THE TONGUE IS A FIRE, A WORLD OF INIQUITY (James 3:5-6)

THE TONGUE IS A FIRE, A WORLD OF INIQUITY (James 3:5-6) The tongue is like a small lighted match or a turned-over lantern. Its potentials for wickedness are almost infinite. James speaks of it as "a world of iniquity among our members." The word "world" here is used to express vastness. We sometimes use it in this sense; for example, a world full of trouble. We mean a tremendous amount of trouble. The tongue, though so small, has vast possibilities of iniquity in it. The tongue can defile the whole body. A person can corrupt his whole personality by using his tongue to slander, abuse, lie, blaspheme, and swear.