“Undefiled
Mouth”
The Holy Spirit illuminated child of God knows that he has
received mercy from God, therefore he wants to make Biblical
sacrifices that are pleasing to God. Romans 12:1-2 gives clear
instructions on how to be a living sacrifice unto the Lord.
“Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s
mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and
pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. Do
not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be
able to test and approve what God’s will is - His good,
pleasing and perfect will.”
The promises proclaimed through Isaiah and the whole of Scripture
regarding the suffering Savior teach us that God will raise up a
people who would proclaim the truths of Christ. There are three
heart desires found in the child of God’s life that enable
him to be a witness for Jesus Christ. The first is the desire
to have an undefiled mouth. Isaiah wrote of Jesus Christ, “He
had done no violence nor was any deceit in His mouth.”
(Isaiah 53:9)
Jesus taught that speech as a whole is a reflection of who man
really is. Jesus said, “Make a tree good and its fruit
will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a
tree is recognized by its fruit. …For out of the overflow of
the heart the mouth speaks. The good man brings good things
out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil
things out of the evil stored up in him. …for by your words
you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be
condemned.” (Matthew 12:33-37)
Speech that is predominately true, proper, chaste, instructive,
and righteous proves that the heart is right before God. Speech
that is often false, envious, malignant and unrighteous proves
that the heart is wrong. The words that we speak as a whole show
forth the fruit that is inside our heart, just as we can know the
tree by the fruit it bears. A sinful heart produces sinful speech
and a heart controlled by the Holy Spirit of Christ will
predominately produce speech that is pleasing to the Lord.
The
Holy Spirit has this question.
Does
Your Speech Proclaim the Gospel of Christ?
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