What voice do you speak whenever someone is telling you their situation? Negative or positive voices?

1. Matthew 12:36-37 (NIV)
Done By: Keishon Aban
Cert in Christian Education – Miami International Seminary
BA (Hons) Business Management – Anglia Ruskin University (UK)
MDiv (Candidate) – Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary

2. TEXT
Matthew 12:36-37 (NIV)
V36. But I tell you that everyone will have to give
account on the day of judgment for every empty word
they have spoken.
V37. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by
your words you will be condemned.”

3. Declaration
1. An affirmation; an open expression of facts or
opinions; verbal utterance;
2. Expression of facts, opinions, promises,
predictions
(Source: Merriam Webster Dictionary)

4. What does the Bible Say about
Declaration?
Proverbs 18:21 ESV
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love
it will eat its fruits”

5. Lying
Definition:
“A Lie is an intentional violation of the truth”
Source: Easton's Bible Dictionary, Copyright ©
2006

6. What Does the Bible Say about Lying?
Proverbs 12:19 & 22 (NIV)
19 Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue
lasts only a moment.
22 The Lord hates lying lips, but he delights in men
who are truthful.

7. Definition
“A person who spreads rumors or idle, fruitless tales”
Source: Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary,
Copyright © 1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers
Gossip

8. What Does the Bible Say About
Gossip?
Proverbs 26:20 (NKJV)
“Where there is no wood, the fire goes out; And where there is
no talebearer, strife ceases”
1 Tim 4:7 (NIV)
“7 Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives' tales;
rather, train yourself to be godly”

9. Challenge
Guarding your mouth from evil keeps you from trouble.
Proverbs 13:3 (ESV)
“Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who
opens wide his lips comes to ruin”
Proverbs 21:23 (NKJV)
“Whoever guards his mouth and tongue Keeps his soul
from troubles”

10. Application Prayer
Psalms 19:14 (NKJV)
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation
of my heart
Be acceptable in Your sight,
O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.