YOU ARE TELLING ON YOURSELF!

Living in a culture that is constantly worried about self-image and self promotion, we are all consciously or unconsciously working at making ourselves look better and even sound better. I think we all do want to be better versions of ourselves and make nominal or all out efforts to improve.

 

Many people (especially those who are trying to become famous or at least hope to score effortless income on the internet) are trying to make that image something even greater or tweak it to look or sound a little better. Often, in this effort, they are perceived in a way that is very unpopular in social media and then try to fix it. We have all heard of many being cancelled for saying what causes others to be upset. All but of few of these have come back and apologized for it with a statement such as: "The words that I used do not reflect who I am, what I believe, and what I stand for." 

 

God says, NO - THAT IS NOT TRUE. YOU ARE LYING TO SAVE FACE AND FORTUNE! The product of your lips tells exactly who you are, what you believe, and what you stand for. 

As it was told of Peter, when he denied Christ in Matthew 26:73-74 "And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee. Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew." Bewrayeth means TO CALL OUT or bring attention to something. Peter called himself out both as being a disciple of Christ and a denier of Him in one statement. He saw himself as he considered his own words and saw how much of a hypocrite he actually was.

 

We need to understand that the words we use each day, the subjects we discuss, and the attitude in which we discuss them all tell exactly who we are. If we say we are a Believer "in Christ" then our words should also be "in Christ" as would please Him. The subjects we discuss should be "in Christ" and have nothing to do with anything that would ever grieve Him. Our attitude should also be "in Christ" so we can always bring Him honor.

 

We could best sum it up by quoting Matthew 15:11: "Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man."  What you say says who you are – every time you speak, YOU ARE TELLING ON YOURSELF for good and God or for sin and the flesh.  

 

-       Pastor Mark Sage 

     pastorsage@gmail.com