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. 36 But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. 37 For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned. (Matthew 12:35-37)
I have noticed lately that Christians are becoming more profane.
When I was in high school back in the 60’s, someone commented on one boy who tended to curse. They mentioned it around some girls and one of the girls said, well he respects us and doesn’t curse around girls.
Nowadays, the girls are the ones that curse as much as the boys.
Back in the day, as my son says, people were careful of their speech around a preacher. That didn’t bother me much as I hate profanity. I had a problem with it when I was in the army and just do not like it.
Nowadays, people do not care who is listening. Preachers, women, children, the Lord.
After all, he hears everything you say. And there will come a time when you will have to tell him why you said that stuff.
He will save you, he will give you a place in heaven because you are a child of his. That is true. As I have said before, we are not saved or condemned because of what we have done, we are saved or lost because of who we are: children of God or children of darkness.
But – and here is the rub – we are going to have to explain in some way, I don’t know how, why we talked like we did, why we did the stupid things we did, all of that.
Uncomfortable to think about. Kind of like explaining the Playboy collection your mother found under your mattress. Or explaining the porn links on your computer to your wife. Or telling someone whose feelings you hurt when you made that off-handed comment that cost you your friendship.
Not something I want to do.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
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It is almost as though people in general cannot just use a yes to mean yes and a no to mean no anymore like Jesus said to do in Matthew 5:37, "Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one." Instead they have to embellish everything they say with at least one and sometimes many curse words. and that, as Jesus said comes from the evil one.
ReplyDeleteElla Cliver