I didn't know till today how words come from someone have the power to conceive evil in to our body. Someone who is filled with evil thoughts and ideas; someone who transmits a negative statement contrary to the word of God has no shame in his/her face and he/she deliberately delivers the evil words with high level of perfection.
A bad friendship with the wrong person will destroy the good character from us.If we see that we are inappropriately tied to the wrong person in any form of relationship, we don't have to be foolish and be destroyed with it. We must flee from it before the time comes we too will have corrupted character.
Do not be misled: Bad company corrupts good character. [Don't fool yourselves. Bad friends will destroy you]. -Corinthians 15:3
We know what happened at the time of Sodom and Gomorrah. People never listened to the message that was brought to them to lead them in to God's way. They were very stubborn and unwilling to turn form their evil ways. They had no shame in the sins they were doing.
So the Lord came down in his anger and destroyed the city with a fire came down from above. But some had followed the way of the Lord at the time and refused to do evil. That is why the Lord spared the other city before he began to destroy it.
No matter how good the sinner sounds, we shouldn't go with it no matter what.We shouldn t flow with the crowd. The crown always seems to be safe for us but it is always in danger of unrighteousness. Unless we stand out by faith and resist temptations, then we will be destroyed with the crowd. We know what has happened to the city of Gomorra after wards.
"Run for your lives! Don't even look back. And don't stop in the valley. Run to the hills, where you will be safe." -Genesis 19:17
Sometimes what we should really do is to run for our lives. But we tend to have pity to those the Lord has prepared to destroy. It could be a city or sin or a friend or a family member. We pity them and before we know it we are caught up with their sins
Who plays with fire or stays that long and not be burned. The problem is we think we can offer help for them. One way or another we tend to have the compassion and love the Lord has showed up on us. I am telling the truth nothing is impossible if we try hard enough and long enough.
Salvation doesn't come from men for men. It can come through men to men but that is completely undetermined and we don't know when. The Bible says if you see somebody who is about to perish and don't tell him that he is doing the wrong thing and he dies, then God will seek his blood from your hand.
This means a little bit contradictory to what it says flee from sin and sinners.
But to tell that what they are doing is wrong but then not to partake any of their evil actions is what makess these two points the same. Sometimes we may have a very wicked heart, a very stinky one when the evil turns out to have control over our thoughts, feelings and desires even if it is for just few seconds.
Nobody can deceive us unless we want to. Flesh is the main battle field since it is where many unwanted things are going on. Never agree in to the sin of homosexuality and sexual imorality, that is insane. That is for any kind of sexual immorality. This includes inappropriate sex.
God is so good that he tends to be not very much controlling in to our lives and day to day activities. But He also expects us to take decent and disciplined, unselfish and more responsible actions. That is what he said, dominate and subdue the earth and it belongings.
But we don't know what we want. Do we? We just do all manner of things and have no clue what we are doing. The wisest men end up doing some stupid staff and the smartest one sometimes looks foolish in front of everyone.
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All conversations are not constructive. In fact some are venomus to your soul. How is our learning ability affected by so called uplifting entertainment? We can learn how a certain component work or how do we deal with something which we thought is hard to understand but in fact it will be easy if we follow some guidelines. We may entertain and have fun but learn as well.
Don't make friends with anyone who has a bad temper. -Proverbs 22:24
Am I ready for the right kind of relationship? What is the will of God regarding my relationship? You need to ask these questions before you join someone in a marital relationship. That is so important. It is believed to have your trainings completed before you tried to do it your self. Marriage by itself is a self duplicated copy of what you doing with your life. How would you teach your son that you don't know?
How would you lead your family that you have no idea of doing it by yourself? Life is not going to be simpler when family becomes two or more individuals living together under the same roof especially for men. Men above all things need to take charge of their household. Unless you learn how to do that, what is the meaning of a relationship? It is not my idea or the devil s but it is God s word who teaches that. To be reluctant on this regard is considered disobedience.
Do not take anything evil from no one? When someone speaks evil against everyone then you need to speak up. When someone speaks a negative statement, then you have to resist and reject. That somehow comes from the devil. Don't allow your life to be damaged due to someone's negativity.
May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit lead us to eternal blessing and joy, in Jesus Name, AMEN!
Jude 1:3 - My dear friends, I really wanted to write you about God's saving power at work in our lives. But instead, I must write and ask you to defend the faith that God has once for all given to his people. Some godless people have sneaked in among us and are saying, "God treats us much better than we deserve, and so it is all right to be immoral." They even deny that we must obey Jesus Christ as our only Master and Lord. But long ago the Scriptures warned that these godless people were doomed.
Don't forget what happened to those people that the Lord rescued from Egypt. Some of them did not have faith, and he later destroyed them. You also know about the angels who didn't do their work and left their proper places. God chained them with everlasting chains and is now keeping them in dark pits until the great Day of Judgment.
We should also be warned by what happened to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and the nearby towns. Their people became immoral and did all sorts of sexual sins. Then God made an example of them and punished them with eternal fire.
The people I am talking about are behaving just like those dreamers who destroyed their own bodies. They reject all authority and insult angels. Even Michael, the chief angel, didn't dare to insult the devil, when the two of them were arguing about the body of Moses. All Michael said was, "The Lord will punish you!"Â But these people insult powers they don't know anything about. They are like senseless animals that end up getting destroyed, because they live only by their feelings.
Now they are in for real trouble. They have followed Cain's example and have made the same mistake that Balaam did by caring only for money. They have also rebelled against God, just as Korah did. Because of all this, they will be destroyed.
These people are filthy minded, and by their shameful and selfish actions they spoil the meals you eat together. They are like clouds blown along by the wind, but never bringing any rain
They are like leafless trees, uprooted and dead, and unable to produce fruit.
Their shameful deeds show up like foam on wild ocean waves. They are like wandering stars forever doomed to the darkest pits of hell. Enoch was the seventh person after Adam, and he was talking about these people when he said:
Look! The Lord is coming with thousands and thousands of holy angels to judge everyone. He will punish all those ungodly people for all the evil things they have done.
The Lord will surely punish those ungodly sinners for every evil thing they have ever said about him.
These people grumble and complain and live by their own selfish desires. They brag about themselves and flatter others to get what they want. My dear friends, remember the warning you were given by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.
They told you that near the end of time, selfish and godless people would start making fun of God.
And now these people are already making you turn against each other. They think only about this life, and they don't have God's Spirit. Dear friends, keep building on the foundation of your most holy faith, as the Holy Spirit helps you to pray.
And keep in step with God's love, as you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to show how kind he is by giving you eternal life.
Be helpful to all who may have doubts. Rescue any who need to be saved, as you would rescue someone from a fire. Then with fear in your own hearts, have mercy on everyone who needs it. But hate even the clothes of those who have been made dirty by their filthy deeds.
Offer praise to God our Savior because of our Lord Jesus Christ! Only God can keep you from falling and make you pure and joyful in his glorious presence. Before time began and now and forevermore, God is worthy of glory, honor, power, and authority. Amen