Cussing and What’s Wrong with It
May 7, 2009 Honoring God, Speech
In January of 2009, I went to Washington, D.C. for the March for Life. While visiting places around there and going to a convention, I heard more people cussing then I ever had. Now, I am used to cussing, which is something I’m not totally proud of. I don’t know why people cuss or curse. Quite frankly, what is wrong with it? Well, I want to address this issue because I believe it is something that needs to be addressed very badly.
Being a legalistic Christian myself, when I heard someone cuss a year ago, I immediately condemned them. I would either look down on them, or just respond and try to slam them for doing so. As of recently, I have realized that not only am I not helping the situation when I do that, but I usually make it worse.
Everybody has legalism that shows in different ways. Anybody who says they aren’t legalistic is being legalistic. I think that this shows especially in Christians because we try to hold up the law.
It wasn’t until recently that I realized the cussing, or cursing, is wrong. I figured it was just one of “those words” that my parents didn’t want me to say. Now my eyes have been opened, and I realize that cussing is against the Bible. It doesn’t say “thou shalt not cuss” in the Bible, but it does say something close.
Colossians 3:8 says, “But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.”
This verse clearly states that slander and filthy language wrong.
Cursing is almost always used as slander – to slander something or someone. Why do you use these words? Is it to impress your friends? Is it to make your friends feel bad? To bring someone down?
These words are useless. They do not help a situation, nor do they bring peace. Why use cuss words when you can just say something else? They are usually used as adjectives anyways. Cuss words are not just unnecessary, but they are rude. They are against the Bible and most importantly, they offend God.
Josiah Robertson
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