Grace to Speak

Someone teaches us.  We teach someone else.  Our class room may consist of one or a hundred.  But our words carry an eternal responsibility.

Notice Paul's instructions to "commit these to faithful men..."  In America, we tend to think we should be willing to take as much time as needed to help a person understand the truth.  If the individual is honestly seeking truth, then that principle is true.  However, if a person is consistently arguing against the truth and makes no progress toward change, then the relationship may not be designed from heaven.

We always speak truth, even to those who do not believe, but we only disciple those who are faithful to seek after God (2 Timothy 2:1-2).