I heard it today, and I will change the relationship to protect the culprit. (wink).
“My best friend does love to gossip with me… Well, it’s not really gossip. It’s all true…”
I immediately found a dictionary and looked up gossip. As far as I could remember I didn’t think that truth was a qualifier.
gos•sip
–noun
1. idle talk or rumor, esp. about the personal or private affairs of others: the endless gossip about Hollywood stars.
–verb (used without object)
6. to talk idly, esp. about the affairs of others; go about tattling.
So rumor – that is something that may or may not be true… okay. But idle talk? What is that?
i•dle –adjective
5. of no real worth, importance, or significance: idle talk.
2Ti 2:15-16 NKJV - Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. But shun profane [and] idle babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness.
Idle babblings in the Greek is kenophōnia which means “empty discussion, discussion of vain and useless matters”.
Now – I ask you. Empty discussions, discussion of vain and useless matters. Matters of no real worth , importance, or significance. Idle talk. (And don’t forget – this is talking of what the Kingdom of God considers vain and useless , not what you or your friends consider vain and useless.) The BIBLE says we should shun this talk and it will increase to more ungodliness!
So I challenge you. Shun the empty discussions of things that don’t matter-- The things that are leading to ungodliness because they are not glorifying Him. Use your words wisely. And speak truth in love, and have purpose when you speak so that others will listen to you.
“My best friend does love to gossip with me… Well, it’s not really gossip. It’s all true…”
I immediately found a dictionary and looked up gossip. As far as I could remember I didn’t think that truth was a qualifier.
gos•sip
–noun
1. idle talk or rumor, esp. about the personal or private affairs of others: the endless gossip about Hollywood stars.
–verb (used without object)
6. to talk idly, esp. about the affairs of others; go about tattling.
So rumor – that is something that may or may not be true… okay. But idle talk? What is that?
i•dle –adjective
5. of no real worth, importance, or significance: idle talk.
2Ti 2:15-16 NKJV - Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. But shun profane [and] idle babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness.
Idle babblings in the Greek is kenophōnia which means “empty discussion, discussion of vain and useless matters”.
Now – I ask you. Empty discussions, discussion of vain and useless matters. Matters of no real worth , importance, or significance. Idle talk. (And don’t forget – this is talking of what the Kingdom of God considers vain and useless , not what you or your friends consider vain and useless.) The BIBLE says we should shun this talk and it will increase to more ungodliness!
So I challenge you. Shun the empty discussions of things that don’t matter-- The things that are leading to ungodliness because they are not glorifying Him. Use your words wisely. And speak truth in love, and have purpose when you speak so that others will listen to you.
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