All right, welcome back everyone to the second service of Sure Foundation Baptist
Hawaii. Most of you have been here for the morning service and those who are here for the second,
thanks for coming. Let's go ahead and start off. Well, notice Matthew 23 is where we started the
chapter, right, or the start of the Bible read. And Matthew 23 is a very famous passage in the Bible.
Unfortunately, today the world and evangelical Christianity is more and more trying to soften
the message of the cross, soften the man of the men of God and Jesus Christ himself.
As the world progresses towards the end, the Bible teaches that there will be people who are lovers
of themselves, right. And if you read Matthew 23, it's very obvious that Jesus Christ himself,
the son of God, the savior of the world, was the hardest preacher that there ever was. He was the
one who was willing to call out the Pharisees and the Sadducees for the wickedness that they had,
their hypocrisy. And the title of this message simply is this, that's not a bad word.
What do you mean David? The world today, when they think of a Christian, when they think of a person
who is a spirit-filled man of God, they think of someone who is, you know, sissy, limp-wristed,
soft-spoken and weak in their mannerisms. But the men in the Bible are strong men of God. They're
very masculine in their day-to-day mannerisms and how they spoke. Now here's the thing, the Bible is
very clear that every word of God is pure. So Jesus Christ himself is making very hard things
to be heard, harsh statements. We need to understand that. We need to conform ourselves
to what the Bible says. If we have an opinion on a word, we need to then take that word,
compare it to the Bible and see, is that word bad? Is that a bad word? Jesus Christ seems here to have
a lot of harsh things to say. You don't need to turn there, but like I was starting to say,
every word of God is pure. Everything that God says is pure, is righteous, is right.
The Bible says in Psalms 12 6, the word of the Lord are pure words, has silver tried in the
furnace of earth, purify seven times. We understand that when God speaks, whether in the Old Testament,
whether in the New Testament, the red letters of Jesus Christ himself, all these words are pure
words. We have a friend church of ours in Texas known as Pure Words Baptist Church because we
believe that what God says is innocent and is pure. I'm not saying it's not harsh. I'm not
saying it's not severe, but it is not a bad word. Understand this, when I was trying to find a title
for this message, I was kind of thinking maybe I'll say that's not a curse word, but there are
curses in the Bible that God gives unto people, nations, and places. Jesus Christ curses people,
nations, and places, but bad words today, if you ask the person, what's a bad word? I'm not from
this cult we're going to tell you and go through a list of bad words because the Bible is very clear
that we should not be saying bad things. So if we say what God says, know this, you are not saying
a bad word, period. No matter what a teacher says, no matter what a boss says, no matter what
a friend says, or a loved one, God's words are pure. Bible teaches in Psalms 119, 140,
thy word is very pure, therefore thy servant loveth it. Proverbs 35, every word of God is pure,
he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. So when we read our Bibles, we need to know
that when we come across a term, a word that seems harsh or aggressive, we need to know that
if God said it, it is not bad. It is right, it is pure. So we can use the terms of the Bible in our
everyday life, and no matter what anyone tells you, you are right with God. And that's what we
need to know. Should I have yet to please men or God? The Bible says we have to please God
rather than men. Now, with that being said, children, your family has rules of language,
of what language is acceptable, what language is considered bad, or which language is considered
something to be cautious about, and each family will have different rules on those types of words.
But understand this, children, always honor your father and mother in the Lord, for this is the
first commandment with promise that thou mayest be lived long on the earth. So when your parent
tells you this word is bad, don't say this word, respect your parents, do what they say. But if they
go to a verse that's found in the Bible, a word that's found in the Bible, and they say this word
is bad, you need to honor your parents and not make those claims. But know that between you and
God, you have your own relationship. And if the words of God say the words which I'm about to go
through, which are harsh terms, know that you are right with God. Honor your father and mother, do
what they say. They'll give you the guidelines in which are okay, acceptable vocabulary words to use
in your house. But as you grow in your faith as children, if you come across a word in the Bible,
if your parents don't like that word, we ought to obey God rather than men. Now, I'm not saying
disrespect your parents. I'm not saying go against them. I'm saying when you're around them, you can
find yourself using different terms to explain things. Now, let me start off by saying this.
Jesus Christ right here in the whole entire chapter 23 is a very famous passage. And there's
a lot of harsh terms that are found in here that some would be kind of bristled out like, whoa,
you can't just say that to anyone. Elsewhere in a parallel passage, Jesus is talking about
condemning the Pharisees and Sadducees. And then the lawyers come up and say,
don't you know what this finger does to? And he says, well, what do you also lawyers?
So he's also calling out not just one people group, he's calling out anyone who is ultimately
a hypocrite. That is what the context of Matthew 23 is telling us. But he gives us a lot of
what are some would say are bad words to, in a sense, condemn someone to call them
out for their actions. And let's go through a list of these words that Jesus used and some
more that the Bible emphasizes. First word I want to go into is the word hell. Do not let anyone
tell you that the word hell is a bad word. What the hell is that? What the hell did you just say?
Look, I mean, the word hell itself in nature is not bad. It's good. Every word of God is pure.
If God didn't love us, he would not warn us of a place known as hell. So because the world is not
comfortable with the term hell, that does not make it a bad word. Someone says something rude to me
at work. I say, what the hell did you just say? Whoa, David, watch your language. Don't speak like
that. You're at school and you hear some sick, twisted student saying something gruesome and
grammatic. What the hell did you just say? Hey, Mr. Kiefer, watch your language. Oh,
I'm watching my language. I'm parroting what God said. What the hell did you just say?
And some people today, when they hear these terms, they're kind of bristled. They're like,
oh, that's kind of aggressive. Yes. God's word is sharper than any two-edged sword.
And you got to understand it pierces even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit. So when you
hear this word hell, it's not a bad word, period. Now turn if you went to Deuteronomy 32.
For warning right now, we are going to be turning to a lot of passages. I'm going to have us
flipping around a lot. I don't want to quote a lot of passages. I don't want to have them
broken out for me right here. I want us to see the Bible say these things. And in Deuteronomy 32,
we see I believe to be the very first time the word hell ever gets mentioned. Deuteronomy is in
the law. You got Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and the last book of the law is Deuteronomy.
Deuteronomy 32, verse 22, it reads, for a fire is kindled in mine anger and shall burn into the
lowest hell and shall consume the earth with their increase and set on fire the foundations of the
mountain. We understand as Christians that the Bible is a built-in dictionary by itself. That
sometimes if you have a misunderstanding of a word or something that is maybe hard to understand,
most times there's a rule that we find in the Bible that the first time a word is mentioned,
it defines itself. Now we can see an example of that right here. And not always does that happen,
but in most cases, when God lays out a new word, he defines it for us. And it says, for a fire is
kindled in mine anger and shall burn into the lowest hell and shall consume the earth with
their increase and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. I don't think I need to define the
word hell for you guys. We understand that it is appointed unto men once to die and after this,
the judgment. The Bible teaches in Luke 16, for instance, what some believe to be a parable,
but is not. It is Jesus Christ talking of a man who lifted up his eyes and was in Abraham's bosom
alive in heaven. And there was a rich man who lifted up his eyes in torment in hell fire. There
is a real hell that really exists right now that the lost are dying and going to. If we love the
lost, if we love the world, we will tell them and warn them of this place that God wants us to know
called hell. Hell is not a bad word. Jesus just said in Matthew 23 to the Pharisees, he says,
you have compassed the sea and land and made twofold more a child of hell than yourselves.
He is calling them out there for their hypocrisy because they didn't want to go in themselves.
And now they're hearing others to go into heaven. So he's saying you are making one proselyte,
which is a converting of faith. You're converting people unto a damnable religion. Now that's the
next word I want to use. Damn. The Bible does never use the word damn. Okay. The word damnation
is mentioned a lot in the Bible. Every word that I'm going to emphasize right now in the Bible,
the Bible is always our final authority for all faith and practice. Go with what the Bible says
all the time, no matter what. If I say something that is contrary to these words, revert to it,
not to me, not to a pastor, not to an evangelist. Use the Holy Spirit, which will guide you into
all truth and understanding through his word. We have preachers and teachers for the perfecting of
the saints. And I want you to know this, that though these words are pure, I do believe that
there are modern day equivalences of these words. Some try to say that the King James is archaic.
It's old school. It is hard to understand. Funny, I'm preaching from the King James right now.
And so are thousands of Baptists and hundreds of thousands of people right now lifting up their
40 year old King James version of the Bible, quoting the King's English, the Lord's words of
pure words. So therefore, when I say there are modern equivalences to these words,
my understanding of these modern equivalences may vary amongst different people,
may vary amongst your parents. But let me give you a good rule of thumb,
especially if you hear a man, a God, a preacher, an evangelist, a missionary, a deacon, a pastor,
say these words before you bristle, before you lose your mind and get all weirded out.
Try to compare scripture with scripture. Try to find unity in these matters because the man of
God is not trying to defile you. The man of God, there are false prophets that will creep in
unawares seeking whom they will devour. But if you understand that a brother or sister in Christ
preaching from the word of God is trying to educate you on a matter, take it with the
grain of salt, compare it and see what it says. The modern term for hell to me would be damn.
I mean, think about it, you know, like I know that word is kind of hard for something to think of,
but we use it all the time. And it's funny that my mom is here today because I will say this.
I remember as a child growing up, when my mother was fed up with us, she had a term that she used
all the time. And I want her to know this is not a bad word to use. My mother truly is one of the
biggest pacifists I could ever point and paint out for you guys. We'll avoid conflict and try
to live peaceably with all men as the Bible teaches us. But when us six children were warring
and fighting and just would not get in, my mother would find herself saying, damn it all, stop what
you're doing. That is not a bad word. It was right of her to be fed up. Think of it like this.
Parents should not be in their modern vocabulary in the house just using profanity and bad language
because when you're trying to rear up children, when you're trying to discipline children,
children are stupid. Okay? The Bible teaches that foolishness is bound in the heart of a child.
The rod of correction will drive it far from him, but they need to be corrected. Parents need to
help us to understand words that are appropriate. So as parents, husband to wives and so on and so
forth, we shouldn't be using vulgar bad language constantly. So children, when you hear your parents
use strong language, that should tell you, wise up, bow your ear unto their understanding and
accept correction. If they're going to reach this pinnacle of using a harsh term, that's the time to
shut your mouth and listen. Because all throughout that point, it's like, please stop. Stop what
you're doing. Damn it, stop what you're doing. You'll get the point. There is severity behind
the statement. So the modern equivalent to the term hell would be damn. The Bible never used the
word damn, but it does use the word damnation. Damn in a bowl. But the word damn is just an
abbreviated version of that. I'm not going to give you other examples of how to use damn.
Be creative. Use your own way of using it. Turn if you would to Mark 29. We see an example of
that term used. Mark 29. We have the gospels. We have Matthew, Mark, the second book of the
prayer, the second gospel in the New Testament. So we're not far into the New Testament. We have
Mark chapter three, verse 29. It says, that he shall bless, that he that shall bless be
against the Holy Ghost, has never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation. This is
referring to one of the three unpardonable sins. If someone blasphemes against the Holy Ghost,
they are in danger of eternal fire and are damned. They're done. They're twice dead.
They're finished. Benito. Fill in the blank. They're done. So we've got hell. Modern
way of saying that is damn. Another term that Jesus uses in Matthew 23 is the term
fool. Turn it to your Bibles, if you would, to Deuteronomy 32. I should have you leave a finger
there. Go back to Deuteronomy 32. Like I said, this is one of those messages that we're going
to be turning around because though I can quote it, I want you to see it with your eyes about
anything. Bible reads in Deuteronomy 32, verse six. Do ye thus require the Lord, O foolish people
and unwise? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? Have he not made thee and established thee?
So notice it parallels the word foolish with unwise. There's a parallel synonym. God's trying
to define this word for us. If you are foolish, you are unwise. What's a modern way of saying
unwise or foolish? You are stupid. You are an idiot. You are retarded. You are less. You're
just dumb. Now there is a term dumb that the Bible points out, but that's not the accurate definition
of dumb. And I'm going to go into that in a moment. But when I said retarded, right, some people may
like, whoa, what about people who are mentally handicapped? Like be cautious with that term.
You know, there are literally people who have mental disadvantages. When I say someone is
retarded, I am not calling out the mentally handicapable person. I'm calling out the person
who is mentally capable and is acting like someone who has a mental handicap. Therefore,
you are retarded. You are dumb. You are stupid. You're an idiot. As Christ is, you are a fool.
The modern equivalent to the term fool are these words. Turn to your Bible, if you would,
to 1 Samuel 13. We see another example. 1 Samuel 16. We have the historical books of the Bible,
the very first historical book is 1 Samuel. 1 Samuel chapter 13 and also verse 13 tells us,
I'll give you a second to get there. Today is one of those days to challenge yourselves in
Bible flipping. My wife and I always have a game. Whenever a pastor says turn somewhere, we race
there. So 1 Samuel 13, 13, the Bible reads, and Samuel said to Saul, thou has done foolishly. Thou
has not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God, which he commanded thee. For now the Lord
has established thy kingdom upon Israel forever. I'm not going to tell you contextually what just
happened, but simply the Lord told Saul to go and conquer a people group and to completely
annihilate them, kill them all up, men, women, children, animal, take them all out. There is
a reason God made this commandment to Saul. He decided not to follow that commandment.
Samuel then goes up to him and says you have done foolishly. So let me tell you this,
the Bible says that sin is the transgression of the law, breaking God's law. If you sin and you
break the commandments and you do not do what God says, you are a fool. You are stupid. I know daily
that we have to constantly struggle between the war between the flesh and the spirit. We need to
pick up our cross daily and press towards the mark of the high calling which is in Christ Jesus.
There are sins as King David said that he's unaware of, but as Paul said he was ignorant
from these matters. There are sins whenever you find yourself doing something knowingly as a sin,
you're an idiot. You are a fool. The Bible says to him that knoweth to do good and doeth it not,
to him it is sin. If you know to help the old lady across the street and you don't do it, you've sinned,
you're a fool. If you know you need to be slow to rot and quick to mercy on a matter and you
decide to get excited, you're a fool and I'm not going to sit here and paint out all the sins that
I could explain. Look, I am a sinner today saved by grace and I will never completely be without sin
until the regeneration of this body and neither will any of us, but we can constantly deny self
and serve the Lord. Grieve not the spirit but put on the new man and try to in all our ways
acknowledge and he'll direct our paths. So let's find ourselves not being fools but being wise.
The Bible says a wise man seeks to be corrected but a fool despises approach. A wise man looks in
life to find mistake in their life. When I'm at the job and a co-worker comes up to me and says
you're doing this wrong, when he corrects me I say thank you, know the truth, the truth shall set
you free. When you get corrected from a co-worker you're like you don't know what you're talking
about, I know better, you are a fool. The Bible is teaching clearly that foolishness is bound in
the heart of a child. Do you want to be a child for the rest of your life? And there are Christians
that live their whole lives that get saved as a young child, never study their Bible, never step
into a church, never try to put on the new man and they are truly fools but you know what we need
to be quick to mercy with them. We need to be slow to wrath at them so that way they can learn and
better educate themselves so they can be more pleasing to the Lord because it's one thing that
we're pleasing one to another. What is the two commandments, the greatest commandments given to
man? Love the Lord thy God and love your neighbor as yourself. If I love my neighbor I will find
myself trying to help them, correct them, and so on and so forth. A synonym found in the word fool
in Matthew 23 that we see Christ calling out the Pharisees is blind. Now if you're physically blind
and not talking about you there are people who are genuinely physically blind. I mean I was telling
brother Malarian last night that he had to put new glasses and I was kind of making fun of him
for his glasses but that's kind of messed up. He has trouble seeing and some people do.
When Christ is talking about the blind leading the blind he is talking about idiots saying things
which they ought not filthy lucrece. The Pharisees were teaching things that they don't even know
about. They're blind leading blind people. This is why he says you've compassed the inland and made
one proselyte two full horn of child to hell than yourself because you're an idiot. You don't even
know it. If you believed Moses's writings you would believe Christ's words. That's what he's
saying. So constantly we see the term blind and fool parallel a lot with each other. The first
word we learned that is not bad is hell. The second word that we've learned that is not bad
is fool to be coupled with blind. Okay let's get into the next terms. Now here's the interesting
thing about the next terms I want to use because it cannot show you every example in the Bible
of what I'm about to go into but it is a concept that we can see. Turn back to Matthew 23 where
you were. Matthew 23 because I want you to understand this one truth that the Bible,
Jesus Christ himself, men of God use animals to make fun of people. Terms that we see in the
Bible to make fun of people are words like beast, dog, wolf, fox, viper, or ass.
I was wondering who's going to giggle on that one but beast. You are as a brute beast given to
Nebuchadnezzar. Your mind shall be the mind of a beast. Sodomites that are in the Old Testament
are known as dogs. A wolf that is in sheep's clothing is like a dog, a son of the devil,
someone who is willing to creep in to the house of God clothed in the sheep but it inwardly is
a ravening wolf. What did Jesus Christ call Herod, the king at the time? He said you tell that fox
what's up because a fox is a sneaky animal who is trying to sneak around and do things. You ever
heard the fox in the hen house trying to destroy the hens? And then another term we see is viper.
John the Baptist tells the Pharisees you generation of vipers you're like a snake.
Satan is known as the serpent. You're basically calling someone a child of the devil. You are
like a viper. You are like a snake. You are like a dog, a fox, a wolf, an animal basically is what
the Bible, the men of the Bible are saying. Now I will say this. Today unfortunately the modern way
of saying beast would be animal and some people like to be called animal. They think they're very
tough. Yeah I'm an animal. That's right. What's up? How's it going dog? What up? You know it's
like what in the world? Like what a horrible thing to be called. You don't even realize
you're belittling yourself. I don't want to be known as a dog, as an animal, as a beast. I am
a human being and I am made in the image of God. We should and women were made in the image of God
in the sense of they are to give man glory. Man was not designed to be alone but the woman was
made for the man. In the beginning God created he them in the beginning God created him in his own
image but nevertheless when they're sitting when you when you call someone an animal or beast and
they're like yeah what of it? It doesn't hurt them. It doesn't get to where it needs to be.
Sometimes the Bible term doesn't hurt people of the unsaved or the or the the false prophets and
things like that but sometimes it does and an example that we can see in Matthew 23. Give me
a second. I got a little over excited but there's an example. Jesus is calling them an animal.
Well I cannot find it for the sake of time right now but anyways what I wanted to get at is
the term ass is a funny one because here's the thing. Ass simply just means donkey. Today we
use the word donkey. The Bible uses the term ass. So let me tell you this. If someone says ass
is it a bad word? This is every word of God is pure. My stepdad used to watch a television show
growing up called that 70 show. Raise your hand if you've seen that 70 show.
There's a character on that show whose name is Red Foreman. He's an old school republican war
tough gruff mean guy and a one-line slogan that everyone knows Red Foreman and it was you dumb
ass. The Bible uses the word dumb ass. Turn to if you would to second Peter. Second Peter 2.
Now understand this the way the Bible is explaining it is not the way that we mean it today. When we
say you are a dumb ass what we're saying is you are a stupid person. So the word remember I told
you earlier that man's idiot fool and things like that. Word dumb in the Bible defines it as
not being able to speak. In the Bible Samuel's dad was to call
I'm sorry John the Baptist's dad was going to call John the Baptist after John and then an angel
closed his mouth and he became dumb because he couldn't speak and the Bible says in second
Peter let me get there really quick referring to a story found in the old testament that there was a
donkey that was able to speak miraculously through the Holy Spirit and it says in second
Peter 2 verse 16 it says but was rebuked for his iniquity the dumb the dumb ass speaking with man's
voice for bad the madness of the prophet. So if you're at work you're at school and you go up to
someone you say you're a dumb ass your teacher will may say that is not right to say your boss
may say that is not right to say you can't just call people dumb ass god uses the term dumb ass
man so therefore if you want to know what the right type of vocabulary the right type of words
to use use what the Bible says now like they said children in your house is what your parents say
is the final authority now unless you are quoting a muted donkey and your parents know that that's
not what you need maybe go with what they say don't listen to me as your final authority and
first listen to god and you listen to your parents and if you aligns up with the good
word of god says then let make sure your parents agree with that first so children don't just go
walking around saying dumb ass okay unless it is okay by your parents but for people who are of
you know age if that's what god said do not think don't bristle when you hear it like uh like that's
kind of a bad word no it is not that's not a bad word like the title of this message says
turn to Genesis 49
like i said i cannot go into every single example of animals used as ways to call people out in the
bible but Genesis 49 verse 14 this is a story of joseph or i'm sorry jacob giving blessings
unto his children before the ending of genesis and he gives them all different types of blessings and
blessings and cursings and there's a certain uh son that gets a type of cursing it says in 49
verse 14 it reads Issachar is a strong ass crouching down between two burdens and he saw
the rest was good and the lamb that it was pleasant and bowed his shoulder to bear
and became a servant unto tribute so
even if you are using the term ass biblically you're calling someone a donkey
in a sense you're in you're calling them a servant or a slave so you can use that term as a
derogatory term because an ass or a donkey is an animal of burden it works it carries it it
does a lot so therefore this cursing that was given on Issachar has said and he saw the rest
was good and the land that it was pleasant and bowed his shoulder to bear and became a servant
unto tribute so to sum it all up these are words that are not bad so when if you call someone a
wolf you better make sure that that person is a wolf because to call someone a wolf is basically
calling them a child of the devil if you're going to call someone a beast a dog look that's the next
point i want to get us into sodomites are known as dogs turn to your bible this view into deuteronomy
23 like i said we are turning to a lot of passages we are leaving no stone unturned we want to see
what god has to say on these matters deuteronomy 23 verse 17 it reads there shall be no whore of
the daughters of israel nor a sodomite of the sons of israel thou shall not bring the hire of a whore
or the price of a dog into the house of the lord thy god for any bow for even both they are
abomination unto the lord thy god bible just told us there's a parallel between 17 and 18
it says the whore and the sodomite and then in 18 it says the whore and the dog so a sodomite i'm
not going to define basically but we would use the modern vernacular the modern vocabulary
what we would say is a homosexual a homo a queer a faggot a bundle of flaming sticks as it says
a reject a child of the devil judges 19 is a parallel passage not exact story for story
but a very similar story happens in genesis 19 of the city of sodom and amora is found also in
judges 19 of the benjamites now turn if you would to judges 19 let's see what was wrong with these
benjamites
you're gonna have to read it for sake of time because i did not put this in my notes
but ultimately these people who do this wicked horrible sin were known as sons of
bileo sons of belle sons of beel beelzebub these are the children of the devil there are three
camps that the bible points out there are the sons of god there's the sons of man or adam and
there are the sons of the devil sodomites fall under the spectrum of sons of the devil
now they're known actually turn if you would to first kings first kings we're going back into
the historical books first second samuel let me know first kings chapter 14 first kings chapter
14 verse 24 the bible reads and there were also sodomites in the land and they did according to
all the abominations of the nations which the lord cast out before the children of israel
and it came to pass in the fifth year of king rilbon that shishat king of egypt came up against
jerusalem turn if you would to chapter 15 verse 12 it says and he took away the sodomites out of
the land and removed all the idols that his father had made turn to chapter 22 first kings
chapter 22 verse 46 it reads and the remnant of the sodomites which remained in the days of his
father asa he took out of the land so the bible is telling us throughout the first of the book of
the first kings that constantly saying this king threw out these sodomites this king pushed them
out this was a good attribute of these kings it says get these people away from god get these
people away from the house of god from the people of god get them out of here constantly it says in
first kings 14 first kings 15 first kings 20 22 it says in second kings 23 i'm not going to go there
for a second time but what it said in judges 19 that i wanted to uh have us look at i couldn't
find it for a second time but when the levite goes to offer his concubine to the sons of eliel
the uh levite tells them do not so vile a thing to these people that's the next term i want to go
into hell is not bad damn is not bad fool is not bad blind is not bad dog beast wolf viper these
are not bad words the next word i want to explain to us is vile turn if you would to judges 19 oh
actually it was in my notes okay and i'll be able to finish what i was saying judges 19 tells us
that term referring to a specific people group but they are known as vile
judges 19 verse 24 the bible reads i knew it i couldn't find it behold here is my daughter
a maiden and his concubine them i will bring out now and humble you them and do with them
what seemeth good unto you but unto this man do not so vile a thing but the man would not
hearken to him so the man took his concubine and brought her forth unto them and they knew her and
abused her all the night until the morning and when the day began to spring they let her go i'm
not going to go into specific details of which this occur but it's very obvious of what just
happened we see the exact same thing happening in genesis 19 vile is a term that is not bad
now it doesn't hurt people to call them vile anymore unfortunately but you know it does hurt
people disgusting nasty gross ranching you are ranching you are gross that is vile that is
disgusting the men of god in the bible use these terms to overemphasize something that is gruesome
sodomy vile nasty disgusting abomination in the sight of god we need to realize we need to get
back to but god uses his vocabulary his words are pure words and not to be misunderstood i
can't go into any more of that term because i have to finish the rest of my terms i want you
to know that are not bad words this one we talked about before and uh just buckle up it's dung or
piss dung or piss turn to your bibles if you would to first king 14 where i had you earlier first
kings 14 the bible reads in verse i'm sorry first kings chapter 14 verse 10 it reads therefore
behold i will bring evil upon the house of jeroboam and will cut up from jeroboam him that
pisseth against the wall and in that is shut up and left in israel turn if you would to chapter
first samuel i'm sorry first kings chapter 16 verse 11 it reads
and it came to pass began to rain as soon as he sat on his throne that he slew all the house
of asia and he left him none that won that pissed against a wall neither of his kinsfolk nor of his
friends turn if you went to jeremiah 25. jeremiah is one of the major prophets we have first isaiah
then we have jeremiah chapter 25 verse 33 the bible reads and the slain of the lord shall be at
that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth they shall not be lamented
do not lament for these people it's what it's saying neither gather nor bury they shall be
done upon the ground now what are modern equivalents to piss and dumb the word i would
use is crap one time i was at faithful word baptist church's preaching class and i was
really overly excited and i preached the message i forgot what the message was about but i said
i don't give a crap what these people said i stopped and i thought to myself i bristled i'm
like should i have sent that term crap like was that a wholesome word to use was that a
word that i could have used could i have chosen a better word bible says dumb paul says in the
new testament all those things that i've done i've counted as dumb but i don't think today we
can use the word dominant mean the same thing like it does when i say crap what the crap did
you just say i don't give a crap what they say fill in the blank of how you want to use that
term children make sure your parents are okay before you ever use that word but as an adult as
a husband as an employee you gotta realize that you gotta find in your life you know what is sin
not necessarily to you but period and if god's using a sharp term look i'm not even going to
get into ezekiel what god told ezekiel to do let me tell you this it involves eating and it
involves duck so therefore if god is trying to make a severe point of this term when i use the
term crap now i will not cross the line and use a certain term which i know all of us adults know
if you don't know it don't ask about it when you say it it'll correct you on it but it's a little
bit harder way to say crap let's just say that and uh piss i think is a better way to say shishi as
you've learned not long ago the hawaiian term or term we use in hawaii is so and so needs to go
shishi they need to use the bathroom they need to go piss is the word that the bible uses that's
what i want us to look at is found in leviticus 19 during if you went to leviticus 19.
leviticus 19 we got the law genesis exodus leviticus 19 verse 29 the bible reads
do not prostitute thy daughter to cause her to be a whore lest the land fall through whoredom
and the land be full of wickedness the next word i want us to understand that is not a bad word
is for it is a hard word it's a word that we need to bring back into our vocabulary has godly
god-fearing christians the modern way of saying this would be skank slut a player as a man way
of saying it the bible uses when it comes to whore as a man as a whore monger but it doesn't
hurt guys to call him a whore monger does it oh you are a whore monger because you're sleeping
around with people what but you just call i don't even know what that means oh you're a player
they'll just sing the praises of that i would say you are a man whore see that's a better way to say
that hurt it kind of might hit them more in their court they might be embarrassed of that they might
not be but nevertheless we don't need to speak of those things which are done of them in secret
but we do need to help our children to know that if there is a loose woman a loose man someone
sleeping around outside of marriage and it's not inappropriate to look that person in their face
and call them a whore or a man whore and that is what god says i don't even have enough time to
show you every mention of the word war constantly let me just show you one more turn to chapter 20
verse 5 it reads then i will set my face against that man and against his family and will cut him
off and all that go a whoring after him to commit whoredom with mole from among their people like i
said i can't even sit here and show you every time the bible uses that term because it's a lot
because god's trying to drive a point that men should fear this sin women should fear this sin
the bible teaches in the new testament because of fornication god kills people you know god is not
okay with sometimes it depends on this sin he is very strongly against fornication and adultery
the only time men and women need to come together is in the sanctity of marriage the bible says that
the marriage bed is undefiled and every and whoremongers and whores and whoremongers god
judge what's the conclusion of the matter the title of this message simply was it's not a bad
word but you got to know this that our words haven't you heard this firstly proverbs said
before sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me it's not necessarily true
words are what we as christians use as our weapons to fight the war on god's front we do not wrestle
against flesh and blood against principalities against the rulers of the darkness of this world
but we rather fight the spiritual battle to win the souls of men by faith to then after they get
saved help them to understand all things whatsoever christ's commandment in the beginning was the word
and the word was with god and the word was god we use the word of god as our weapon to fight
on the front of christianity turn it to your bibles if you would to second corinthians 10
the bible teaches that our weapon is
the word of god second corinthians chapter 10 verse 4 it reads for the weapons of our warfare
not carnal but mighty through god to the pulling down of strongholds casting down imaginations
and every high thing that exalted itself against the knowledge of god and bringing into captivity
every thought to the obedience of christ so the bible is telling us our weapon is our words
we need to use our words wisely we need to be meek as dove but wise as serpents it is not
necessarily your job kids to call out a false prophet a wrongdoing of a classmate a loved one
or something like that remember what i said earlier we need to be slow to wrath and quick
to mercy and with that being said jesus came unto his own in his own received him not the bible
teaches of the Pharisees and Sadducees that he needed to rebuke them sharply with the two-edged
sword of god's word jesus christ is the word of god so he was able to pierce them even to the
dividing asunder of soul and spirit and that was the next point i wanted us to look at turn to joe
your tongue is that thing is that member that we are to use joe is the very first poetic book
after the historical books that we look into we find the poetic books the poetic book of
joe six chapter six put down a joke chapter six verse 24 it reads teach me and i will hold my
tongue and cause me to understand why i have erred do we have to use harsh language all the time
no it says of joe teach me and i will hold my thumb tom and that's the last point i want you
to look into we need to learn to yield this weapon the weapon of our tongue the bible is
very clear that our tongue is a member that is hard to control even i today standing here have
had problems in my life where i may have said things that i shouldn't have said
who is a little bit overly zealous on a matter or curse something out or use a real bad word not
like these words but an actual bad word and i'm not perfect and neither are any one of us but
we're going to try to go into perfection let's study to show ourselves approved turn to your
bibles if you would to ephesians while you turn to ephesians i'm just going to show you an example
of the yielding of this weapon this is referring to a physical sword of king david in the story
of david and goliath the famous battle between david fighting the liar and it says you don't need
to turn there turn to ephesians four where you're going but it says in first samuel 17 39 it says
and david girded his sword talking about saul's sword upon his armor and he decided to go for he
had not proved it and david sent him to saul i cannot go with thee i am not for i have not
proved them and david put them off of him in your life you've got to find the battles that are worth
dying over the battles in which are worth fighting for and if you need to use the sharp qa sword
use it but don't think that you always need to draw this sword out there is a time where you
can prove it study to show yourself approved work may not need it not that any man show you
but let's ask our preachers our teachers our evangelists to help us to perfect the saints
to be better tools and instruments of the people of god to be able to fight the lord's battle the
last thing i want you to see is found in ephesians 4 29 it says no corrupt communication proceed out
of your mouth but that which is good to the use of edifying that it may minister grace under the
heroes let's not use corrupt communication let's not use bad words as christians that is a horrible
testimony to be known as a bad loud-mouthed curt bomb f-bomb cursing guy who shouldn't be walking
around in life being as the heathen are using vulgar language and things like that every word
of god is pure so if you go up to your co-workers say what the hell did you just say to me you're
not in sin that is not a corrupt communication the words of god are not corrupt yield your member
study to show yourself approved make sure you know how to use the weapon of this warfare
and if not study make sure you know how to in time the bible teaches be ready always to give
an answer to any man and ask if you have the reason the hope that is in you hit meekness and
fear there may be times not to be harsh there may be times in default position for us as christians
is quick to mercy let's try to be merciful father forgive them they don't know what they do but
jesus came down on the Pharisees when necessary we need to be ready to fight the lord's battle with
the words of god the sword of god spider heads never would have burned
dear heavenly father thank you so much for this day thank you so much for allowing us to gather
together to hear your word preach i hope that i never overstepped anything and that people just
understand that your words are pure and we need to draw ourselves closer to you as as christians
and to you know form ourselves to you help us in our week to be able to set good goals to be
creating realistic goals which we heard earlier this morning and to make sure that being you know
can control our tongues in jesus christ name we pray amen