The Christian's Speech
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- John Moschitta, Jr. was listed in Guinness World Records, for a time, as the world's fastest speaker, being able to talk at 586 wpm.[22] He has since been surpassed by Steve Woodmore, who achieved a rate of 637 wpm.
Dr. Louann Brizendine, clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco states in ``The Female Brain" that ``A woman uses about 20,000 words per day while a man uses about 7,000."
``The Female Brain" has made quite a splash since its publication last month, and this word-count claim is one of the most striking facts supporting her argument that the female brain is ``a lean, mean communicating machine." The 20,000 vs. 7,000 numbers have been cited in reviews all over the world, from The New York Times to the Mumbai Mirror.
The book's endnotes appear to attribute the numbers to a 1997 self-help book by Allan Pease and Allan Garner, ``Talk Language: How to Use Conversation for Profit and Pleasure." But Pease himself has presented several different word count numbers in other sources.
In 2000, he published ``Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps" (with Barbara Pease), which attributes to women ``6,000-8,000 words," while men get ``just 2,000-4,000 words." (They also offer daily counts for women's and men's ``vocal sounds" and ``facial expressions, head movements, and other body language signals"-but don't provide a source for any of the counts.) In a 2004 CNN interview, Allan Pease said that ``women can speak 20,000 to 24,000 words a day versus a man's top end of 7,000 to 10,000."
Big Idea: Our speech needs to joyfully magnify Christ.
Big Idea: Our speech needs to joyfully magnify Christ.
I. Test 1: The Christian must radiate glorifying speech.
I. Test 1: The Christian must radiate glorifying speech.
a. Bold Speech
i. Ephesians 6:19 – Boldly proclaim the gospel
19 and pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,
ii. 1 Peter 3:15 – Be ready always to give an answer of the hope inside you
15 but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence;
b. Righteous Speech
i. Psalms 19:14 – all speech must be acceptable in God’s sight
14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.
ii. Psalm 39:1 – bridle your mouth; do not respond without thinking
1 I said, “I will guard my ways That I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth as with a muzzle While the wicked are in my presence.”
iii. Psalm 71:15 – mouth that shows God’s righteousness and salvation daily because our days of life is not known
15 My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness And of Your salvation all day long; For I do not know the sum of them.
iv. Proverbs 2:6 – righteous living comes from wise speech
6 For the Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
v. Proverbs 8:7-8 – words of truth and righteousness
7 “For my mouth will utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips. 8 “All the utterances of my mouth are in righteousness; There is nothing crooked or perverted in them.
c. Humble/Edifying Speech
i. Proverbs 27:2 – let others praise you not yourself; praise others not self
2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips.
ii. Ephesians 4:29 – words that minister grace and edification
29 Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.
iii. James 3:10 – words match your lifestyle
10 from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way.
d. Praising Speech
i. Psalm 34:1 – continually praising God with mouth
1 I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
ii. Psalm 51:15 – mouth shows forth God’s praise; it puts God on display
15 O Lord, open my lips, That my mouth may declare Your praise.
iii. Psalm 63:5 – joyful praise for God’s provision
5 My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness, And my mouth offers praises with joyful lips.
iv. Psalm 66:17 – yearning to praise God
17 I cried to Him with my mouth, And He was extolled with my tongue.
v. Psalm 71:8 – mouth filled with praise all day
8 My mouth is filled with Your praise And with Your glory all day long.
vi. Psalm 89:1 – proclaiming and praising God’s faithfulness to all around
1 I will sing of the lovingkindness of the Lord forever; To all generations I will make known Your faithfulness with my mouth.
vii. Psalm 109:30 – greatly praising God even among people; not ashamed
30 With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to the Lord; And in the midst of many I will praise Him.
II. Test 2: The Christian must eliminate corrupting speech.
II. Test 2: The Christian must eliminate corrupting speech.
a. Hypocritical Speech
i. Psalm 55:21 – smooth talker but antagonizing heart
21 His speech was smoother than butter, But his heart was war; His words were softer than oil, Yet they were drawn swords.
ii. Psalm 62:4 – liers; bless on the outward but are curse inwardly
4 They have counseled only to thrust him down from his high position; They delight in falsehood; They bless with their mouth, But inwardly they curse. Selah.
b. Perverse Speech
i. Proverbs 4:24 – Deceitful and scheming speech
24 Put away from you a deceitful mouth And put devious speech far from you.
ii. Proverbs 6:12 – the worthless and wicked speak perverse or sinful words
12 A worthless person, a wicked man, Is the one who walks with a perverse mouth,
iii. Ephesians 4:29 – no corrupt, dishonest, shady speech
29 Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.
iv. Colossians 3:8 – put off filthy communication
8 But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth.
v. Titus 1:10-12 – empty and deceitful talk
10 For there are many rebellious men, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision, 11 who must be silenced because they are upsetting whole families, teaching things they should not teach for the sake of sordid gain. 12 One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
vi. James 3:10 – speech inconsistent with the Christian life
10 from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way.
III. Test 3: The Christian must evaluate the source of speech.
III. Test 3: The Christian must evaluate the source of speech.
a. Matthew 15:16-19 – source of all speaking is the heart
16 Jesus said, “Are you still lacking in understanding also? 17 “Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is eliminated? 18 “But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man. 19 “For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders.
b. Romans 10:8-10 – source desires Christ
8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”—that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, 9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; 10 for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
c. Corrupt Input=Corrupt Output
d. Holy Input =Holy Output
Conclusion/Application:
This evening what kind of grade did you receive? Did you fail one of the three tests? Where in each of these three tests do you need to go back and study some more so that you can change the results?
Our speech is one of the most important abilities God has given to us to glorify him. It is important to God on how we speak to Him and others. There is approximately 415 verses in scripture that use the word mouth. That is a lot. Most of these verses give an illustration of how to use or not to use your mouth. Those verses that don’t may give direct command on how to use our mouth or is simply speaking of the physical aspect of the mouth