Assumptive Language

Our church is now two weeks into The Truth Project. My prayer has been that God would open our eyes to His truth, and that we would be aware of how the culture attacks a biblical worldview. This week's lesson addresses that very topic.

The opening segment of this week's lesson helps us see the insidious way culture attacks our worldview, while foisting their own worldview upon others. The example of Carl Sagan's Cosmos is great because most schools probably allowed that to be shown in classrooms across the country. By doing it this way, millions of young minds were exposed to an anti-biblical worldview without ever directly addressing the issue.

I hope you see this as a wake-up call as a leader to be attentive to words. As a leader of a small group, you must be on the look-out for assumptive language of group members. When they use assumptive language that leads them from God's truth, your task is to help guide them back to the truth, as commanded in 1 Timothy 3:16. We don't do this in an "ugly" way, but with grace and compassion.

Beyond you catching people using assumptive language, you should try and help others learn how to discern when assumptive language is being used. If you can do this in your home, workplace, and small group, then you will have equipped people to be better equipped to interact with the world. In essence, you will have multiplied yourself to increase your influence with others for the cause of Christ.