A Few Questions This Morning

James 3:7-11

For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, 8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. 10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. 11 Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water?

1. What is something that is impossible for a human to do?
2. What does the tongue not do (v8)?
3. What is the tongue full of (v8)?
4. What does v9 say we do that is inconsistent?
5. What well does the tongue get its words from (Luke 6:45)?
6. Verse 11 likens our mouth to the opening of a spring of water. The water may be salt water, or it may be fresh water; how will I know what type of water flows in the spring?
7. Water is refreshing, nourishing, and necessary to sustain life. Salt water is none of the above. It will not refresh, nourish or sustain life. It will dry out the mouth and make you more an more thirsty. The salt water will never refresh you. The more salt water you drink, the less refreshed you will become. Does your mouth reveal there is one kind of spring of water below the surface, or two?
8. Ought this to be true of you (v10b)?
9. What is the remedy (John 15:5)?