I'm sure we all have heard the saying ,'Home truths'.it means simply telling someone something they are blind to,or do not want to hear.Some people do it to hurt someone,or destroy them,they don't speak in love to that person,more that likely to humilitate them,it is not the Christian way.In Colossians 4 v6 we read, Let your speech always be with with grace,seasoned with salt,' One comment on these words goes,' Be gracious in your speech. The goal is to bring out the best in others in a conversation,nor put them down, not cut them out'.Someone I admire is John Lennox,who publicly speaks with Richard Dawkins,and Christopher Hitchens in defence of Christianity,he is always very gracious ,not in anyway seeking to humiliate them.It is important to remembering we are not there to win the argument at all costs.The greatest example of gracious speaking was Jesus. They said of Jesus,'No one ever spoke like this man,'( John 7 v 46).And in Luke 4 v22 we read,'So all bore witness to Him,and marveled at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth'.May we be given grace to be more like Jesus,when we speak.
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