else changed in the creation, in the fall, but man!
Our reconciled relationship began with God, giving His son, a love gift (us). The death of Jesus saved us from judgement. When He called us, He began a good work (the change) in us. We are a new creation- born again/The new man; regeneration.
To be continued...
I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred. My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue, (Psalms 39:1-3 KJV)
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