It is said, "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me." I just want to say that whoever said that must not have spoken a word at all in their life. Words are powerful, they build up or tear down.
FOR it has also been said:
"Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the {age} to come. Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit. You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good?
For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart. The good man brings out of {his} good treasure what is good; and the evil man brings out of {his} evil treasure what is evil.
But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."
The LORD Jesus could not have been clearer that words spoken reveal what is in one's heart, truly and in fullness; not only that but they have eternal consequences.
Breaks down the common Aussie misconception that words uttered "only jokingly" are 'excusable'... does it not?
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