Sometimes Biblical Truths are best delivered to a person (whether that person be a believer or a non-believer) by someone who has had personal experience with the specific truth in question.
If we are parents, we are much more likely to receive advice from someone else who is raising or has raised children. If we are dealing with mental illness we are much more likely to accept the wisdom of another who has been through similar circumstances.
And to be honest, sometimes it is very detrimental for a Christian to blurt out Biblical truth without any understanding or experience of the particular issue at hand.
Biblical truth is best given with the power and leading of the Holy Spirit, the love and compassion of Jesus and the heart of the Father – with deep humility and, if possible , a personal first hand understanding and education of the topic at hand.
It is also best received and accepted when given this way. Defense systems are more readily laid down and cracks of light can began to form in the wall that someone has put around their heart.
1 Corinthians 1:3-4
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”
Ephesians 4:15
“… but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ…”
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