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 Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:25 pm
Do you know that the Bible is opposed to swearing (foul language)? Well it (the Bible) is against swearing, here's a piece of scripture from God's Word: Passage Colossians 3:8:
8But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
New International Version (NIV)
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:43 pm
Well is anyone going to respond, or at least look at this thread?
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:32 pm
thejesusfreak, this guild is not so active that someone will respond within 15 minutes of the post. It only started a month ago. Allow at least a day or two for people to read the post and respond to the topic.
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:48 pm
thejesusfreak Do you know that the Bible is opposed to swearing (foul language)? Well it (the Bible) is against swearing, here's a piece of scripture from God's Word: Passage Colossians 3:8: 8But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. New International Version (NIV) I agree, even the Jews see swearing as blasphemy. Bad habits can be broken and time will show. Here is an article that details very well about swearing and the Bible. Quote: It is definitely a sin to swear (curse, cuss, etc.). The Bible makes this abundantly clear. Ephesians 4:29 tells us, "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen." 1 Peter 3:10 declares, "For, Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech." James 3:9-12 summarizes the issue, "With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? My brothers, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water." Why is it a sin to cuss / swear / curse? We should only allow good and positive things to come out of our mouths - things that will encourage other people (Ephesians 4:29). It is not right for praising and cursing to come out of the same mouth (James 3:9-12).
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 8:33 pm
Hallela thejesusfreak Do you know that the Bible is opposed to swearing (foul language)? Well it (the Bible) is against swearing, here's a piece of scripture from God's Word: Passage Colossians 3:8: 8But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. New International Version (NIV) I agree, even the Jews see swearing as blasphemy. Bad habits can be broken and time will show. Here is an article that details very well about swearing and the Bible. Quote: It is definitely a sin to swear (curse, cuss, etc.). The Bible makes this abundantly clear. Ephesians 4:29 tells us, "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen." 1 Peter 3:10 declares, "For, Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech." James 3:9-12 summarizes the issue, "With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? My brothers, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water." Why is it a sin to cuss / swear / curse? We should only allow good and positive things to come out of our mouths - things that will encourage other people (Ephesians 4:29). It is not right for praising and cursing to come out of the same mouth (James 3:9-12). Very well put. That article basically deals with the main points and proves the Biblical account very nicely. I am pleased biggrin
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Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:46 pm
Quote: It is definitely a sin to swear (curse, cuss, etc.). The Bible makes this abundantly clear. Ephesians 4:29 tells us, "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen." 1 Peter 3:10 declares, "For, Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech." James 3:9-12 summarizes the issue, "With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? My brothers, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water." Why is it a sin to cuss / swear / curse? We should only allow good and positive things to come out of our mouths - things that will encourage other people (Ephesians 4:29). It is not right for praising and cursing to come out of the same mouth (James 3:9-12). Nice! and I totally agree! biggrin
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Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 11:13 pm
I do see what you all are saying, but who is to say the words such as f*ck, sh*t, damn, etc. are "bad" words? I see them as words that society has deemed unfit for the public to hear or say? Let's say you are talking to a freind and you say something awesome, and they say, "No freaking way!" What is the difference as if they were to say, "No f*cking way!"? Honestly... It is just what people have decided to declare "bad" for someone to say. However, when you use specific words like curse, I would see that as saying something like acctually sort of cursing them, like wishing them har,. usually by acctually saying it. Filthy language is interperated as (again) what society deems unfit for humanity to say...
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Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 9:33 am
Gore Rules I do see what you all are saying, but who is to say the words such as f*ck, sh*t, damn, etc. are "bad" words? I see them as words that society has deemed unfit for the public to hear or say? Let's say you are talking to a freind and you say something awesome, and they say, "No freaking way!" What is the difference as if they were to say, "No f*cking way!"? Honestly... It is just what people have decided to declare "bad" for someone to say. However, when you use specific words like curse, I would see that as saying something like acctually sort of cursing them, like wishing them har,. usually by acctually saying it. Filthy language is interperated as (again) what society deems unfit for humanity to say... Well, for one thing you just dug yourself a hole. If filthy language is what society has deemed unfit to say, and what society has deemed unfit to say is swear words, then filthy language according to God is swear words and therefore against His standards and a sin. But beyond that, there are many passages in the Bible that speak about the language you use. Matthew 5:18-20 "But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander. These are what defile a person. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone." What you say comes from your heart, and it shows your sinful nature. When you say "f***", the dictionary definition of that word is " Vulgar Slang - to have sexual intercourse with." Can you really tell me that using that word in any context has nothing to do with sexual immorality? Not to mention that if society thinks your vulgar you aren't giving a good witness for Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 9:21-23 "To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law. To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings." Are you doing it all for the sake of the gospel? If society tells you that you shouldn't use those words, are you becoming like them so you can win them for Christ? Are you being a good witness to them? And finally I would ask you one last question. If Jesus were standing in front of you today, would you tell him to "F*** off"? Treat other people just like Jesus, and remember that Jesus never used an exclamitory remark towards another human being.
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Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 2:13 pm
Just because society says that it is wrong to say does not mean that it is truly immoral to say, or against God, and a sin...
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Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 2:50 pm
Gore Rules Just because society says that it is wrong to say does not mean that it is truly immoral to say, or against God, and a sin... If we used your definition, then yes. But my point wasn't about what society says. Whether it's a "sin" or not wasn't my point either. My point was are you being a witness for Christ or not? If society is turned off because you swear and you give a bad name to Christ, you should stop swearing. Period. Your cause is the betterment of Christ's glory and the extension of the church. And besides that point, if you are saying a word that has to do with sexual immorality, whether society has made it that way or not, and you know that it has that denotation, you are sinning because God tells you not to use "filthy" language. I don't know about you, but language that is overtly sexual in nature and slanderous towards other people, and that is a detriment to your vocabular among other things, seems highly filthy to me. Stop cursing, stop making Christians look bad, start glorifying God with your words. No excuses. Jesus is more important than your language.
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Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 7:13 pm
I wasn't doubting any of your points right there. I forget which thread it was, I think it was one about Christians and Media, but I said, that if you are doing stuff like that in front of ir towards people who are convicted of certain things like that, then you shouldn't be doing it in front of or towards them. I wasn't talking about sexual-related words, I agree with you there, but just "bad" words in general, I think are just words, again... Deemed by society unfit for the public...
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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 5:06 am
Gore Rules I wasn't doubting any of your points right there. I forget which thread it was, I think it was one about Christians and Media, but I said, that if you are doing stuff like that in front of ir towards people who are convicted of certain things like that, then you shouldn't be doing it in front of or towards them. I wasn't talking about sexual-related words, I agree with you there, but just "bad" words in general, I think are just words, again... Deemed by society unfit for the public... But it's not the words themselves, it's the meaning behind the words that you shouldn't be using. That's what God tells you not to do when you use filthy language. He's asking you to be seperate from the culture and sanctified. Why would you even consider doing something that society even says is wrong when you don't do so much that society says is right?
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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 2:15 pm
Who says I do what society says is right. My point was, society doesn't know everything, so if you see something faulty or wrong to ignore it, and don't become a part of the problem. Just because they say those words are wrong doesn't mean they are, I mean there's nothing wrong with not says those "bad" words, but meanings change over time, and so who knows what those words REALLY meant when they were first said.
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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 4:00 pm
Gore Rules Who says I do what society says is right. My point was, society doesn't know everything, so if you see something faulty or wrong to ignore it, and don't become a part of the problem. Just because they say those words are wrong doesn't mean they are, I mean there's nothing wrong with not says those "bad" words, but meanings change over time, and so who knows what those words REALLY meant when they were first said. Again, I don't care about what the words mean. You didn't answer my question. Are you being a good witness for Christ when you say those words around people who don't agree with your position? Are you fighting for the right to use the words or the gospel of Jesus Christ?
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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 5:04 pm
Oh, if you read what I said earlier. I said that if you have friends or you think it will affect people in a bad way when you say the words then you shouldn't do it around them, if someone has a convictoin about it then let them have it don't say "bad" words around them. Also, God doesn't want E-V-E-R-Y-S-I-N-G-L-E thing you do to be totally devoted to him. You do have to live your life for him, but there are other things you have to dael with, like oh... say life. If you are trying to tell someone about God, then you shouldn't be throwing out a cuss word every other couple seconds, especially since most people don't think Christians are supposed to say that.
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