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JUSTIFIED
CONDEMNEDPronounced guilty of sin
Pronounced innocent Free of guilt HEARTHEART
MATTHEW 12:33-37
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Matthew 12:36Matthew 12:36
-Inactivity, Matt 20:3, 6-Profitless leisure, 1 Tim 5:13
(wandering about)-Lazy, Titus 1:12 (slow, sluggish)-Barren, 2 Pet 1:8
free of labor, at leisure, lazy, shunning labor that ought to be performed (Thayer)
a (neg. participle) and ergon (to work) – No work, not working, ineffective
Idle WordsDEFINITION
What are idle words?
Usage
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Matthew 12:35Matthew 12:35
-Evil heart bears evil fruit,
Matt 12:34-35-Make the tree good, Matt 12:33;
(Conversion) Rom 12:2
Idle WordsWHERE?
From where do they come?
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Matthew 12:36Matthew 12:36
Deny Jesus is Christ, Matt 12:22-24, 32-Too barren to examine
the evidence, Jno 1:45- 46; Acts 17:11
-Willful or ignorant rejection, Jno 12:37,
42-43-Faithless impostors,
Jude 10, 12-13
Idle WordsWHAT ARE
THEY?
How Idle Words are Spoken
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Matthew 12:36Matthew 12:36
Gossip (busybodies and talebearers), 1 Tim 5:13 (14-15)
-Destructive, Prov 16:28 -Characteristics:
-Unloving and thoughtless, 1 Ths 4:9-12; 1 Pet
4:15-Disorderly, 2 Ths 3:10-11-Malicious disregard, Eph 4:31-Discord and strife, Prov 6:19;
17:9
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THEY?
How Idle Words are Spoken
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Gossip (busybodies and talebearers), 1 Tim 5:13
-REMEDY:-Get to work doing
God’s will, 1 Tim 5:14 (2 Ths 3:10-12)
-Golden rule, Matt 7:12-Talk to right person-Forgiveness, Col 3:13
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THEY?
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Corrupt words, Eph 4:29 -Rotten, unfit for use
-Stop all your dirty talk Col 4:6
-Profanity-Morally evil, 1 Pet 2:1-Arrogance, Prov 30:
11-14; Psa 59:12
Idle WordsWHAT ARE
THEY?
How Idle Words are Spoken
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Barren, useless words -Euphemisms (Eph 5:8-13)
-Keep truth in your heart, Prov 4:20-23Lies and deceit, Col 3:9
-Crooked heart, Prov 17:20-cf. False teachers (speak
lies against God, Matt 7:15; Jer 14:14; 2 Pet 2:1-3)
Idle WordsWHAT ARE
THEY?
How Idle Words are Spoken
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Matthew 12:36Matthew 12:36
Strife and arguments, Gal 5:13-15
-Do not speak and listen to destructive gossip, Prov 17:4; 18:6-8
-Get away from those who sow strife,
Prov 24:1-2 (6:19)
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THEY?
How Idle Words are Spoken
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Why Be Concerned?Why Be Concerned?
WORDS REVEAL CHARACTER Matt 12:33, 35; Prov 23:7
-Must show Christ living in usWORDS WILL BE JUDGED Matt 12:37; Prov 13:3WORDS MUST ADVANCE GOOD WORKS, Titus 2:6-8
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Matthew 12:36Matthew 12:36
The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, But the LORD tests the hearts.
Proverbs 17:3Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.
Proverbs 4:23
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