Lesson 6 - On the Receiving End

Ephesians 4:29 does not say be positive and it does not say be nice. It gives three tests for our words: does it build somebody up, does it fit this exact moment, and is it gracious to the person hearing it. Notice where that last test gets applied. Not in your mouth. In their ear. This lesson stands at the receiving end of our words and includes a rewrite drill: five sentences a Christian might actually say, none of them a lie, every one failing the verse. You will rewrite all five. The gentle answer of Proverbs 15:1 closes it out.