Root of the Problem

Part 3: Is your tongue healthy?

 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. 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."
 Mateo 12:33-37
Sinasabi ninyong mabuti ang punongkahoy kung mabuti
ang kanyang bunga at masama ang punongkahoy kung
masama ang kanyang bunga, sapagkat sa bunga nakikilala
ang puno. Lahi ng mga ulupong! Paano kayong
makakapagsabi ng mabubuting bagay gayong kayo'y
masasama? Kung ano ang nag-uumapaw sa puso ay siyang
sinasabi ng bibig. Mabuti ang sinasabi ng mabuting tao,
sapagkat puno ng kabutihan ang kanyang puso. Masama
ang sinasabi ng masamang tao, sapagkat puno ng
kasamaan ang kanyang puso. “Tandaan ninyo, sa Araw ng
Paghuhukom, pananagutan ng tao ang bawat walang
kabuluhang salitang sinabi niya. Pawawalang-sala ka, o
paparusahan, batay sa iyong mga salita.
Jesus using a metaphor or figure of speech to
establish the direct connection between the mouth
and the heart.
He refers to the heart as the tree and the words
that comes out of the mouth as the fruits.
The kind of words that come out of your mouth
indicate the condition of your heart.
 James 3:9-12
With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father,
and with it we curse human beings, who have
been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same
mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers
and sisters, this should not be. Can both fresh
water and salt water flow from the same spring?
My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear
olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a
salt spring produce fresh water.
 Santiago 3:9-12
Ito ang ginagamit natin sa pagpupuri sa ating
Panginoon at Ama, at ito rin ang ginagamit natin
sa paglait sa taong nilalang na kalarawan ng
Diyos. Sa iisang bibig nanggagaling ang
pagpupuri't panlalait. Hindi ito dapat mangyari,
mga kapatid. Hindi lumalabas sa iisang bukal
ang tubig-tabang at tubig-alat. Mga kapatid,
hinding-hindi makakapamunga ng olibo ang
puno ng igos, o ng igos ang puno ng ubas, at
lalong hindi rin bumubukal ang tubig-tabang sa
bukal ng tubig-alat.
The two parallel illustration
present two problems
1st problem
The Old Nature
 The two trees represent two nature
The corrupt tree
• Is the old man or old self
Titus 3:3
At one time we too were foolish,
disobedient, deceived and
enslaved by all kinds of passions
and pleasures. We lived in malice
and envy, being hated and hating
one another.
Noong una, tayo'y mga hangal,
hindi masunurin, naliligaw at
naging alipin ng makamundong
damdamin at lahat ng uri ng
kalayawan. Naghari sa atin ang
masamang isipan at pagkainggit.
Tayo'y kinapootan ng iba at sila'y
kinapootan din natin.
 The two trees represent two nature
• The good tree
• Is the new man in Jesus Christ
2 Corinthians 5: 17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the
new creation has come: The old has
gone, the new is here!
2 Mga Taga-Corinto 5:17
Kaya't kung nakipag-isa na kay Cristo
ang isang tao, isa na siyang bagong
nilalang. Wala na ang dati niyang
pagkatao, sa halip, ito'y napalitan na
ng bago.
 2nd problem
The problem of an impure spirit
 - The fountain or the spring represent
something spiritual.
- A pure spring is the Holy spirit
 Gal 5:22-23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is
no law.
Mga Taga-Galacia 5:22-23
Subalit ang bunga ng Espiritu ay pag-ibig, kagalakan,
kapayapaan, katiyagaan, kabaitan, kabutihan,
katapatan, kahinahunan, at pagpipigil sa sarili. Walang
batas laban sa mga ito.
 - A corrupt, brackish, salty, impure spring is also
the spirit useless to the body.

*These two pictures teach the same thing

A. It is what inside us which determine what
comes out of our tongue.
B. The problem of the tongue take us back to the
problem of the heart.

* We are confronted by the truth that Solomon

spoke in Proverbs 4:23
 Proverbs 4:23
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything
you do flows from it.

Mga Kawikaan 4:23

Ang puso mo'y ingatang mabuti at alagaan,
pagkat iyan ang siyang bukal ng buhay mong
tinataglay.
 Hebrews 12:15-16
See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God
and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and
defile many. See that no one is sexually immoral, or is
godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his
inheritance rights as the oldest son.
Pag-ingatan ninyong huwag tumalikod ang sinuman
sa inyo sa pag-ibig ng Diyos. Huwag kayong magtanim
ng sama ng loob na dahil dito'y napapasamâ ang iba.
Pag-ingatan ninyo na huwag makiapid ang sinuman
sa inyo, o pawalang-halaga ang mga bagay na
espirituwal, tulad ng ginawa ni Esau. Ipinagpalit niya
sa pagkain ang kanyang karapatan bilang panganay.
 Bitter Person
Signs of A Bitter Person
1. They generalize.
2. They hold grudges.
3. They like the sound of their own voice.
4. They're jealous.
5. But they make no change.
6. They seek attention.
7. They struggle to accept advice.
8. They don't like cheerful people.
9. They never congratulate others.
10. They gossip.
 Essau's Mistake
• He despised his birthday right.
• He married Canaate women Adah and
Anolibamah