Colossians 4:6 Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
Many people who are asked why they don't attend church answer that the Church is full of hypocrites and they want no part of it. We need to deal with this head-on as believers in Christ. What exactly is it that leads people on the outside to believe that people on the inside don't practice what they believe?
One answer to that question is that many of us have a problem with the words we use. We can be harsh, rude, vulgar, and mean. We do not speak with love and compassion. When questioned on our faith, we can be very defensive and ugly in response. This is not the way of Jesus.
The way we speak to others has a huge impact on how they view Christians as a whole. If we profess to believe in a man who is full of love and speak with hate, it's not hard to understand how we can be seen an not being genuine in our faith. If we want people to come to Christ, we must act with love toward them, letting our conversations be full of grace, speaking to them as Jesus would.
One answer to that question is that many of us have a problem with the words we use. We can be harsh, rude, vulgar, and mean. We do not speak with love and compassion. When questioned on our faith, we can be very defensive and ugly in response. This is not the way of Jesus.
The way we speak to others has a huge impact on how they view Christians as a whole. If we profess to believe in a man who is full of love and speak with hate, it's not hard to understand how we can be seen an not being genuine in our faith. If we want people to come to Christ, we must act with love toward them, letting our conversations be full of grace, speaking to them as Jesus would.
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