For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks

For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks full#

The primary point of application in JesusвЂ™ words seems to be this: when we see evil consistently coming out of a person in word and deed, we should not deceive ourselves by saying, вЂњI think he really is a good person inside he just has some bad habitsвЂќ or вЂњThatвЂ™s just the way he talks, but heвЂ™s not really like that.вЂќ How many people fall in love and get married, thinking that the bad behavior they have observed is only an aberration? How many parents deceive themselves regarding the spiritual state of their children, thinking that they are true believers because of a childhood profession of faith, even though their lives demonstrate a heart of evil? The mouth speaks out of the abundance-the overflow-of the heart. If a person is angry, rude, lewd, or immoral on a regular basis, you can be assured that this is what he is like вЂњon the inside.вЂќ If a person is consistently kind, encouraging, and polite, then you can be sure that is what he is like вЂњon the inside.вЂќ Of course, it is possible that someone might put up a faГ§ade to deceive others regarding his character, but eventually what is inside will come out.

This is not being judgmental this is being realistic.

For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks full#

For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.вЂќ If you want to know what is on the inside of a person, you simply watch his actions listen to what comes out of his mouth on a regular basis. In Luke 6:45, Jesus says that people can be judged by what they say and do because these things reveal what is really inside the person: вЂњA good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. Jesus says that the same is true of people. What is on the inside-what the tree is really вЂњmade ofвЂќ-will determine what kind of fruit it produces. A pear tree sounds like a good tree, but, if you have a Bradford pear tree, you will get small, inedible pears about the size of marbles. If you want to know what kind of tree or plant you have, you have to look at its fruit. People do not pick figs from thorn bushes, or grapes from briersвЂќ (Luke 6:43вЂ“44). Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. We do it in much the same way we look at a tree or plant to tell if it is a вЂњgoodвЂќ plant or not: вЂњNo good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. In this part of the sermon, Jesus tells us how we can judge a personвЂ™s character.

This verse is from what is sometimes called the Sermon on the Plain.