May we all be blessed to keep quiet enough to get those “keys to The Kingdom of Heaven”!
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Question 18: “Why did James tell us that only a few of us should be ‘teachers’ in 3:1 ‘Only a few of you, my brothers, should be teachers, bearing in mind that those of us who teach can expect a stricter judgement.’?”
Answer: “Only a ‘few’ are able to keep their ‘tongue’ under control. Most of us let evil spirits of vanity lead us to encourage self-serving beliefs that benefit us.
James 3:2 makes that clear! ‘After all, every one of us does something wrong, over and over again; the only man who could reach perfection would be someone who never said anything wrong – he would be able to control every part of himself.’”
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Question 19: “Why do we have a hard time controlling the ‘words’ our ‘tongue’ speaks?”
Answer: “Our ‘tongue’ is connected to every vanity in our mind! Demons fight with each other to get our ‘tongue’ to say what they want. That’s why it is so important to bring our ‘tongue’ under control. St. James tells us how important that is!
3:3 ‘Once we put a bit into the horse’s mouth, to make it do what we want, we have the whole animal under our control.’
3:4 ‘Or think of ships: no matter how big they are, even if a gale is driving them, the man at the helm can steer them anywhere he likes by controlling a tiny rudder.’”
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Question 20: “Do most of us use our ‘tongue’ to tell others how wonderful we are?”|
Answer: “St. James makes it clear! Almost every word we speak is designed to let people know how smart and good we are!
James 3:5-7 tells us: ‘So is the tongue only a tiny part of the body, but it can proudly claim that it does great things. Think how small a flame can set fire to a huge forest; the tongue is a flame like that.’ ‘tongues burn up’ many souls!”
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Question 21: “Why is bringing our ‘tongue’ under control the most important thing we can do?”
Answer: “‘Among all the parts of the body, the tongue is a whole wicked world in itself: it infects the whole body; catching fire itself from hell, it sets fire to the whole wheel of creation.’
The tongue connects to the parts of the mind where tribes of demons live. Demons us human ‘tongues’ to give voice to their destructive desires.”
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Question 22: “Why can’t we ‘tame our tongue’ if ‘Wild animals and birds, reptiles and fish can all be tamed by man, and often are;’
3:8 answers that! ‘but nobody can tame the tongue – it is a pest that will not keep still, full of deadly poison.’”
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Question 23: “What is that ‘poison’?
That ‘poison’ of the soul is every word of the devil and his demons that keeps us from obeying This Word of Jesus, being in His Church, and getting His ‘keys to The Kingdom of Heaven’:
‘And I say unto you, thou art Peter and on this rock I build My Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I give you the keys to The Kingdom of Heaven.’”
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