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Column: PASTOR - YOU ARE WHAT YOU SAY
Column: PASTOR - YOU ARE WHAT YOU SAY
There is an old saying, ‘You are what you eat’. I’m sure there is some truth in that saying but it certainly doesn’t explain all of what it means to be ‘are’. I’d like to tweak that saying a bit to, ‘You are what you say’ while realising that I’m not saying everything about what it means to be ‘are’.

What we say vocally, outwardly, audibly and in public does reveal a great deal of who we are on the inside where the public can’t see. Of course, we can hide a lot with our words as well.

Jesus said that we are to be very careful with our language; that things said in secret will be revealed; that we will be held accountable for words spoken carelessly; that we should answer with integrity letting our ‘yes’ be a real ‘yes’ and our ‘no’ a real ‘no’ and that anything else comes from the devil. That’s strong language. And that is the kind of language that Jesus spoke. He wasn’t misleading or deceptive in his use of language. He spoke the truth, although many times the truth was not understood or welcomed.

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