"Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech..." (2 Cor. 3:12) "...By good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple." (Rom. 16:18)

Alvey Augustus Adee (1842-1924), a U.S. Diplomat, served for 47 years in the State Department, rising to second assistant Secretary of State. When Adee was asked by President McKinley the best way to say "no" to six European ambassadors who were coming to see him to try to prevent war against Spain, he wrote on the back of an envelope: "The Government of the United States appreciates the humanitarian and disinterested character of the communication now made on behalf of the powers named, and for its part is confident that equal appreciation will be shown for its own earnest and unselfish endeavors to fulfill a duty to humanity by ending a situation the indefinite prolongation of which has become insufferable." The president read this message verbatim to the ambassadors. (From The Little Brown Book of Anecdotes, by Clifton Fadiman, p. 7)

Let us use great boldness and plainness of speech as we teach the gospel so that none will misunderstand or be deceived.