In Proverbs 4:24, we read about putting away a froward mouth and perverse lips. But what is a froward mouth? What does the Bible say about a froward mouth?
什么是嘴前倾?
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee (箴言 4:24)
当你成为新造的人时, you should also walk according to the new creation. You have been made righteous and therefore you shall walk in righteousness and speak according to the Word.
The heart of the old creation is like the world. The old creation is carnal and lives after the flesh and is sense-ruled. The flesh is evil and corrupt. Therefore the heart of the old creation is evil and corrupt. (另请阅读: 老头是谁? 和 为什么上帝把他的律法写在石桌上?)
When you were the old creation, you belonged to the world. Your heart was filled with evil, 消极性, and envy. 所以, out of your mouth came forth lies and negative talking about circumstances, daily matters, 人, the future, ETC.
The old creation has a froward mouth and perverse lips.
But now that you have become a new creation in Christ, through regeneration in Him, you should put away a froward mouth and perverse lips. You should speak from your renewed heart and your renewed mind, according to what the Word says, and be led by the Holy Spirit.
If you don’t renew your mind with the Word of God and don’t say what the Word says, but you keep talking like the world, then it’s better to keep your mouth shut!
Death and life are in the power of the tongue
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof (箴言 18:21)
圣经说, that death and life are in the power of the tongue. With your mouth, you can bless or you can curse. You can speak the words of God from your renewed heart and mind or you can speak the words of the world from your unrenewed heart and carnal mind.
You have a choice in what you do with your mouth. Will you renew your mind with the Word of God and speak the words of God or will you keep speaking the words of the world?
“成为地球之盐”
