Ought not so to be

 

With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so. - James 3:9-10

 

So here is our tongue. It is a fire set by the flames of hell. It cannot be tamed. It is a small member that boxes way above its weight.

 

Here we see an example of how bad it is. We can use the same tongue to bless God and curse men and don’t think twice about it. Indeed, these things ought not so to be. How can we curse man out of one side of our mouths and praise God out of the other?

 

We bless God and curse the one make like God. Indeed, as James writes, these things ought not so to be.

 

Social media has become the perfect platform for this kind of duplicity. Facebook memes praise God and the same poster then mocks and condemns people. We can’t  bless God and curse men made in His image.

 

This just simply should not happen. It is hypocrisy. When we praise God out of one side of out mouths and curse man out of the other, we epitomise hypocrisy. This ought not so to be.

Let us be careful as we wrap up this year and enter a new one that we be careful about how we talk about others and do the things that ought to be.