The Triple filter Test

Dear Friend,



There are many people in this world that are quick to spread gossip about their friends and acquaintances. It is a shame that people find joy in bringing others down rather than lifting them up. As children of the Lord and representatives of Christ here on Earth, we are never to allow the temptation of spreading gossip to enter into our hearts. We are to uplift and love others just as God loves us. The Bible declares in Ephesians 4:31-32, “Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.” I encourage you to love your neighbor as yourself and lift others up whom you have seen have fallen.


I hope today's message ministers to your heart to never spread gossip about someone else because the damage that is caused is irreparable.



The Triple Filter Test
Author Unknown

In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem. One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher and said, “Do you know what I just heard about your friend?”


“Hold on a minute,” Socrates replied. “Before telling me anything, I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Triple Filter Test.”


“Triple filter?”


“That's right,” Socrates continued. “Before you talk to me about my friend, it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you're going to say. That's why I call it the triple filter test. The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?”


“No,” the man said, “actually I just heard about it and...”


“All right,” said Socrates. “So you don't really know if it's true or not. Now let's try the second filter, the filter of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my friend something good?”


“No, on the contrary...”


“So,” Socrates continued, “You want to tell me something bad about him, but you're not certain it's true. You may still pass the test though, because there's one filter left: the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me?”


“No, not really.”


“Well,” concluded Socrates, “If what you want to tell me is neither true nor good nor even useful, why tell it to me at all?”


This is why Socrates was a great philosopher and held in such high esteem.



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Gracious Father

Give me a heart that is pure so that my words may be pure. Give me a heart that is kind so that my words may be kind. Give me a heart that is full of joy and encouragement so that I may share these with those You bring to my path and with whom I share conversation. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen and Amen