HOW CAN WORDS BE USED TO IMPACT ANOTHER PERSON, FOR BETTER OR

FOR WORSE?

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WHAT MAKES A WORD POWERFUL AND WHY?

F**kS**t

D**n

C**t

Jesus C****tB!tch

P***yFa*ot R*tarded

N*ggerN*gga

WHY ARE THESE WORDS CENSORED?

To protect groups who take offense?

To hold up to clerical standards?

“That’s Gay!”

“She’s a good b!tch!”

“He’s retarted!”To appease society?

WORDS MAY BE CENSORED TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM BEING OFFENDED

In that case, what is the purpose of communication through language?

To Build Up

To Tell the Truth

To Tear Down

To Deceive

WHY ARE BAD WORDS BAD?

What is the Biblical

Worldview?

THE POWER OF WORDS

James 3:3-12 Genesis 1:1

For Humans For GodCreation

Destruction

GOD’S INTENTION FOR COMMUNICATION

ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE

Matthew 12:33-37, “Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit. You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”

Lesson: The things we look at, listen to, and think about influence our words and actions. We begin to define ourselves by the outside

influences in our life.

Scripture Reference: Phillipians 4:8-9

ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE

Matthew 12:33-37, “Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit. You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”

Lesson: The things we look at, listen to, and think about influence our words and actions. We begin to define ourselves by the outside

influences in our life.

Scripture Reference: Phillipians 4:8-9