No Rotten Words
When food is fresh, it has a very good taste, but when food is rotten, it tastes horrible. When we eat good food, it nourishes us and meets our needs for energy. However, when we eat rotten food, it makes us sick to the point of vomiting it out of our stomach. The contrast is clear and undeniable. It is much the same with the kind of words we choose. They can good or they can be rotten. The Bible gives us a clear command here and in other passages. (Ephesians 4:29) We are commanded not to let any corrupt or rotten words proceed from our mouth, but only words that are good for necessary edification, that they may impart grace to the hearers. (Ephesians 4:29) There are three principles here for all of us to understand and to apply in our lives. We are not to use words that have a rotten meaning or a rotten connotation. It is not just taking the Lord's name in vain that the Lord prohibits. God prohibits us, as Christians, from using words that are in bad taste, because they are cuss ...