Fire Danger: HIGH

Bridling the tongue is one of the three marks of true religion from 1:26-27. The tongue is powerful (bridle the tongue and you bridle the whole body) to hurt and to influence and (especially) to steer. The tongue is incendiary/evil, with satanic influence. The tongue is unstable/double-minded. Blessing God and cursing His image is a very severe evil. Four applications: 1) Wake up to the urgency of putting a bridle on our tongues. 2) Be alert to the image of God. 3) Remember our sibling relationship to one another. 4) Entrust ourselves to the one who judges justly.