A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE (1 OF 5)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Ephesians 4:29, Ephesians5:2
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A Failure to Communicate (1 of 5)
Series: Conflict Resolution
Jeff Strite
Ephesians 4:29-5:2
OPEN: A woman went into the office of a divorce lawyer and told him she wanted to file for divorce.
''Do you have any grounds!'' the judge asked.
''Just two acres,'' she said.
''Ma'am you don't understand. I mean do you have a grudge!''
''No we don't have a grudge, we park the car in front of the house.''
Frustrated, the lawyer continued, ''Let me try again. Does your husband beat you up!''
She replied. ''No, I get up before he does.''
''(Sigh) Ok... why do you want a divorce?'' the judge asked.
''We just don't seem to be able to communicate.''
APPLY: For the next few weeks we're looking at conflicts and how to Resolve those conflicts. The first issue we're going to talk about is the part that communication... or actually how the FAILURE of communication adds to conflict.
Ephesians 4:29 says: ''Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths...'' The KJV says it a little different: ''Let no corrupt COMMUNICATION proceed out of your mouth...'' You see, for the Christian, a failure to communicate does NOT mean that we're not communicating. Instead it means we're using corrupt words around people.
But what does that word ''corrupt'' mean? Well, I looked it up. The Greek word for ''corrupt'' here means ''rotten, putrefied, not fit to be used, worthless''. In other words: It's trash talk. You may mean exactly what comes out of your mouth but God is saying He's NOT all that impressed by what we say sometimes.
Now, what is it that makes communication CORRUPT in God's eyes? First, it starts with what motivates you. Ephesians tells us: ''Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.'' (Ephesians 4:31) In other words of corrupt communication that comes out of your mouth is triggered by anger what lies within your heart - anger, hatred and malice. Someone has crossed the line somewhere... and you ...
Series: Conflict Resolution
Jeff Strite
Ephesians 4:29-5:2
OPEN: A woman went into the office of a divorce lawyer and told him she wanted to file for divorce.
''Do you have any grounds!'' the judge asked.
''Just two acres,'' she said.
''Ma'am you don't understand. I mean do you have a grudge!''
''No we don't have a grudge, we park the car in front of the house.''
Frustrated, the lawyer continued, ''Let me try again. Does your husband beat you up!''
She replied. ''No, I get up before he does.''
''(Sigh) Ok... why do you want a divorce?'' the judge asked.
''We just don't seem to be able to communicate.''
APPLY: For the next few weeks we're looking at conflicts and how to Resolve those conflicts. The first issue we're going to talk about is the part that communication... or actually how the FAILURE of communication adds to conflict.
Ephesians 4:29 says: ''Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths...'' The KJV says it a little different: ''Let no corrupt COMMUNICATION proceed out of your mouth...'' You see, for the Christian, a failure to communicate does NOT mean that we're not communicating. Instead it means we're using corrupt words around people.
But what does that word ''corrupt'' mean? Well, I looked it up. The Greek word for ''corrupt'' here means ''rotten, putrefied, not fit to be used, worthless''. In other words: It's trash talk. You may mean exactly what comes out of your mouth but God is saying He's NOT all that impressed by what we say sometimes.
Now, what is it that makes communication CORRUPT in God's eyes? First, it starts with what motivates you. Ephesians tells us: ''Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.'' (Ephesians 4:31) In other words of corrupt communication that comes out of your mouth is triggered by anger what lies within your heart - anger, hatred and malice. Someone has crossed the line somewhere... and you ...
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