Jerry's Haven n Tell

Speak The Truth In Love
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In Ephesians 4:15, Paul mentioned speaking the truth in love. In other
words, when we tell people the truth, let's not make it "a knife to cut them
to pieces." It's heart-breaking to see someone get up and leave a service or
walk away because of the way the message was given. That means: that in
spite of how much Truth was presented to them, it was ineffective, and it
drove them away. Truth should be presented with an appeal.

We'll never forget what a man taught us when we went to work as an
automobile mechanic and we didn't know whether to open the trunk or the hood
when they handed us a work sheet that said, "tune the engine." He said,
"When someone comes in with a problem about his automobile and starts to
tell you what he thinks it is, don't interrupt him and say, 'That's not it!'
Learn to be a good listener, though he may not know what he's talking about.
Then, after he gets through, don't tell him, 'You're wrong!' Just say, 'Let's
look into it and see if we can find what the trouble is.' " We learned a
good lesson! We can make many friends with that attitude and approach.

We'd like to share with you something else we believe is a fact. We'll never
win people to Christ until they have confidence in us. They can't have
confidence in what we say until they first have confidence in our life.

One of the first things a salesperson learns is that they can't effectively
sell any product to someone until they're sold on it themselves. This same
principle applies to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We're going to have to be
convinced that it's not only the "right way," but that it's the "only way,"
one hundred percent, no question about it! Only then will we get a glimpse
of the urgency of showing it to others, and the way we will be most
effective is by showing it in the way we conduct our life.

We need to learn how to evaluate our words in the light of eternity, and we
need to learn how to evaluate the things that we do in the light of
eternity. How are they going to affect the people who are on their way to
the judgment?

There are some things that we believe, which are just not necessary to try
to compel other people to follow. They're personal! Let's let God work
through the ministry that He called, to instruct and to enlighten and to
direct other people. It becomes a law when we compel someone to do something
before he understands, and it becomes burdensome. However, when God reveals
it, it becomes a blessing.

We can see somebody who was just saved doing things that we can't do. Let's
not "jump on him/her" and say, "You aren't saved because of what you're
doing." Remember how long it took for us to get where we are! We didn't
always know what we know now. Somebody had a lot of patience with us and
loved us in spite of what we were doing until we grew up a bit. Now, it's
our turn to do the same thing with others.

If they're dong what we think they ought not to be doing, let's pray and ask
God to "lay in on the pastor's heart" to preach a message that will shed
some light there. And when it comes under the anointing of the Holy Spirit
from the Book of God, then they will want to "put it on" and it will be a
joy and a blessing, and it will draw them closer to God. When we try to hang
it on them before God gives them understanding, it will be a weight to them.
We'd better be careful. We don't know the level of understanding that that
individual has. Let's remember that we are "bothering with" God's children.
They're not ours and they don't have to measure up to our opinion.

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