Taming Our Behaviors & Speech, Part 1 (TMF:2064)

Thursday, April 06, 2023
Peace to Live By: Taming Our Behaviors & Speech, Part 1 (TMF:2064) - Daniel Litton
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       Back in James. Next he says, “For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers and sisters, these things ought not to be so” (James 3:7-10, ESV). We’ve all seen the movie Jurassic World (2015). We know in that movie that the character Owen had tamed four velociraptors on the Island where the park was, and he had great control of these dinosaurs. He had trained them in all kinds of ways, and even so much so that some evil people thought the dinosaurs could be used for warfare. It’s a darn shame. The presence of the dinosaurs always seems to lead to some sort of destruction. Anyway, the point in all of this is that any wild animal can be tamed by man, whether that’s a velociraptor, Tyrannosaurus rex (I don’t see why not), a bear, a lion, a German Shepherd, or a chihuahua. I suppose even a house cat could be tamed.