Wednesday, June 28, 2006
CARELESS WORDS
Vv. 36-37. "And I say to you, that every careless word that men shall speak, they shall render account for it in the day of judgment. 37. "For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned."
There is only one accurate way to measure one’s heart, mind, and attitude; by observing the words that men speak. The word careless – argos – are those words that are unproductive or worthless; the AV renders this as idle. We must remember that blasphemy is the topic that Jesus is forcing the religious leadership to recognize. This also is recognized by their overflowing mouths.
Hendriksen rightly states, “Every man remains fully responsible for what he is, thinks, speaks, and does, for though it is true that he cannot change his own heart, it is also true that with the strength given him by God he is able to flee to him who renews hearts and lives. The Lord is ever willing and eager to give whatever he demands of men. If men do not receive it, this is their fault, not God’s (Italics his).”
These careless words serve only one purpose; that they shall render account to the spokesman in his; the day of judgment. We leave a telltale trail through this journey called life that will end in a review of how we have littered that very trail we have trod.
Christianity is exclusive in that it draws its doctrine not from man but from God’s self revelation that we know as the Bible. In this we discover that there are only two kinds of people, the saved and the damned. God sovereignly saves those He chooses and uses those very ones as His means to save others by proclaiming their sin debt paid by His own Son’s precious blood spilled at the cross. There are no other options. The saved individual, or Christian, still lives with a very real potential to sin but his sin debt has been covered; past, present, and future at the cross. His sin only serves to inflict despair and remorse whereas the non-Christian, or unregenerate, sees no harm done. This is the blasphemy that will eventually flow from his mouth. Sin is no big deal in the eyes of the unsaved and serves only as an infraction of some arbitrary and optional archaic mandate unjustly forced upon him. These unregenerate will face the day of judgment and their defense will be their own careless words reflecting their heart in their life on earth.
There is only one accurate way to measure one’s heart, mind, and attitude; by observing the words that men speak. The word careless – argos – are those words that are unproductive or worthless; the AV renders this as idle. We must remember that blasphemy is the topic that Jesus is forcing the religious leadership to recognize. This also is recognized by their overflowing mouths.
Hendriksen rightly states, “Every man remains fully responsible for what he is, thinks, speaks, and does, for though it is true that he cannot change his own heart, it is also true that with the strength given him by God he is able to flee to him who renews hearts and lives. The Lord is ever willing and eager to give whatever he demands of men. If men do not receive it, this is their fault, not God’s (Italics his).”
These careless words serve only one purpose; that they shall render account to the spokesman in his; the day of judgment. We leave a telltale trail through this journey called life that will end in a review of how we have littered that very trail we have trod.
Christianity is exclusive in that it draws its doctrine not from man but from God’s self revelation that we know as the Bible. In this we discover that there are only two kinds of people, the saved and the damned. God sovereignly saves those He chooses and uses those very ones as His means to save others by proclaiming their sin debt paid by His own Son’s precious blood spilled at the cross. There are no other options. The saved individual, or Christian, still lives with a very real potential to sin but his sin debt has been covered; past, present, and future at the cross. His sin only serves to inflict despair and remorse whereas the non-Christian, or unregenerate, sees no harm done. This is the blasphemy that will eventually flow from his mouth. Sin is no big deal in the eyes of the unsaved and serves only as an infraction of some arbitrary and optional archaic mandate unjustly forced upon him. These unregenerate will face the day of judgment and their defense will be their own careless words reflecting their heart in their life on earth.
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