Title: Salt Your Words (Colossians 04:6)
Colossians 4:6 says, “Let your speech always be in grace, seasoned with salt.” With these words, I would like to share the grace with you today.
1. Speech must be soft No matter how beneficial it may be, a servant, when expressed too harshly, offends the listener. That is why Proverbs 27:14 points out that blessings are also punishments that are easy to be lifted up like a curse if spoken too loudly. Blood sometimes bruises and thorns our language, and self-righteousness makes us lash out at abusive language. Few people would consider Nietzsche's saying, "Even if all the Europeans die, only Napoleon needs to be alive" as an excellent answer. This is nothing more than the tyranny of language. Just as stiff greens are salted to soften them, so must our horses be salted to remove thorns and poison. We should try to improve each other's understanding and cooperation through more dignified and sincere conversations by throwing away the pre-modern ugliness of yelling and arguing not only between individuals but also on the church grounds.
2. Horses must be tasty Food must be tasty to eat, and words must be tasty to hear. This does not mean sweet words to the ear. It means a valuable word that is enough to be heard as living water for the soul and food for the mind. In fact, some people's words are like clear water and fun to listen to, but there are cases where listening to them all day is useless and bland. There are also decipherable sayings that, far from being beneficial, make the faith sick and derail life. The language of the saints should be a tasteful language that benefits those who hear it in every way. However, it is difficult for our words to become a sermon group. It should be done in conversation with soft words. To do that, we need to salt our horses. It is usually because a person who is good with a clean mouth adds to the learning of others (Proverbs 16:21).
3. Words must be truthful. Words are a special gift given only to humans, but since humans have made these precious things like pieces of tissue paper, it has become a sad world where people can't trust each other's words and feel reassured that a contract can only be concluded by stamping them. You must learn to take responsibility for the words that are once out of your mouth. A word from a ledger is more precious than a thousand gold, how much more would a word from a saint be like? Words must always be truthful and untranslated. Isn't that what salting means here? Quiet and soft words are good. In addition, it is even better if it is a word that is worth listening to as it is worth a thousand gold whenever you hear it. As always before God, true words are perfect. To do that, we have to keep salting our horses. I hope my words can spread to the brothers with salty words. I pray that you will become our altar where the door of evangelism is wide open with soft words, delicious words and sincere words.