Destructive Talk!

James 4: 11

¹¹ Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law.

But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

Not many people know this, but the definition of defamation in the State of Wisconsin is… “defamation is a statement that”…

·         is false…

·         is communicated to a third person…

·         tends to harm the reputation of the another as to lower the person in the estimation of the community or deters others from associating or dealing with the person…

People that can prove they’ve been defamed, have the lawful ability to sue another person for damages.

When I saw the definition, I fully realized that I have been guilty of breaking this law.

Have you ever defamed another person? Have you ever broken this law?

Have you ever tried willfully to defame another person’s reputation?

Maybe we should be more concerned with defaming the name of God.

Maybe it’s His law, that we should adhere to.

This is a very destructive sin, and I know confessed followers of Jesus, who are guilty of defaming other people.

The defamer is not a humble person at all. They have every intent of executing destruction.

Maybe what my Mom taught me as a little boy, is true enough today.

If we can’t say anything nice about another person, maybe we should actually think twice about speaking