Whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the Light

Published on Arguing, Complaining, Discipleship, Fear, Greed, Jesus Christ

We Christians represent the Lord Jesus. Anything we say can, and will, be repeated to other people. Our words need to be above reproach.

 

 

INTRODUCTION

 

By nature, we Christians are messengers. We tell people about the Lord Jesus. People hear us.

They pay attention to our message about the Lord Jesus. And they pay attention to our other words as well.

If we argue or complain, for example, or if we express fear or greed, people will repeat our words. Our words will spread through the community like gangrene.

Our words will have immunized everybody against the message of the Lord Jesus.

 

BIBLE VERSES

 

Psalm 98:2. The LORD has made known his salvation. He has openly shown his righteousness in the sight of the nations.

Ecclesiastes 10:20. Don’t curse the king, no, not in your thoughts; and don’t curse the rich in your bedroom: for a bird of the sky may carry your voice, and that which has wings may tell the matter.

Isaiah 62:1. For Zion’s sake I will not be silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not be quiet, Until her vindication shines forth like the dawn and her victory like a burning torch. (NAB translation)

Isaiah 65:6. “Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will repay, yes, I will repay into their bosom,

Sirach 39:8. He shall show forth the instruction which he has been taught, And shall glory in the law of the covenant of the Lord.

Matthew 10:27. What I tell you now in the darkness, shout abroad when daybreak comes. What I whisper in your ear, shout from the housetops for all to hear! (NLT translation)

Luke 12:3. Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.

 

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