ASLC Devotions - Tuesday

Ephesians 4:25 So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbours, for we are members of one another.

We are to speak the truth to one another, even when it's hard. Even when we'd rather just keep our mouths shut and get along. But there's a VERY important secondary phrase in this sentence. "For we are members of one another." That's the crucial issue. And that's the test of how the truth is spoken.

The truth isn't spoken (or shouldn't be as we live out our faith) in order to prove we know the truth. The truth isn't spoken to win. The truth isn't spoken to shut up the other person. The truth is spoken because I'm a member of you and you're a member of me. When you hurt, I hurt. I don't want to add to that hurt. I want to try to help. That's what the real truth is for.

In Christ,
Pastor Seth

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