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These things, my brethren, ought not to be so
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Posted on: 19th Sep 2014
Ephesians 5:4 (AMP)
4 Let there be no filthiness (obscenity, indecency) nor foolish and sinful (silly and corrupt) talk, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting or becoming; but instead voice your thankfulness [to God].
Reflections:
For many Christians this is probably not a very welcome message. It is truly amazing how professing believers find nothing wrong with corrupt language.
Especially when we�re angry we somehow feel its okay to express ourselves like we used to before we got saved. I�m always reminded of the verse in the book of James where it says:
�Out of the same mouth come forth blessing and cursing. These things, my brethren, ought not to be so. Does a fountain send forth [simultaneously] from the same opening fresh water and bitter? Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine figs? Neither can a salt spring furnish fresh water (James 3:10-12).�
If we�re confused as to what is appropriate in our vocabulary (whether we�re angry or not), a good way to look at it is to ask ourselves this question. Would Jesus use the words I�m using to express himself under the same circumstances? If not, what in the world are we doing using them. Isn�t our greatest goal as Christians to be like Jesus?
There are serious implications in these verses. I think I�m going to leave the rest of this to the Holy Spirit �
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