SPEAK the TRUTH! — but with this condition ALWAYS!
“So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him” (I John 4:16). Without question God is love …everything He does is from a deep love for mankind! Not only did He create man, He sacrificed His only Son on the behalf of mankind so that man’s relationship with Him could be restored. “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13).
“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6). “The thief (satan) comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly” (John 10:10). Without question Jesus is the only way in which man can be restored to the Father. Jesus is truth, as He speaks and lives as an example for all to see. Doing so on behalf of the Father. God the Father is the GOD of TRUTH as written in Isaiah 65:16 “So that he who blesses himself in the land shall bless himself by the God of truth, and he who takes an oath in the land shall swear by the God of truth because the former troubles are forgotten and are hidden from my eyes.” When one gives their heart to the Lord Jesus their sin is forgotten and LIFE begins with a new purpose and abundance.
“Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ” (Ephesians 4:15).
What does it means to SPEAK THE TRUTH IN LOVE? Re-read the above Scriptures, using God’s Word and Christ’s example as the source for your answer.
Before speaking TRUTH to another person, ask yourself what is the motivation and intention?
The fact is TRUTH without love is brutality! Truth spoken without love is typically intended to hurt the recipient.
Think about it.
An Integrity Hockey Stop~n~Think -- 4.26.2024