Bible Reading: Isaiah 39 & 40; Colossians 4
“Let your conversation be always full of grace and seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone – Colossians 4:6 (NIV).
As Christians, our speech must be pleasant, encouraging, kind and gracious. It should set an example of godliness and decency for all who hear, and it should always speak the truth in love (Eph. 4:15). This kind of conversation results from the work of God’s grace in our heats.
“Seasoned with salt” is conversation that is right for the occasion, wholesome, marked by purity and free from corruption. Like salt, it should enhance and add flavour in the spiritual sense, giving people a thirst and appetite for God. Graceful speech, however, does not rule out stern words when necessary to challenge and oppose the enemies of Christ.
Good morning.
Pastor Lawrence Chiazor