CAN YOU GUESS WHO I AM?

I have no respect for justice and no mercy for the defenseless. I ruin without killing; I tear down, I break hearts and wreck lives. You will find me in the pews of the pious as well as in the haunts of the unholy. I am wily, cunning, malicious, and I gather strength with age. I have made my way where greed, mistrust and distrust are unknown; yet my victims are as numerous as the sands by the sea, and often as innocent. I never forgive and seldom forget. My name? My name is GOSSIP!

In spite of the havoc wrought by gossip, many professing believers are guilty of it. Among God's people, Gossip has ruined more preachers, destroyed more Fundamental churches, and wrecked more lives of the saints than all the other sins Christians commit. Sad to say, I have known Christians to get drunk, commit adultery and various other sins, but they have not done one-tenth the harm to God's work and His people that Gossip has created.

God says, “The tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.” -- James 3:6.

Are you guilty of this deadly evil? Are you guilty of this vile sin? You are going to stand before God and give an account. In all likelihood, you will be judged here as well as at the Judgment Seat of Christ! Dr. M.R. DeHaan said: “People would not think of running down someone with their car, but think nothing of doing it with their tongue.” If you are guilty – repent! Confess this wicked sin! Go to those  you have wronged. Do it now! (Some things can never be undone, but you can do your best to get right with God and those you have wronged).                                          -- Cornerstone Baptist Church, Belmont, MA