[Manna - April 22]
I say unto you, That every idle [unprofitable or pernicious] word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. Matthew 12:36
IF, in the daily scrutiny of our ways, which is the
duty of every Christian, we discover that in any particular
our words have been dishonoring to the Lord,
we should remember that in the name of our Advocate
we may approach the throne of grace, explain
to our Heavenly Father our realization of the error,
our deep regret at our failure to honor His name and
His cause by a holy walk and conversation, and humbly
request that the sin be not laid to our charge, but
that it may be blotted out through His gracious provision
for our cleansing through Christ, humbly
claiming that in His precious blood is all our hope
and trust.
Thus we should render up our account
for every idle word; and by our words of repentance,
supplemented by the merits of Christ applied by faith,
shall we be acquitted. Z.'96-32 R1938:3