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Know how to answer each one (1 Thessalonians 5:14, Colossians 4:2-6)

Mark BarnesMark Barnes, December 19, 2018
Part of the Missing Gift series, preached at a Midweek Meeting service

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1 Thessalonians 5:14 (Listen)

14 And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.

(ESV)

Colossians 4:2–6 (Listen)

2 Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. 3 At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison—4 that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.

5 Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. 6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.

(ESV)

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One day I read a verse from the Bible, and it said ‘Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow’. And in the very same verse, the Bible said, ‘Rebuke the oppressor’. The verse hit me between the eyes. I felt that God was calling me to say something, to speak out against this oppressor, Robert Mugabe. I saw the country desecrated by its rich and powerful leaders, I just felt I've got to speak out.
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