Our words are important. In fact, the Bible talks about our words a lot. King Solomon said,

a word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. And Proverbs 18, 21 says,

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

And Matthew 12 as well, Jesus said, but I say to you that every idle word man may speak,

they will give account of it in the day of judgment. For by your words you will be justified and by

your words you will be condemned. As important as our words are, in this study on Through the

Bible, our teacher Dr. J. Vernon McGee,

tells us that words alone aren't enough. Your actions have to agree to. I'm Steve Schwartz,

your host on this five-year journey through God's entire word. We begin in 1 John 3.17 in just

a minute, but first, here's the second part of Dr. J. Vernon McGee's introduction to this

important section of Scripture.

Now psychology deals with that old nature.

Psychology cannot deal with the new nature.

It's impossible for it to do that.

Psychology started out by talking about the soul, but it got away from that.

And someone has said, first it lost its soul and second it lost

its mind and today it has been more or less put on a physical basis and it should be.

It's natural.

It deals with the natural man.

Now that's the reason all these how-to and quick fix and how to do it yourself books are written to control and direct the old nature.

I heard a young preacher just the other day. He was talking about how to control your irritation, your impatience and your anger.

Well, his solution was faith. Well,

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