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16 BOCNEWS.COMAUGUST 2015 Profanity A Matter of the Heart SERMON Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight O Lord my strength and my redeemer. Psalms 1914 There is something that I am hearing in too many of the Israelite camps that brings shame to the Name of the Most High and causes our cru- cial message to our people and to the world not to be taken seriously and with reverence. This blot on our time of awakening is the widespread use of profanity slang and other vulgarities used by our teacherselders who teach on our street corners andor on Youtube. Before I continue I want to fully acknowledge that our Brothers have a very difficult job in bring- ing this Truth to our people at a time of great ignorance regarding The Most High and His laws and also in an environment that is usually hostile at best. In addition to Brothers having to teach a Truth that has not only been deceitfully hid- den from Israelites scattered throughout the four corners of the earth they also have the daunting job to help our young Brothers sometimes older ones too be real men Brothers who teach and are mentoring young Israelite men do not need to feel any less powerful or punked by cleaning up their language when conversing andor teaching the Word of The Most High. A true Israelite should want to give The Most High and Yasha our Savior our best in everything that we say and do this surely includes not using slang or profanity to any degree in connection with His Word. We must be actively engaged in uplift- ing and admonishing our people not tearing them down with our words. Our speech as well as our actions character dress and lifestyle should be one of righteousness and not the usual ungodly and worldly behaviors that the majority of our people are entrenched in. Let us look into the Scriptures together to see what our Father requires of our speech and how using profanity while teachingpreaching does not strengthen the Body but rather weakens it. We have an obvious example of what the speech of an Israelite professing to love and obey The Most High should be and sound like. It is found in Romans 1214 that simply states that we are to bless thank praise think well of uplift others and not curse doom call down evil upon speak abusively to them. Profanity is a type of abuse and definitely calls out doom when spoken. Bless them which persecute you bless and curse not. We have no record of Moses Samuel or King David or any of the prophets of old nor our Great Savior using profane words or speaking irrever- ently towards The Most High. We do have how- ever recorded in the Scriptures King David and his son Solomon telling the Israelites that our mouths should speak wisdom and judgment that can help the poor and helpless My mouth shall speak of wisdom and the medi- tation of my heart shall be of understanding. Psalm 493 Open thy mouth judge righteously and plead the cause of the poor and needy. Proverbs 319 We also have a powerful record in the Scriptures when The Most High called and sent out the prophet Isaiah. The first thing that was done to prepare him to carry the set-apart message of The Most High was that his lips were cleansed with a hot coal from the angel above the throne of The Most High in the heavenly temple. In fear and rev- erence Isaiah acknowledged that his speech was tainted and that the speech of the Israelites was just as dirty. The point here is evident in order to take the Most Highs Word to his people a brother or sister cannot have filthy or impure language 5Then said I Woe is me for I am undone because I am a man of unclean lips and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips for mine eyes have seen the King the Lord of hosts. 6Then flew one of the seraphims unto me having a live coal in his hand which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar 7And he laid it upon my mouth and said Lo this hath touched thy lips and thine iniquity is taken away and thy sin purged. Therefore we can deduce from the above Scriptures that it was a very serious matter for the prophets of old to speak the Words of The Most High and that His Words were to be spoken with reverence and accuracy. Brothers who teach must have this mindset. While some of you may not be prophets you are nonetheless held to a higher standard to speak and teach with reverence and correctness all words of The Most High. Many years later Yasha would echo this same sentiment concerning unclean lips when He explained to the disciples and the multitude in Matthew 1510-12 16-20 that nothing we can eat or drink will defile us. It is our words that defile us and these words come forth from our hearts 10And he called the multitude and said unto them Hear and understand 11Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man but that which cometh out of the mouth this defileth a man. 12Then came his disciples and said unto him Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended after they heard this saying 16And Jesus said Are ye also yet without understand- ing 17Do not ye yet understand that whatso- ever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly and is cast out into the draught 18But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart and they defile the man. 19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts murders adulteries fornications thefts false witness blas- phemies 20These are the things which defile a man but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man. I am a Sister who is already in this awesome and set-apart Truth and cannot and will never be turned away from it. Yet a Brothers irrev- erent speech while teaching can turn weak and rebellious Israelites away and even cause some to have a bad report about The Most High and the Scriptures. No matter which Israelite camp you are in Brothers and Sisters profanity ought not to be found among us Not only is it a blemish on the Truth that The Most High has commanded us to preach but it is a very poor and immoral example to women and young boys and girls who should not be exposed to such language amongst the cho- sen people of The Most High. We come together for praise for teaching for correction for rejoicing and for fellowship not to be defiled. The Scriptures teach us that there is no room for profanity andor filthy talk anywhere in our lives much less when we are teaching No filthiness should be named among us and profanity and vulgar slang is filthiness. Brother Shaul Paul told the Corinthians in Chapter 7 verse 1 to leave all filthiness behind and be set apart in reverence to The Most High Having therefore these promises dearly beloved let us cleanse ourselves from all Filthiness of the flesh and spirit perfecting holiness in the fear of God. He told them again in Ephesians 54 not to have filthy language but rather to give thanks to The Most High Neither filthiness nor foolish talking nor jest- ing which are not convenient but rather giving thanks. Again in James 121 we are commanded to leave all filthiness this includes profanity and things that we do not need and instead receive the Word of The Most High which saves our souls Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superflu- ity of naughtiness and receive with meekness the engrafted word which is able to save your souls. Clearly the Scriptures warn us to cleanse ourselves from all filthiness which includes our speech Disciplined and dedicated Israelite broth- ers and sisters should not have to be subjected to profanity and other vulgarities while trying to learn the Scriptures. Filthy speech and the Scriptures do not go together ever So just what should our communication be For one thing it should be clear and direct as Yasha told us in Matthew 537 when He said But let your communication be Yea yea Nay nay for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. Therefore we should make our communication and our teachings clear and to the point. James 512 says even further that saying more than we need to causes condemnation. But above all things my brethren swear not neither by heaven neither by earth neither by any other oath but let your yea be yea and your nay nay lest ye fall into condemnation. Brothers and sisters it is my sincere hope that you will prayerfully consider your speech for the edifying of The Most Highs Kingdom and to be a glorious witness to our Israelite people who so des- perately need to SEE the Word and works of The Most High in us at this critical hour. Shalowam. By A. Shamah We have no record of Moses Samuel or King David or any of the prophets of old nor our Great Savior using profane words or speaking irreverently towards The Most High. We do have however recorded in the Scriptures King David and his son Solomon telling the Israelites that our mouths should speak wisdom and judgment that can help the poor and helpless.