The Wickedness of Profanity

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The Wickedness of Profanity

• The general is sorry to be informed that the
  foolish and wicked practice of profane swearing,
  a vice hitherto little known in the American
  Army, is growing in fashion. He hopes the
  officers will by example as well as influence
  endeavor to check it and that both they and the
  men will reflect that we can have little hope of
  the blessing of heaven on our arms if we insult
  it by our impiety and profanity.
• (George Washington)

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God Disapproves of Profanity

• God demands self-discipline
• Prov. 423 Matt. 1234-37 1 Cor. 927

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Proverbs 423

• Keep your heart with all diligence, For
  out of it spring the issues of life.

The scriptures clearly show that the root of
profane speech is the heart of man.
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Matthew 1234-37

• Brood of vipers! How can you, being
  evil, speak good things? For out of
  the abundance of the heart the
  mouth speaks. 35A good man out of the good
  treasure of his heart brings forth good things,
  and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings
  forth evil things. 36But I say to you that for
  every idle word men may speak, they will give
  account of it in the day of judgment. 37For by
  your words you will be justified, and by your
  words you will be condemned.

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1 Corinthians 927

• But I discipline my body and
  bring it into subjection, lest, when I
  have preached to others, I myself should
  become disqualified.

Self-Discipline is of the utmost importance in
living the Christian life.
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God Disapproves of Profanity

• God demands self-discipline
• Prov. 423 Matt. 1234-37 1 Cor. 927
• Emulate the example of Christ
• 1 Pet. 221-23 1 Cor. 111

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1 Peter 221-23

• For to this you were called,
  because Christ also suffered for us,
  leaving us an example, that you should
  follow His steps 22"Who committed no sin, Nor
  was deceit found in His mouth" 23who, when He
  was reviled, did not revile in return when He
  suffered, He did not threaten, but committed
  Himself to Him who judges righteously.

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1 Corinthians 111

• Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.

This point settles the question of profanity for
all who are honest. No just man would ever
assert that our Lord would use profane language.
Then, it is inappropriate for his disciples as
well.
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God Disapproves of Profanity

• God demands self-discipline
• Prov. 423 Matt. 1234-37 1 Cor. 927
• Emulate the example of Christ
• 1 Pet. 221-23 1 Cor. 111
• Profanity in Speech mirrors that in Life (Esau VS
  Moses)
• Heb. 1214-16 Heb. 1124-26

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Hebrews 1214-16

• Pursue peace with all people, and holiness,
  without which no one will see the
  Lord 15looking carefully lest anyone fall
  short of the grace of God lest any root of
  bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by
  this many become defiled 16lest there be any
  fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for
  one morsel of food sold his birthright.

Profane Inferior, yet instant gratification
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Hebrews 1124-26

• By faith Moses, when he became of
  age, refused to be called the son
  of Pharaoh's daughter, 25choosing rather
  to suffer affliction with the people of God than
  to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin,
  26esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches
  than the treasures in Egypt for he looked to the
  reward.

Proper Perspective? Look Long Term How does
your languageconvey your perspective?
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God Disapproves of Profanity

• God demands self-discipline
• Prov. 423 Matt. 1234-37 1 Cor. 927
• Emulate the example of Christ
• 1 Pet. 221-23 1 Cor. 111
• Profanity in Speech mirrors that in Life (Esau VS
  Moses)
• Heb. 1214-16 Heb. 1124-26
• Can you bridle your tongue?
• James 32-10

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James 32-10

• For we all stumble in many things. If
  anyone does not stumble in word, he is
  a perfect man, able also to bridle the
  whole body. 3Indeed,we put bits in
  horses' mouths that they may obey us, and we turn
  their whole body. 4Look also at ships although
  they are so large and are driven by fierce winds,
  they are turned by a very small rudder wherever
  the pilot desires. 5Even so the tongue is a
  little member and boasts great things. See how
  great a forest a little fire kindles!

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James 32-10, cont.

• And the tongue is a fire, a world of
  iniquity. The tongue is so set among our
  members that it defiles the whole body,
  and sets on fire the course of nature and it
  is set on fire by hell. 7For every kind of beast
  and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is
  tamed and has been tamed by mankind. 8But no man
  can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full
  of deadly poison. 9With it we bless our God and
  Father, and with it we curse men, who have been
  made in the similitude of God. 10Out of the same
  mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren,
  these things ought not to be so.

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Conclusion
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• Swearing is a vice so mean and low
  that every man of sense and character
  detests and despises it. (George
  Washington)
• Times have certainly changed
• Do you with the same mouth spout blessing and
  cursing?

And those who are Christ's have crucified the
flesh with its passions and desires. 25If we live
in the Spirit, let us also walk in the
Spirit. (Galatians 524-25)