Styles of Communication, Part 7 of 12

Now you need to understand that you’re responsible for the information that God provides for you in His Word whether you read it or not. Are there times to be lovingly and gently blunt when communicating? That's what we’ll consider in this lesson.

I ask you to please…

• Allow me to present the black and white facts as they are laid out in God’s word…I believe I’ve exhausted my resources with you, so now what will you do with what you’ve heard? 

Realist…

• 3:35

Warning…

• 1:43 (“strict”); 3:12 (“stern”); 4:24 (“take heed”); 8:15 (“take heed”), 30 (“strict”); 11:26 (conditional); 12:38-40 (“beware”); 13:5 (“take heed”), 9 (“watch out”), 23 (“take heed”), 33 (“take heed”), 35 (“watch”), 37 (“watch”)

Commanding…

• 2:14; 3:3, 5; 5:8, 36, 41, 43; 6:8, 38-39; 7:34, 36; 8:6, 33; 9:9, 19, 25; 10:49, 52; 11:2, 6, 22; 14:6; 16:15

Straightforward/forthright…

• 3:29; 6:37; 7:6, 16; 9:19; 

Statement of fact…

• 14:49 (“must”)

Pointedly…

• 7:20

Openly…

• 8:32

Stern…

• 3:12; 8:33

Rebuking…

• 4:39; 9:25; 16:14

Counter-cultural…

• 10:43-45 (it shall not be so among you…but whoever…and whoever…for even)

Why does God communicate in such a way at times? What do I need to take into consideration? We'll cover that next time in Part 8. 

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