Words can TAKE life Words can GIVE life

1
Words can TAKE life Words can GIVE
life

• Lie Truth
• Evil Good
• Flattery Honesty
• Foolish Wise
• Harsh Gentle
• Hateful Loving
• Angry Forgiving
• Abusive Fair
• Sinful Nature Spiritual Nature

2
Lets Tell the World about Jesus

• What are Christians saying?
• What is the world hearing?

3
(No Transcript)
4
Colossians 46

• Let your conversation be always full of grace,
  seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to
  answer everyone.

5
Ephesians 429

• Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of
  your mouths, but only what is helpful for
  building others up according to their needs, that
  it may benefit those who listen.

6
Words that arefull of gracehelpful for
building upbenefit to others

• Life Giving Words
• each word a gift

7
Did you know...87 of people outside the church
describe Christians as judgmental(UnChristian,
Dave Kinnamen p.182)

• Love the sinner
• but hate the sin
• If our primary fixation is on the sin, it is
  virtually impossible to demonstrate love to an
  individual.

8
Do your words communicate judgment?

• If you hold stereotypes.
• If you deal with outsiders in the same manner as
  Christians (I Cor. 512)
• If you fail to love people (John 87-11)
• If you play favourites (James 21)

9
Words of grace come out of a heart touched by
grace

• Blind spots on your sin are exposed
• Honestly deal with your sin
• Experience Gods grace God opposes the proud but
  gives grace to the humble. James 46

10
Grace-filled conversation

• Listen James 119
• Dont label John 316
• Dont be so smart Col 46
• Live in their shoes
• Scrap your agenda
• Genuine love
• Connect people with Gods purposes

11
Words of Grace

• ...lead the world to Jesus
• Where do your words lead people?