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JUSTIFIED

CONDEMNEDPronounced guilty of sin

Pronounced innocent Free of guilt HEARTHEART

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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?

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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

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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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Matthew 12:36Matthew 12:36

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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Matthew 12:36Matthew 12:36

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

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Matthew 12:36Matthew 12:36

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)

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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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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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