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Honey From The Rock
Psalm 81:16

"Sweet Stuff From God's Word"

A daily Bible study with Victor Knowles
Copyright 2007

SIMPLY UNSUITABLE FOR SAINTS

This entry was posted on 06-16-2008 and is filed under uncategorized.

"But you should not even talk about sexual immorality, or any type of [moral] impurity, or greed. [Note: Possibly "greed" here means "desire for much" of such things.] Such talk is not suitable for saints [i.e., God's holy people]" ( Eph. 5:3 The New Testament: An Understandable Version).

"Sex and the City" is one of the biggest movies of the year, or so I am told. Late night network TV is taken up with comedians who like to joke about sex. Should a Christian be entertained by such? J. B. Phillips' translation says, "Don't even talk about such things." Why? They don't befit the people of Christ (TCNT). "They are improper for God's holy people" (NIV). As our text above says, "Such talk is not suitable for saints." There are conversations that are simply unsuitable for saints.

Sometimes I am embarrassed by what I hear spoken from pulpit. I believe the pulpit demands a measure of dignity and decorum. I have seen older saints of God, especially elderly widows, literally cringe when some things are spoken. And it's not just the younger preachers who are guilty. I remember a men's gathering a few years ago where an older preacher (now deceased) resorted to language that was rude, crude, and even lewd in his "shock sermon." I've never been back to that gathering and don't plan to go in the future. Some subjects are just not fit for Christians to talk about - at church or anywhere else. May we be a people of pure speech.

Hymn: "Nothing between my soul and the Savior, naught of this world's delusive dream; I have renounced all sinful pleasure, Jesus is mine; there's nothing between" (Charles A. Tindley).