the importance of language
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HOW CAN WORDS BE USED TO IMPACT ANOTHER PERSON, FOR BETTER OR
FOR WORSE?
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WHAT MAKES A WORD POWERFUL AND WHY?
F**kS**t
D**n
C**t
Jesus C****tB!tch
P***yFa*ot R*tarded
N*ggerN*gga
WHY ARE THESE WORDS CENSORED?
To protect groups who take offense?
To hold up to clerical standards?
“That’s Gay!”
“She’s a good b!tch!”
“He’s retarted!”To appease society?
WORDS MAY BE CENSORED TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM BEING OFFENDED
In that case, what is the purpose of communication through language?
To Build Up
To Tell the Truth
To Tear Down
To Deceive
WHY ARE BAD WORDS BAD?
What is the Biblical
Worldview?
THE POWER OF WORDS
James 3:3-12 Genesis 1:1
For Humans For GodCreation
Destruction
GOD’S INTENTION FOR COMMUNICATION
ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE
Matthew 12:33-37, “Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit. You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
Lesson: The things we look at, listen to, and think about influence our words and actions. We begin to define ourselves by the outside
influences in our life.
Scripture Reference: Phillipians 4:8-9
ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE
Matthew 12:33-37, “Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit. You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
Lesson: The things we look at, listen to, and think about influence our words and actions. We begin to define ourselves by the outside
influences in our life.
Scripture Reference: Phillipians 4:8-9