Abusive Language

29 Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. ~ Ephesians 4:29

"Corrupting talk," another translation says "foul or abusive language," another puts it "Don’t say anything that would hurt another person." No mater how you put it scripture says to not say ANYTHING that is going to be harmful to another human being, period! So why do we continue to day after day say things that put other people down? Why would we want to say, or do things that would cause another to stumble? But I'm not, you say. Are you positive? Are you absolutely one hundred percent positive, beyond any doubt what so ever that you have not said or done anything that would not hurt, offend, or otherwise cause a nonbeliever, or someone walking the fence to stumble? What about posting something or forwarding something via email? What about passed on a rumor or gossip about someone else?

You see in this day and age of computer technology it is so easy to repost something or tag somebody or something that may seen innocent at the time but someone else may find offensive. It's easy to become angers and post something on Facebook or Twitter because it's so impersonal, is so easy to vent when you are typing and no one is face to face with you to temper your anger or to gage your words by. Then someone who hasn't quite made up their mind about this Jesus thing sees you reacting the same way they would, the same way the world does, the same way the pagans do. They say well they are no better than me, is this Jesus real or something made up because what I see from His followers is the something I see from everyone else...

So I ask again, are you absolutely positively one hundred percent sure that you have not said or done something that caused harm to another human being? We are being watched every minute of every day and I know we are not perfect, I am the furthest thing from perfect. However, if we are going to call ourselves Christ Followers we must be making an attempt to live according to His standards, being saved by Grace, by being saved by Faith, by being saved by a Loving Savior is not a license to live like the pagans and expect the gates of Heaven to welcome us with no consequences. Amen. <><