¡¡Ay Lengua, pero que Lengua!!
Hoy quiero reflexionar en los efectos de el mal uso de la lengua en nuestras iglesias ante situaciones que no todos pueden comprender. Para ser mas preciso, me encuentro viviendo una temporada complicada, la cual solamente esta en las manos de mi Señor Jesucristo y todos los envueltos están sabidos de la entereza de las variantes en mi situación privada.
La reacción de la gente de la iglesia (en general) es querer saber cada detalle de mi vida personal.
So here's my take on the issue:
Santiago 3:6
"Tambien la lengua es un fuego, un mundo de maldad. Siendo uno de nuestros organos, contamina todo el cuerpo y, encendida por el infierno, prende a su vez fuego a todo el curso de la vida."
(Nueva Version Internacional)
"Y la lengua es un fuego, un mundo de maldad. La lengua esta puesta entre nuestros miembros, y contamina todo el cuerpo e inflama la rueda de la creacion, y ella misma es inflamada por el infierno."
(Reina Valera 1995)
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We are taught to dread an unruly tongue, as one of the greatest evils. The affairs of mankind are thrown into confusion by the tongues of men. Every age of the world, and every condition of life, private or public, affords examples of this. Hell has more to do in promoting the fire of the tongue than men generally think; and whenever men's tongues are employed in sinful ways, they are set on fire of hell.
No man can tame the tongue without Divine grace and assistance. The apostle does not represent it as impossible, but as extremely difficult. Other sins decay with age, this many times gets worse; we grow more froward and fretful, as natural strength decays, and the days come on in which we have no pleasure.
When other sins are tamed and subdued by the infirmities of age, the spirit often grows more tart, nature being drawn down to the dregs, and the words used become more passionate. That man's tongue confutes itself, which at one time pretends to adore the perfections of God, and to refer all things to him; and at another time condemns even good men, if they do not use the same words and expressions.
True religion will not admit of contradictions: how many sins would be prevented, if men would always be consistent! Pious and edifying language is the genuine produce of a sanctified heart; and none who understand Christianity, expect to hear curses, lies, boastings, and revilings from a true believer's mouth, any more than they look for the fruit of one tree from another.
But facts prove that more professors succeed in bridling their senses and appetites, than in duly restraining their tongues. Then, depending on Divine grace, let us take heed to bless and curse not; and let us aim to be consistent in our words and actions.