Self Condemnation

The Bible appears to be equating the MOUTH with the voice of the Church: Continuing with the series on Church Suicide.

MOUTH OF THE CHURCH: ONE COLLECTIVE VOICE (of God)

Re 19:15 And out of HIS MOUTH goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

Ps 17:13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, {} thy sword:

Jer 5:14 Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make MY WORDS in THY MOUTH **fire**, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.

Jer 23:29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

Re 11:5 And if any man will hurt them, **fire** proceedeth out of THEIR MOUTH, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.

Re 20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and **fire** came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

Re 13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh **fire** come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,

SELF CONDEMNATION: THE WORDS OF THE UNSAVED JUDGING THEMSELVES?

Job 9:20 If I justify myself, mine OWN MOUTH shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

Job 15:6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine OWN LIPS testify against thee.

Lu 19:22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine OWN MOUTH will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:

Mt 12:37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by THY WORDS thou shalt be condemned.

Ps 64:8 So they shall make their OWN TONGUE to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.

2Sa 1:16 And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for THY MOUTH hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD’S anointed.

Pr 13:3 He that keepeth his MOUTH keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide HIS LIPS shall have destruction.

Job 15:5 For thy MOUTH uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the TONGUE of the crafty.

Job 5:12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

Ps 83:3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

1Co 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

Joh 12:48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the WORD that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

SWORD FOR SWORD: MOUTH OF THE WICKED DESTROYING THE WICKED?

Mt 26:52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

Ps 37:15 Their sword shall enter into their OWN HEART, and their bows shall be broken.

Es 7:10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.

Re 13:10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

LAYING SNARES: THE TONGUES OF THE WICKED FALLING ON THEMSELVES IN JUDGMENT?

Pr 12:13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his LIPS: but the just shall come out of trouble.

Pr 18:7 A fool’s MOUTH is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

Ec 10:12 ¶ The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the LIPS of a fool will swallow up himself.

Ec 10:14 A fool also is full of WORDS: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

Pr 6:2 Thou art snared with the words of thy MOUTH, thou art **taken** with the words of thy mouth.

Jer 50:24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also **taken**, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD.

Eze 17:20 And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be **taken** in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.

SUMMARY CONCLUSION

The Bible appears to be equating the MOUTH with the voice of the Church. Collectively the church is the VOICE OF GOD and therefore HIS MOUTH; whether unto salvation or judgment. When false prophets destroyed the body in tribulation with their mouth, they paved the way for their own mouths (collective body) to destroy them in judgment.