THE HEART DECEPTION:

THE HEART DECEPTION: "if anyone thinks himself to be religious (prously observant of the external duties of his faith) and does not bridle his tongue but deludes his on heart, this person's religious service is worthless (futile, barren). External religious worship [religion as it is expressed in outward acts] that is pure and unblemished in the sight of God the Father is this: to visit and help and care for the orphans and widows in their affliction and need, and to keep oneself unspotted and uncontaminated from the world." (James 1:26-27). Why would the tongue deceive the heart ? Because the tongue speaks the words of a dubious mind, words which are picked up by the inner ear and fed directly into the heart or spirit of man. And your heart or spirit assumes that what you speak is what you want. Your tongue can deceive your heart into believing that the words spoken are exactly what you want. Your heart or spirit will say, "Let's find a way to bring that to pass." One could hardly teach this without getting into (Mark chapter 4). This is the parable of the sower. Jesus talked about the sower sewing the Word. We are not going to deal so much with the parable, but I want to deal with some of the things Jesus said about it when He interpreted the parable for them. THE SOWER SOWETH. . . (Mark 4:14). What is the man sowing ? Words. Words that are spoken are seed. Specifically, Jesus is talking about the Word of God. That is what God was talking about when He told Joshua, "Don't let the Word of God depart out of your mouth." WORD -- INCORRUPTIBLE SEED: since the Word of God is incorruptible seed, then there is a parallel with the words you speak or I speak. Every word you and I speak is a potential seed. Whether they grow, and what they produce, depends on how you use them. God's Word is incorruptible seed. Many farmers that have formed for 20 years, and didn't have incorruptible seed. But when you operate a spiritual law, you have incorruptible seed. When God's Word is in your mouth and you speak it, that Word is again incorruptible seed. That seed will always work. That doesn't mean you will always have the harvest you intended. It simply means the seed will work. You can do things to stop the harvest, or cause the seed to fail to produce. But you can't stop the seed from working. It will do its part. I believe this is why James made the statement, "if any man seems to be religious and bridleth not his tongue, he will deceive his on heart, and his religion will be in vain." In other words, what he or she believes it is in vain, if he or she doesn't bridle there tongue. Their time will deceive their heart. When they gets that deceit in their heart, it will lead him or her in the direction of his or her deceitful words, believing that is the direction they has ordered.