Adam and Eve spoke the same language, they understood each other. God and the angels spoke the same language, they understood each other. The serpent in the Garden of Eden spoke the same language, with the exception of speaking with a forked tongue. Although the language was common, the serpent was skilled in the art of deception and lying. Similar to crafting a question designed to elicit an answer in favor of the questioner.
Every language has words for laughter, leadership, death, pain and suffering. Not every language has a word for compromise, deception, irony and risk. Politicians and business moguls have had their own language for centuries. The language of power and money has always been understood by those with unbridled ambition. They cross-communicate with one another with the efficiency of a surgeon doing heart surgery.
Language is essential to spread the Bible’s message of the good news. Language is so important that God established a way to communicate the plan of salvation with only one-syllable words. God so loved the world and gave His son to die for us on a cross. That kind of language searches a scholar or a peasant. “For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation” Romans 10:10. The message and the method of delivery are elementary. But the consequences are vast.
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