Evil Speaking

From: CareLines: Volume 7

By: Paul J. Pascoe

Narrator: Chris Genthree

Duration: 1min

1 Peter 2:1‑2 • 1 min. read • grade level: 6

1Pe 2:1-2¹Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, ²As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: (1 Peter 2:1‑2)

Wherefore laying aside. . . all evil speakings. . . desire the sincere milk of the word.

1 Peter 2:1-2¹Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, ²As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: (1 Peter 2:1‑2)

The last enemy that not only destroys others but our own enjoyment of the Lord is evil speaking -character assassination - putting others in a bad light so that people think more of us than them. Let our tongues speak words that would edify and build up. We need to make it a special matter of prayer that the Lord would control our thoughts and our tongues so that we act, think and speak as the Lord did.

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