TOPIC: NOT DOUBLE TONGUE
TEXT: 1 Timothy 3:8
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre
Memory Verse : Psalms 120:2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
FOCUS
This morning we are looking at, we must not be doubled tongue. Sometimes we wonder, what does it really mean to be a double tongue person? It means when you say what you don’t mean, what you are saying, you are not ready to be committed to it.
To be a royal vessel, you must learn to master your words. Words are spirits, they don’t die. It doesn’t matter how it looks like, God does not want us to be doubled tongue. In our opening scripture, deacons there represents the place of leadership that even as a wife, a mother, you must speak only what you mean, be committed to your word.
God does not wants us to play with words. We are products of words. Genesis chapter 1 says and God said. You can imagine if God was just speaking to play or He was just speaking and not committed to it; the whole world will have been in chaos. This morning I want us to know that God does not want you to be double tongue, God does not want you to speak carelessly. That is why for you to be a royal vessel, you must never be a double tongue person.
LESSON
Romans 3:13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips
What does this scripture mean? It means that, there’s nothing they say that is correct. There’s a poison under their tongue, they are very unreliable, they can’t speak and you meet them correctly, they are people that have no value for whatever they are saying.
Do you want to be a royal vessel? If your answer is yes then do away with double tongue, get rid of the poison in your tongue, make sure you are not given to lies, say only what is true, say only things that you know you are ready to be committed to. That is what it means to be free of deceit in your tongue.
It is not only deacons that should not be double tongue, everybody should imbibe this character of godliness by speaking only what is true. We are royal vessels and we have nothing to do with lies and deceit in our tongue,no poison is allowed in Jesus Name. Amen
PERSONAL CONFESSION
I receive grace to speak right words.
PRAYER FOCUS
I refuse to flatter with my tongue or speak perversely.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
A healthy tongue produces a healthy life.
Don’t frame deceit with your tongue.