The Test of the Tongue
Hardest body part to control
What is the tongue?
This has to accompany genuine faith
This is how we should respond to the word
What is we should be doers of the word not just hearers?
James tells us not to think this
We shouldn't think that we are tempted by God
These people are judged harshly
What is a teacher?
James is not trying to say this
What is works does not save you?
This happens to a man who is a doer of the word
What is they will be blessed?
James tells us these things lead us into temptation
What is our own desires?
One illustration used to show how the tongue has a major effect
One of the few:
1. What is a small bit
2. What is a rudder
3. What is a small fire (spark)
The phrase James says to make his point
What is faith without works is dead?
The illustration James uses for those who aren't doers of the word
What is a man who looks into a mirror and forgets what he looks like?
We are told that ___ gives way to sin and sin gives way to ____.
What is desires gives way to sin and sin gives way to death?
Characteristics to describe the tongue (Must say 2 answers)
1. What is a restless evil?
2. What is full of deadly poison?
These two people are the examples James uses to show that our faith is justified by our works
What is Abraham and Rahab?
These are aspects of a "pure religion"
What is helping those in need and keeping oneself from sin?
Our instinct is to do this
This is ironic about the tongue
What is it when we use our tongue to praise God and then curse people with the same mouth?
An example James uses to show that faith isn't enough
What is even demons believe--and they shudder?
James says that everyone should be these things
James reminds us of who God really is (Name 3 answers)
What is the giver of every good gift, he is a God that does not change, and he is the one who saved us and puts humans above all other creation?