let’s talk about five sins of the tongue that too many Christians commit many without even realizing it whenever we talk about Sin we always picture what we would deem as the bigger sins and often we Overlook what others would call smaller sins so I want to show you from scripture these five different sins of the tongue and as you begin to see these I pray you ask the Holy Spirit to bring correction to bring conviction this will save your reputation this will save you a lot of time where God will not have to bring

correction if you repent in these areas this will help you in terms of your joy in terms of your peace in terms of your Clarity because what you say affects the way you think and what you think affects what you say it’s a it’s a cycle that you get caught in if you’re not careful and so I want to teach you something that’s going to help you walk in peace walk in favor walk without having to be under God’s correction walk in a good reputation I pray it challenges you if it’s an area that you need to correct but let’s talk about these now the five

sins of the tongue too many Christians commit Proverbs 18:21 says the tongue can bring death or life those who love to talk will reap the consequences now here many have applied a superstitious reading of this particular scripture to mean that whatever I say will instantaneously materialize in some magic way that’s not exactly what the scripture is describing here the scripture is saying here that there is power in your words to affect your life what you say can affect what others around you think what you say can

influence what you think what you say can harm your reputation what you say can invite God’s correction and even judgment and this is why we have to be careful about what we say because what we say can bring encouragement or discouragement what we say can bring Clarity or confusion Unity or division James 1: 26 if you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue you are fooling yourself and your religion is worthless James 3 beginning at verse three we can make a large horse go wherever it wants by means of a small

bit in its mouth and a small Rudder makes a huge ship turn wherever the pilot chooses to go even though the winds are strong in the same way the tongue is a small thing that makes Grand speeches but a tiny spark can set a great Forest on fire and among all parts of the body the tongue is a flame of fire it is a whole world of wickedness corrupting your entire body it can set your whole life on fire for it is set on fire by hell itself people con tame all kinds of animals birds reptiles and fish but no no one can tame the tongue it is