You should have been around to school Jesus on that. You have taught Him a thing or two.
Matthew 23: you hypocrites!, hypocrites!, you hypocrites!, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are., blind guides!, You blind fools!, You blind guides!, Blind Pharisee!, You snakes!, You brood of vipers!,
Those were all taken from just one conversation!! You could have shown Him how He should have been more polite.
What is an appropriate time to use such language as you quote, especially in our culture and in our time? Colossians 4:5, at least in my interpretation, points towards tailoring our language:
Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
I'll also point out that at least according to my interpretation of the guidelines on the Religion Forum, I would not recommend that anyone here call others here "snakes" or "hypocrites":
But he must not say "You are Satanic." That would be "making it personal." The Bible is always a legitimate source on the Religion Forum, so a poster might quote the Bible where Jesus called Peter "Satan." If a post serves no debate purpose (flame bait or 'making it personal' by devious means) - it would be pulled.When in doubt, avoid the use of the pronoun "you" and Freeper's names - or put yourself in the other guy's shoes.
I am no great theologian, but I highly doubt that this policy somehow keeps us from obeying God's commands. In fact, if this policy were removed, this forum would be even worse.
Paul was talking there to the masters of slaves. He was talking about how to talk to "outsiders" who may not have heard the gospel. Jesus was talking to abstinent leaders of the synagogue who had corrupted the word of God just as the Catholic Church leaders have.
You may also want to take my comments in context. I was simply pointing out that Jesus wasn't always so nicey, nicey when dealing with those how pervert what scripture says.