Truthfulness and honesty are a foundation to faith in Jesus and to unity in the Body of Christ!
- without honesty there is no trust in God or others
- without honesty there is no depth to our sharing and relationships remain shallow
- without honesty we lose our testimony of love to our community
Paul give us a key component to truth and that is that it must be accompanied by love! Spoken truth can sometimes be harsh and will most likely not be received very well by people if it is not accompanied by love. Love allows someone to hear that the truth you are speaking and be able to place it in their lives. When I know someone loves me and they speak truth I need to hear, I receive it. When someone doesn't care about me or ever act in love toward me and they speak the truth into my life, I tend to reject that truth and say, "consider the source!"
If we want to grow more and more like Jesus we have to learn to put this into practice in our lives!
1. Learning to speak to others people truth even when it is difficult
2. Learn to pray for enough love to speak to someone in truth
3. Learn to receive the truth from others and let the truth do its work in our lives to become more like Jesus
When are we tempted to be deceptive?
When are we tempted to sugar coat the truth so not to offend?
Do we believe the truth is powerful enough to speak it?
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