Watch your mouth!

How can you prevent yourself from saying things, that you will regret later?

Have you ever started to say something but before you even got it out you were warned to watch your mouth?

For example, you might be about to cuss someone out because you are angry but your spouse tells you to watch your mouth because your young children are present.  Or you might to start to say something that could give away a secret and your friend tells you to watch your mouth.  Or you might unintentionally start to say something that could offend your boss and your co-worker warns you to watch your mouth.  Or you might start to say something that could be interpreted wrong by a customer and your boss warns you to watch your mouth.

In all of these examples you are told to watch your mouth so that you will not bring harm to yourself or others by what you say.  For this same reason you need to watch your mouth all of the time.

Why is it so important to watch your mouth all the time?

You need to watch your mouth because your words have incredible power.  You need to learn to watch your mouth because life and death is in power of your words (Proverbs 18:21).  If you will learn how to watch your mouth so that you keep from speaking evil words and refrain from speaking bitter words then you can bring life to yourself and increase the number of good days that you enjoy on the Earth (1 Peter 3:10).  If you do not learn how to watch your mouth then your words will bring great destruction to yourself and others because your words will come from the Father of Lies (HaShatan aka Satan aka The Devil) (James 3:5-6).

You need to watch your mouth for your own preservation.   You need to learn to watch your mouth so you can avoid being destroyed (Proverbs 13:3).  You need to learn to watch your mouth so you can avoid trouble (Proverbs 21:23).  If you do not watch your mouth, then your religion is worthless and it does not matter what church or synagogue you go to (James 1:26).

You need to watch your mouth because you will be judged for your words.  The Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) expects you to do according to all that comes out of your mouth (Numbers 30:2).  The Father of Truth expects you to keep every promise that comes out of your mouth (Numbers 30:2).  You will have to give an account to the Father of Truth for even those those words that you say in jest or as a matter of politeness or just to make small talk (Matthew 12:36-37).  The Father of Truth will cast all liars into the Lake of Fire (Revelation 21:8).

Why will you be judged for your words?

The words you speak show what is in your heart and whose child you are.  The Children of Lies can only speak like the Father of Lies because evil is in their heart (Matthew 12:34).  The Children of Truth (those who obey The Father of Truth because they love Him) speak like the Father of Truth because good is in their heart (The Book of Truth, Luke 6:45).

The Children of Lies are known by their words.  The Children of Lies speak worthless words (Job 24:25).  The Children of Lies do not say what they mean and they give false praise to take advantage of others (Psalm 5:9).  The Children of Lies speak cursing words, deceitful words, fraudulent words, mischievous words and empty promises that they do not mean to keep (Psalm 10:7).  The Children of Lies speak empty promises that they do not mean to keep and false praise because they have an evil heart while saying that they have a good heart (Psalm 12:2).  The Children of Lies speak proudly (Psalm 17:10).  The Children of Lies speak deceit (Psalm 50:19).  The Children of Lies speak cursing and lies (Psalm 59:12).  The Children of Lies use their words to harm other people (Psalm 64:3).  The Children of Lies tell lies to hide their hatred and to slander other people (Proverbs 10:18).  The Children of Lies believe the lies that others tell them and mock the poor (Proverbs 17:4-5).

The Children of Lies speak lies because their father only speaks lies (John 8:44).

The Children of Truth are known by their words.  The Children of Truth only speak the truth that is in their heart, never speak against others when their back is turned, never spread stories about others to make them look bad and keep their promises even if it hurts to do so (Psalm 15:2-4).  The Children of Truth speak wise words and warn others of judgment by the Father of Truth (Psalm 37:30).  The Children of Truth talk about the righteousness of the Father of Truth (Psalm 71:24).  The Children of Truth talk about the Word of Truth and the righteousness of His Commandments (Psalm 119:172).  The Children of Truth speak what is excellent, right and true but cannot stand to speak a lie (Proverbs 8:6-8).  The Children of Truth will choose poverty over lying (Proverbs 19:22).  The Children of Truth speak the Word of Truth to rescue other people from the Father of Lies (Malachi 2:6).  The Children of Truth mean yes when they say yes and mean no when they say no (Matthew 5:37).  The Children of Truth speak the truth in love (Ephesians 4:15).  The Children of Truth speak words of praise to the Father of Truth because the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) has brought them into the House of Truth (Hebrews 13:15).

The Children of Truth speak the truth because their father only speaks the truth (Psalm 89:34).

You may want to watch your mouth but you do not have enough strength to tame your tongue on your own (James 3:7-8).  So how can you possibly win the fight to speak only the truth? 

The Father of Truth made your mouth and can teach you what to say (Exodus 4:11-12).  The Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) will help you to speak the Word of Truth (2 Samuel 23:2).  The Father of Truth will help you to watch your mouth if you will spend time talking to him (Psalm 141:2-3).  The Man of Truth will live in you if you will remain in the House of Truth (John 15:4).  The Man of Truth can make you strong enough to watch your mouth (Philippians 4:13).  The Father of Truth will work in you through the Man of Truth to make you a completely mature Child of Truth (Hebrews 13:20-21).  [The Greek word translated as "perfect" literally means "completely mature".] You can become a completely mature Child of Truth by learning how to watch your mouth (James 3:2).

What do you do so you can watch your mouth all the time?

You put the Word of Truth into your heart so that you will speak the truth out of your heart.  You keep the Word of Truth in your mouth and in your heart so that you will obey the Father of Truth (Deuteronomy 30:14).  You keep your heart fixed on the Father of Truth by praising Him all the time (Psalm 108:1).  You hide the Word of Truth in your heart so that you will not disobey the Father of Truth (Psalm 119:11).

How do you put the Word of Truth into your heart?

You put the Word of Truth in your heart by speaking the Word of Truth at every opportunity. You keep the Word of Truth in your mouth because it is from the Father of Truth (Exodus 13:9).  You speak what is written in the Book of Truth (aka The Bible) all the time and mutter it to yourself at every opportunity (Joshua 1:8).  [The Hebrew word translated as "meditate" literally means "to mutter to oneself".]  You allow the Spirit of Truth to speak the Word of Truth through you (Matthew 10:20).  You speak the Word of Truth that the Man of Truth says to you to other people (Matthew 10:27).  You preach the Word of Truth to everyone you meet (Mark 16:15).  You study the Book of Truth so you can speak the Word of Truth to other people (2 Timothy 2:14-15).  You pray according to the Word of Truth when you pray (1 John 5:14).

Putting the Word of Truth in your heart begins by becoming a Child of Truth that lives in the House of Truth.  You need to believe the Word of Truth in your heart that the Father of Truth has raised the Man of Truth from the dead and then speak the Word of Truth out of your mouth so that the Man of Truth becomes master of your life and you may live safely in the House of Truth (Romans 10:8-10).

Come into the House of Truth.

The Man of Truth

Why is important to always speak the truth?

In 2003 I saw a movie poster for "The Gospel of John".  It seemed every time I prayed or thought about going to the movies or anything like that this movie poster kept coming back to my memory.  As time went on I found that was being led by the Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) to go see this movie.

The truth is that I thought "The Gospel of John" would be boring to watch. After all, I had read the Gospel of John many times in the Book of Truth (The Bible) and I already knew what happened.  Also I had watched a number of "Jesus" movies and none had seemed to have been done right.   Their inconsistencies with the Book of Truth and history stood out to me to the point of being a distraction.  Their presentation of the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) usually made the Man of Truth seem wimpy and somewhat unmanly in his mannerisms.  The Book of Truth showed the Man of Truth as never backing down from those that did evil and being literally tougher than nails.

I finally went to see "The Gospel of John" with my son and the six other people that were in the theater.  I was dead wrong about it being boring.  It was a word for word dramatization of the Gospel of John taken directly from the Book of Truth that the makers had taken great pains to get everything as accurate as possible.  It turned out that the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) is a really good story teller when you let Him do the telling.  In fact, "The Gospel of John" became my all-time favorite movie.

When the movie was over I was so shaken that I could barely walk.  My son thought that he was going to have to drive me home.  I could not figure out why I was so shaken by watching this movie but I knew that the Father of Truth was telling me something.

Not long after that, my family gave me the entire movie gift pack for my birthday.  I got the sound track CD, the tee-shirt (which I still wear), and the DVD set which also had all of the "behind the scenes" stuff on a separate DVD.  I began watching "The Gospel of John" every chance I got.  I had to find out what it was about this movie that had shaken me up so bad.

During the fourth viewing, it finally clicked.  In the movie, the Man of Truth says "I tell you the truth" or "I am telling you the truth" or something very similar over and over again.  (He says it 24 times for those of you that are counting.)  The Man of Truth is full of truth (John 1:14).  The Man of Truth spoke the truth at all times (John 8:45-46).  This is what was shaking me up.

The Man of Truth never said anything that was not true, even in jest.  The Man of Truth never told something that was not true to pull a joke on others like people do on April Fools Day.  The Man of Truth never said something that was not true and then later say something like "Psyche" or "Bazinga" or "Just Joking".  The Man of Truth never said something that was not true in order to be sarcastic.  The Man of Truth never spoke something that was not true to make others feel better.  The Man of Truth never spoke something that was not true to get a reaction from others.  The Man of Truth never spoke something that was not true to make peace.  The Man of Truth never said something that was not true as part of a game.  This is why I call him "the Man of Truth".

I could not truthfully say the same about myself.  I had taken great pains to be honest in all of my business dealings and to never purposely lie to others.  I never told people lies on April Fools Day.  I never played games like Balderdash that involved lying.  I did not say things, whether they were true or not, to get a reaction out of other people.  Still I did not only speak the truth like the Man of Truth.

I did say things that I did not mean and then say "Just joking".  That was not speaking only the truth like the Man of Truth.  I did say things that were not true to be sarcastic, in a sarcastic voice, believing that others would know that I meant the opposite of what I said. That was not speaking only the truth like the Man of Truth.  I suddenly understood that doing these things was not alright and they needed to come to an end.

There were other areas that I would have to be on guard if I was to only speak the truth like the Man of Truth.  I realized how easy it is to tell others something that is not true to make them feel better when they are hurting but that was not speaking only the truth like the Man of Truth.   I realized that the temptation to make peace with others can make it hard to only speak the truth like the Man of Truth.

Why was it so important that I was made aware of this and that I learned to only speak the truth?  Why is it never alright to ever say anything that is not true, even in jest or to make others feel better when they are hurting?

The Man of Truth says that all truth comes from the Father of Truth (John 8:40).  The Man of Truth is the truth that brings us to the Father of Truth (John 14:6).   If it is truth then it is from the Father of Truth.  The Father of Truth wants the Children of Truth (those who obey The Father of Truth because they love Him) to walk in the truth (3 John 1:4).

The Man of Truth says that all lies come from the Father of Lies (HaShatan aka Satan aka The Devil) (John 8:44).  If it is not truth, it is from the Father of Lies.  The Father of Truth wants us to having nothing in us that belongs to the Father of Lies just as there was nothing that belonged to the Father of Lies in the Man of Truth (John 14:30).

The Man of Truth said that we must worship His Father in truth (John 4:24).  The Man of Truth sent us the Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) to show us the truth about all things (John 16:13).  The Man of Truth does not want us to have any space in our lives for anything that is from the Father of Lies (Ephesians 4:27).

So whoever is are going to come into the House of Truth must learn to only speak the truth like the Man of Truth.  We come into the House of Truth when we surrender our lives over to the Man of Truth because believe the truth that his Father raised him from the dead (Romans 10:8-10).  The Man of Truth circumcises our hearts when we come in the House of Truth (Romans 15:8).

Come into the House of Truth.