Lesson 3 Mike Mazzalongo Top Ten Sins Struggles

Lesson #3 Mike Mazzalongo

Top Ten Sins & Struggles 10 – Laziness 9 – Anger 8 – Cursing and Gossiping

Swearing - Definitions • Taking Oaths – Citizenship / Court – Between 2 People – Use Sparingly (Mt. 5: 37)

Swearing - Definitions • Profanity – Using words of sacred nature irreverently – Coarse or vulgar language

Why Swear? • Sign of Social Anger / Frustration • Sign of Insecurity • Warning Sign

You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain. - Deut. 5: 11

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. - Matthew 12: 34 -35

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. ” - Matthew 12: 36 -37

Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear. - Ephesians 4: 29

Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. - Ephesians 4: 30

For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well. - James 3: 2

Now if we put the bits into the horses’ mouths so that they will obey us, we direct their entire body as well. Look at the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by strong winds, are still directed by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot desires. So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things. - James 3: 3 -5

For every species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human race. But no one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of deadly poison. With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God; - James 3: 7 -9

from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way. Does a fountain send out from the same opening both fresh and bitter water? Can a fig tree, my brethren, produce olives, or a vine produce figs? Nor can salt water produce fresh. - James 3: 10 -12

The Solution 1. Control your temper

The Solution 1. Control your temper 2. Change your habits – Improper Vocabulary – Improper Euphemisms • • “Gee”, “Gosh”, “Golly / My Lord”, “O. M. G!”

The Solution 1. Control your temper 2. Change your habits 3. Avoid temptation

The Solution 1. Control your temper 2. Change your habits 3. Avoid temptation 4. Acknowledge failures

The Solution 1. 2. 3. 4. Control your temper Change your habits Avoid temptation Acknowledge failures 5. Fly with the eagles

Summary I 1. Swearing – Coarse Language – Improper – Euphemisms

Summary I 2. Swearing – Lack of Self Control – Frustration – Low Self Esteem / Ignorance / Immaturity

Summary I 3. Swearing – Junk in / Junk Out – Guard our Hearts

Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips. - Psalm 141: 3

GOSSIP “Sin Against Love” - B. Adams My. Daily. Pause. org

Gossip is revealing and sharing negative things about others without their knowledge, permission, facts.

Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear. - Ephesians 4: 29

Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. - Ephesians 4: 30 -31

Do not speak against one another, brethren. He who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it. - James 4: 11

There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and to destroy; but who are you who judge your neighbor? - James 4: 12

Therefore, putting aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, - I Peter 2: 1

Gossip - Solution 1. Learn to Apologize A man’s pride will bring him low, But a humble spirit will obtain honor. - Proverbs 29: 23

Gossip - Solution 2. Learn to Hold Your Tongue When there are many words, transgression is unavoidable, But he who restrains his lips is wise. - Proverbs 10: 19

Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is considered wise; When he closes his lips, he is considered prudent. - Proverbs 17: 28

A fool does not delight in understanding, But only in revealing his own mind. - Proverbs 18: 2

Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things. The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you. - Philippians 4: 8 -9

Gossip - Solution 3. Learn to Say the Right Thing at the Right Time The wise in heart will be called understanding, And sweetness of speech increases persuasiveness. - Proverbs 16: 21

Like apples of gold in settings of silver Is a word spoken in right circumstances. - Proverbs 25: 11

So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things. See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire! And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell. - James 3: 5 -6

Reward Punishment Peace Hell