For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
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… judge, who is one day going to evaluate every word that we speak. If you don't believe that, listen to what Jesus said in Matthew 12, verses 36 to 37. He said, and I say to you that every careless word that men shall speak, they shall render account of it in the day of judgment. For by your words, you shall be justified and by your words, you will be condemned. I don't pretend to understand all that means, but what I do know is this. False words, abusive words, divisive words that we speak by the thousands, they just don't float up into nothingness and disappear. Jesus said one day they're going to come back to us like boomerangs, and one day we shall give an account of them. That's the best reason I know for guarding your speech. Remember what Solomon said, you will never have to explain what you don't say. There's a reason God appointed this moment in your life to hear Pathway to Victory. …
… every idle word men speak, they will give an account for in the day of judgment. For by your words, you will be justified and by your words, you will be condemned. Jesus said that. Boom. Wow. If somebody's a Christian and they love filthy jokes and they're tearing people apart and they're saying all these things, and look, we live in an age where this doesn't even affect you because it's online constantly. When somebody says, that guy's a jerk or she is an absolute waste, God one day is going to say let's address this issue here on your ex account where you said she is a waste. I died for her on the cross. Or you said this about somebody. God says I hate those who sow discord among the brothers and sisters. Be careful. Acts chapter 20. Acts chapter 20 says, For I know this, Paul is speaking, that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. False leaders. Also from among yourselves, men will rise up, speaking, there's the word, perverse things. …
… give an accounting for in the day of judgment. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned." Wait a minute, wait a minute. We're condemned by our words and justified by our words? What are we hearing? Is this work salvation? No. What it means is that when you stand before the judge and the adjudication of your eternal destiny is at stake, the evidence of your regeneration will show up in your words. The record of your words will validate the transformation. Because Your words are going to be transformed. Every careless word for those who were never transformed is kept in the divine record and will be the reason, the list of crimes for which they will be everlastingly condemned. God keeps a record of everything we say. Everything. In Colossians, chapter 3 and verse 8, in a somewhat parallel text, we read this, But now you also put them all aside, anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth. …