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“Let The Beauty Of Jesus Be Seen In Your Speech – Part 4”
Let The Beauty Of Jesus Be Seen In Your Speech – Part 4
Wade Webster
The song that serves as the central thought of this lesson contains both direct and indirect references to our speech. What kinds of words characterized the speech of Jesus? So far we have noticed that the words of Jesus were gracious, thoughtful, true, and good. This week, we will notice that they were calm words.
Calm Words
Peter wrote, “Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit found in His mouth”; who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously” (1 Pet. 2:18-23). There is no question that Jesus suffered wrongfully. Although Jesus didn’t deserve the unjust treatment that He received, He took it patiently. When Jesus was reviled, He didn’t revile in return . Revile is from the Greek word antiloidoreó and means to return abusive insult. Jesus didn’t threaten or respond in anger. He calmly and compassionately asked God to forgive those who were mocking and murdering Him (Lk. 23:43). He knew that they didn’t know what they were doing. When one of the two thieves who was being crucified with Jesus stopped mocking and requested remembrance Jesus promised the penitent man that He would be with Him that day in paradise (Lk. 23:39-43). If we want the beauty of Jesus to be seen in our speech we must never let angry words from the tongue unbridled slip (Mat. 5:22). To the saints at Ephesus, Paul wrote, “Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath” (Eph. 4:26).
If the beauty of Jesus is going to be seen in our speech, we must speak like Jesus. We must speak gracious, thoughtful, true, good, and calm words.
