The Summation--Taming of the Tongue & the Fourth Commandment

James 3; Exodus 16

We are walking in today:  The Summation--Taming of the Tongue & the Fourth Commandment


Witness growth throughout the Bible:  H6779 tsamach to spring up, to bud forth, grow up.
Leviticus 22:21-23; 2 Samuel 23:4-6; Isaiah 15:5-7, 21:12-14; Psalm 65:10-12; Job 5:15

Fiveamprayer, we give all honor and glory to Yahweh for teaching us that we would grow and learn how to use our tongues--speaking life and stirring our brothers and sisters to do well.  We can see this from the beginning with Cain--Genesis 4:7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.  The instructions were given to us to be in aliment with His purpose and plan.  We learn how far we have strayed from what He intended in our study of the tongue.  Now that it seems that our tongue fast is over--don't be mistaken--this is a lifestyle change!!  This is not like a crash diet that you use to loose weight before a high school reunion.  This is the healthy changes made for a better condition of your body.  This is not in a hurry nor can it be ignored or disregarded.  There much that Yahweh has shown and continues to show us from this study.  Don't think that He is done getting you cleaned up!  Remember the words that you speak are seeds, so what are you sowing?  Are those around you being improved by what you utter?  If not what changes must you make to create a better atmosphere for yourself and those around you.  We did see that what is spoken can also be contagious and infect others.  What if we considered infusing the good and holy things of Yahweh in our words and how we treat others?  There is also non-verbal communication--we are to be aware of and regulate according to His design for the community.
The reading of the 613 commandments on Fridays has now completed the fourth commandment--'remember the Sabbath, to sanctify it'.  The instructions found for fourth commandment contains 102 commands.  These each give more details or examples of how to observe and keep the standards that Yahweh has given us.  Wow, 613 commandments and we just finished reading over 100 of them!  It sounds like alot but read them over and note that many of these you are already doing and not many changes need to be made to uphold even more!  What we have to see in His instructions and directions is that this is not an option nor a punishment.  When you were young and spent time with grandma or granddad you know what to expect and they also have expectations for you as well.  When those expectations are not meet there was not a question of the outcome.  Once you became grown you appreciated that instruction from that previous generation.  When viewed only from one side it could look like mistreatment but when the whole view is considered you find the benefits you reap from their firm hand of direction.  These commandments are the same--that in our obedience we find later that the purpose was served from His direction.  Just as we knew that our grandparents would not allow serious harm to come to us, Yahweh is the same.  Some times we must be corrected and that is not going to be fun but will it keep you from major harm had the corrections not redirected us!  With new eyes and His understanding look again at His instructions and think back to see where you have already followed His principles that He set forth for His people to be holy, for He is holy.  To hear more of this teaching click here.