Do we need the Examination?

“It is a good way to start the examination of anybody.”

Vance Havner says,

“The old country doctor of my boyhood days always began his examination by saying, ‘Let me see your tongue.’ It is a good way to start the examination of anybody.”

The Bible has a lot to say about the tongue. James 3:1-12 has the caption “Taming the Tongue.”

James 1:26 –  Are we keeping a tight rein on our tongue?

James 3:5,6 – The tongue is a fire.

James 3:8 – No man can tame the tongue.

Do you understand Psalm 139:4

“Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely , O Lord.”

Philippians 2:10,11

“… every knee should bow,..”

“…. every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,…..”