[PraiseNews] The Unruly Tongue

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The Tongue - an unruly EVIL
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Scripture says that the tongue is an unruly evil... (Jas.
3:8)

We have to be careful in this department that the creative
power that we have is used for good and not evil. We cannot
allow our tongues to become an unruly evil.  Our tongues are
to be used to bless and not to curse, in the book of James,
the Scriptures say, how is it so that the sayings out of the
same mouth proceed blessings and cursings (Jas. 3:10).  You
know brothers and sisters, it should not be so.  It should
not be so.  We need to guard our mouth and we need to tame
the unruly tongue.  We need to be careful that what comes
out of our mouth is good, that it is edifying, that it
imparts grace to the hearers (Eph 4:29), NOT used as an
unruly evil that curses,  to stir up dissension, to be an
instrument of gossip or backbiting, as an instrument of
tearing down instead of edifying and building up!  Did you
know that one of the seven things that Yahweh says He HATES
is this?  See Pro. 6:19, 16:28 22:10 Deu 19:15-21

We are not to let our tongues be used to speak any corrupt
thing and it is corrupt when we allow our tongues to become
the accuser of the brethren.  Let me say that again, we are
not to allow our tongues to be used as the accuser of the
brethren, to gossip about them, to backbite, to slander.

Yahushua set things in order when He said "You hypocrites,"
He said 'Get the log out of your own eyes and you will see
clearly to help remove the sliver out of your brother eye.'
We are not to tear down our brother.  The Scriptures say
what a blessed thing is when brothers dwell together in
unity and the devil is busy at work to bring division, not
unity (Ps. 133:1).

The Scriptures say clearly that there is one Elohim, there
is one faith, one Spirit, one body and there is not to be
any divisions, there is not be any schism in the body and we
are not to allow our tongues to be responsible for bringing
schism and division and tearing down our brothers and our
sisters.  That happens too many times because we are not
careful.  We lift ourselves up over others and esteem
ourselves highly, in direct disobedience to the instruction
of the scriptures which command that we esteem others more
highly than ourselves. Php 2:3  Rom 12:3

We think that our intentions are good, we are just are
seeking prayer, or we just are talking to someone else
trying to get a better idea on how to approach a problem. We
do not need a better idea on how to approach a problem. We
already have the best idea and it is spelled out for us in
the book of Matthew.

Yahweh says that when you have an offense with your
brother/sister or your brother/sister has an offense with
you, that you are to go directly to that brother or sister.
You do not go to the brother's brother.  You do not go to
the brother's sister.  You do not go to your next door
neighbor or the grapevine expert at the local religious
gathering.  You go to your brother directly. And you tell
that brother what the offense is (Matthew 18:15-18).  You go
to him and tell him what his fault is.  If you have been the
one to cause an offense, then he has an offense against you,
you go to that brother to make restitution, to make right.
And if that brother won't hear you after you made an attempt
to go directly to that brother or sister, then you bring one
or two witnesses.

This is not formula that we can just except or reject based
on how we feel about it or based upon even whether or not it
seemed to work out well in a previous experience, it is a
commandment. This is the will of Yahweh.  This is the only
way and the right way for us to deal with offenses.  Whether
we are the offender or the offendee.  There is no other way.
When we honor Yahweh's commandments, He will show Himself
mighty on our behalf.

We do not need any other wisdom from some other brother or
sister.  We do not need to talk it over with people.  We
just need to go to that brother or sister directly and if
he/she won't hear us then we need to get one or two brothers
or sisters and we need to do it again, go back with these
one or two brothers/sisters.

We don't get these brothers/sisters that we can
pre-position, that we can make our case unilaterally. See...
in the courts of law when things are done appropriately,
when they are done lawfully [ many times they are not
because we have a wicked legal system with wicked judges and
wicked scribes or as it called today attorneys, although
there are some exceptions sometimes.] in the courts of law
and when law is being walked out righteously, you are not
allowed to have what they call ex-parte communication.  You
cannot have communication with just one side of the parties.
  The defendant cannot communicate with the judge without the
prosecuting party involved or present. All parties must be
present.  The one who has brought the charge, or in the
Scriptural sense it would be the person who has the offense
and the party that has done the offending or in the case of
law courts, the party that is referred to as the defendant.
These two parties cannot go to the judge and have
conversation, that is called ex-parte communication.  The
absent party that is not there or involved is not afforded
the opportunity to make their case or give answer from their
side.

The Scriptures say that he who answers a matter before he
has heard it, that is like a judge, a mediator, a pastor, a
brother that has been asked to listen to people trying to
work something out.  That person should never answer a
matter until he has heard both sides of the story. (Pro
18:13) We are not to go to people to make our case anyway.
We are not to go to third parties to make our case, that is
what is called gossip.  We are to go directly to the party
that has offended us or that we have offended.  If that is
not bearing fruit then we get one or two witnesses and we
come back and  try it again. The Scriptures say that if it
bears fruit you have won or gained your brother.  So you
have a righteous outcome and you have good fruit, fruit that
is pleasing to Yahweh because this fruit is going to be
brothers dwelling together in unity.

If that does not produce good fruit what do you do?  You
then take the matter before the congregation or more
specifically more accurately you take the matter before the
body.  The body consists of those members of the body that
you are in regular fellowship with, regular worship with,
regular relationship with.  You bring them all together and
present the matter before them. When a party still will not
hear, when they have been brought to that process and they
are still unwilling to hear, then they are to be treated,
the Scriptures say , as a publican.  In other words, they
are to be cast out from among you and you are not even to
have contact or communication with them.

It is just like in Old Testament times with Israel, when
people were caught in sin, depending on what type of sin it
was, a lot of times their sin was exposed and they were
exiled outside the camp.  The purpose of sending them out
from among the fellowship, from among the relationship with
the rest was twofold, it was to remove the leaven from the
camp, to remove the sin from the camp so that the sin, like
a fire, like that tongue, the unruly evil, won't catch a
hold and start burning up every tree in the camp.

That is what happens with gossip.  Gossip starts with the
unruly tongue and someone starts running their mouth and
start infecting others and then the others get infected and
the  process repeats.  Just like venereal disease.  One
party goes out and has illicit sexual relations with
somebody outside of the right living that Yahweh has
instructed for us and they get a disease and then both of
those fornicating parties, they go out and have illicit
relations with other people, so now you have instead of two
people, you have four people that are infected and these
four people go out and now you have eight people, and then
these eight people go out there is sixteen, then thirty-two,
then sixty-four and it just keeps on going.  So, one of the
reasons of sending people out of the camp was to get the sin
out of the camp but the other reason was to put that person
in a place where there is weeping or gnashing of teeth and
the purpose in that was the pain of being cutoff and
isolated and chastised would produce a true righteous sorrow
and then repentance and then the opportunity and the basis
for healing and reconciling.  And if that party did not
repent, at least they would be removed from the camp and
not bring corruption and decay into the camp.

There is nothing new under the sun and today we have the
same standard, same statutes given by our Father.  Those
that do not want to do it the way that Yahweh ordained for
it to be done, they are rebellious.  They think that they
have a better idea.  They think that their way is higher
than His way.  Or perhaps they are just simply living in
fear.  Whether it is rebellion or whether it is fear, you
know what it really is?  It is called sin, and the wages of
sin are death.

Fear does not lead to faith and fear can never produce good
fruit.  Fear might be a different reason for not doing what
Yahweh has commanded but it doesn't produce any better
result than rebellion.  Rebellion is considered to be an
incredibly serious sin by Yahweh. You need to look at the
example of Miriam and Aaron. They did not like the program.
Their tongues were an unruly evil, they were murmuring and
complaining and finding fault with Moses who was Yahweh's
appointed leader.  He was an imperfect leader. He was a
murderer. He was a stammerer.  He cou...cou...couldn't
speak to well.  He had problems.  He was not a perfect
leader. But he was Yahweh's appointed man and as the
Scriptures say,  Yahweh called out Miriam and Aaron.

You know friends, I have been dealt with many times
by Yahweh and I have been chastened by Yahweh.  I do not
know that I have been called out the way that Miriam and
Aaron had been called out by Yahweh and I can tell you that
I never want to be called out that way.  I do not imply that
I have not sinned or that I have not done anything as bad as
they did, I am just trying to make a point, Yahweh does not
wink at rebellion.  He likened rebellion to witchcraft and
the penalty for witchcraft was to be put to death.  There is
no forgiveness in the grave, there is no repentance in the
grave.  You do not get a second chance when you have been
slaughtered.  We have people that are irreverent of Yahweh'S
commands.  All of us make this mistake.  We are not to
murmur, complain, and accuse those who have been appointed
over us by Yahweh to watch for our souls.

Let's take a look at the profound difference difference
between the sons of Eli and the sons of Zadok. The sons of
Eli represented the modern era, this did not start  in the
modern era but has continued on through the modern era, of
priests who look like they were chosen, who had the stamp on
them, who appeared by every measure to know the lingo, who
know how to do the job, but they were not anointed.  They
were the rebellious, the deceiving, the wicked, the
uncircumcised of heart.  But the sons of Zadok were set
apart to minister unto Yahweh to accomplish His purpose.
And even today,  the world is able to recognize the
difference between these two camps.  Whereas the religious
do not seem to be unable to recognize the difference.

There is danger in following blind guides, those who talk
the talk, but do not walk the walk.  Those who want to lord
it over the children of Yahweh while they rake in the money
and live the fat life, selling their books and taking
exhorbitant registration fees, making MERCHANDISE OUT OF YOU
(2Pe 2:3), all the while maintaining the image of His
chosen.  His prophets, His ministers, His rulers are those
who, like Yahushua give their lives to protect the sheep and
to serve the sheep, to feed the sheep.  And just like
Yahushua suffered persecution and was eventually killed by
the religious, those today who are feeding His sheep and who
are His chosen, they will suffer persecution. We suggest you
take the time to read the free book at:
http://Religion.is-killing.us

Our mandate,  all of us, everyone of us, is to be careful
not to suffer because of wrongdoing, because we have an
unruly tongue, because we are rebellious, because of fear,
because of friendship with the world. Friends, our walk is
of a serious and significant business.

The Scriptures say that we are to walk worthy of our
calling.  So I want to encourage you to really mediate on
these things.  To really examine the Scriptures.  To let the
Spirit, the Ruach ha Qodesh, to let the Spirit of our Father
search your hearts, search your motives, to reveal to you
the things that are wrong and to lead you to righteous
sorrow, that you would repent.  That you would not allow
gossip, slander, pride, fear, all these things, to enter
into the camp or into your own heart. Maybe you need to weep
and lament for a little while.

We have shut down the online ministry room.  We have shut
down the fellowship room.   We have shut down the women's
discipleship group.  And some people are concerned.  Some
people are wondering if that this is the end of the
ministry, is this the victory of the devil over MHI.  This
is not the victory of the devil over MHI.  The ministry of
MHI is not going away,, it is not going anywhere.

This is the leading of the Ruach.  This is the leading of
the Spirit of Yahweh.  It is time for a rest.  We are going
to get His house in order.  We have become tired. We have
become careless.  We have become caught up in our burdens
and our focus, our eyesight has gotten dim and blurred and
we are just doing what is commanded in the Scriptures we are
resting.  We are setting ourselves apart.

We are calling you to set yourself apart for a time, to seek
Yahweh, to let the Spirit search your heart, to be
transformed, to be renewed.  Just as King David prayed when
he said 'search me and know my heart and see if there be any
wicked way within me.'  He was weeping and lamenting and he
was calling upon Yahweh to restore his soul and to renew his
strength and to create in him a clean heart and a right
spirit and our call to you even as we are doing the very
same thing, is to do just what King David did in the coming
days and weeks.

I believe that if we judge ourselves like the Scriptures
say, then we will not have to be judged by Yahweh.  I hope
that you will take this time to judge yourself, to search
yourself, to invite the scrutiny of the Spirit to repent.

The command to His people is simple:

BRING FORTH THEREFORE FRUITS MEET FOR REPENTANCE  (Read
Mat 3:1-12)


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State of the Union - update
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Want to see just how far the USA has sunk into iniquity?

Printed from:::
The Times of India
US Senate to open with Hindu prayers
27 Jun, 2007 l 0437 hrs ISTlIANS

NEW YORK: History will be created when a Hindu prayer will
be recited at the opening of the US Senate in Washington DC
on July 12.

Rajan Zed, a Hindu chaplain, said that he had been
officially asked to say the prayer. He said he believes this
may be the first time any Hindu prayer is delivered in the
Senate since its formation in 1789.

Zed is likely to choose the prayer from the Rig Veda, the
Upanishads and the Bhagavad-Gita. He said he plans to start
and end the prayer with 'Om', the mystical Hindu syllable.
The full text of the prayer will be included in the
Congressional Record.

"July 12 will be an illustrious day for all Americans and a
memorable day for Indian Americans when prayers from ancient
Hindu scriptures will be read in the great hall of
democracy," Zed said.

Are you one of the ignorant masses that still chants and
believes the popular delusion?  "God Bless America"

Do you believe that Yahweh will bless a nation that has
shed the innocent blood of 45+ million babies?

Do you believe that Yahweh will bless a nation that bows
down and casts prayers at it highest civil seats of government
to "mystical" Hindu (pagan) gods?

Listen to what Yahweh says about such things and weep and
lament for this country...  judgement has come and IS COMING
in greater measure to America.  Do you believe if He did not
withhold His hand of judgement from upon His chosen, Israel,
that He will do any less with regard to America???

Read and meditate upon Jeremiah 12

The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations
that forget Yahweh. Psa 9:17

Blessed is the nation whose Elohim is Yahweh; and the people
whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. Psa 33:12