MATTHEW 12:33

YOUR FRUIT IS ALWAYS FOR OTHERS

“Character is not built in a moment; it is revealed in one.” — D.L. Moody

MATTHEW 12:34

Matthew 7:15-20

BROOD – A FAMILY

JOHN 8:42-47 MSG 42-47 “If God were your father,” said Jesus, “you would love me, for I came from God and arrived here. I didn’t come on my own. He sent me. Why can’t you understand one word I say? Here’s why: You can’t handle it. You’re from your father, the Devil, and all you want to do is please him. He was a killer from the very start. He couldn’t stand the truth because there wasn’t a shred of truth in him. When the Liar speaks, he makes it up out of his lying nature and fills the world with lies. I arrive on the scene, tell you the plain truth, and you refuse to have a thing to do with me. Can any one of you convict me of a single misleading word, a single sinful act? But if I’m telling the truth, why don’t you believe me? Anyone on God’s side listens to God’s words. This is why you’re not listening—because you’re not on God’s side.”

WORDS ARE NOT ACCIDENTS—THEY ARE OVERFLOW.

MATTHEW 12:35

TIME EXPOSES THE HEART!

PROVERBS 18:21 “Death and life are in the power of the tongue.”

PROVERBS 12:18 “Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.”

EPHESIANS 4:29“Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up…”

JAMES 1:26 “If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue… his religion is worthless.”

WORDS CAN HEAL OR HARM — BUILD OR BREAK — BLESS OR POISON.

MATTHEW 12:36-37

JAMES 3:1niv Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.

EVERY SPOKEN WORD REVEALS WHAT IS IN THE HEART.

TRUE CHANGE STARTS WITH THE HEART

EZEKIEL 36:26 “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you.”

PSALM 51:10 “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.”

JOHN 7:38 “Whoever believes in me… rivers of living water will flow from within them.”