Mat 12:34,35. Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For the mouth speaks out of the overflow of the heart. A good man brings out good things from the good treasure of the heart, and an evil man brings out evil things from the evil treasure.
The use of harsh words by Jesus to the Pharisees was common.This was to counter their self made righteous contrary to their mode of living. In this episode ,he reprimanded them for wrong use of oral faculty after accusations that Jesus deliverance ministry was funded by Beelzebub the ruler of darkness. He advised them that proper use of words was difficult to them since words originate from rich deposits of the heart.
During regular health check -ups ,doctors tell their patients to stick out their tongue .By so doing ,they are able to depict the health status of the patient.
The same index applies as we talk ,once our tongue is engaged and words released ,the health conditions of our heart is displayed. The tongue only construe what our heart contains
But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man `unclean’. out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander . In accordance to spiritual clinic,these are symptoms of acute heart failure .
“By our words we are justified, and by them we are condemned”-Mat 12:37. When the heart is clean ,the tongue will reveal.
Further readings:
Psa 52:2-5
Psa 64:3
Rom 3:10-14
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