That Unruly Rudder

Welcome brothers and sisters!

Well what a weekend we had, getting to share with one another the Gospel and worshipping Christ Jesus...makes every day worth it all amen?  We hope everyone had a great week, and we are certainly thankful to see everyone, especially that we can all together give thanks to the Lord for giving us Salvation in Christ alone by Faith alone!

We just want to share a quick message this week, as it is one that really needs to be heard and shared...a snippet in a blog just simply cannot do it justice!  Our associate Pastor Bob however can, and that he does as he takes us through his continuing series in the book of James, this week discussing how such a small thing as the tongue can lead to such wildfires, so it must be tamed...by planting in the heart...the Gospel.  We must truly let our speech be seasoned with salt...

Our verses for the evening were James 3:1-12, which will be posted below.  We live in a world today that very much favors venomous words, and lies beyond all else.  So let us join together in preaching the truth, that Jesus Christ came as prophesied, to live the life we could not in perfect obedience to God.  He then laid down His life on His own accord (nobody took it from Him), so that thru His death, we might be saved from the penalty of sin rightly due us all.  He (Jesus) took our penalty in His own flesh, and died the death we deserve and satisfied the wrath of God, giving to us the Righteousness that is His alone, by faith.  He was buried in a grave for 3 days, and as promised, He rose again from the dead!  He brings us reconciliation with God and it is a gift too great to not share with others.  We need to obey our Lord and share the Gospel with all the nations, for He will return and we all need to be ready when He does.  Therefore...repent and believe the Gospel!  :)

Taming the Tongue

3 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. 2 For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. 3 If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. 4 Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. 5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things.

How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life,[a] and set on fire by hell.[b] 7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, 8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. 10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers,[c] these things ought not to be so. 11 Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water? 12 Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water.

We really encourage you to watch this week's video, and share it with others.  We also hope to see you here in person each Saturday for worship, fellowship and a meal at 7pm. Until next we meet brothers and sisters, let's go serve our King!

FRF Team