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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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"ABSTAIN FROM ALL APPEARANCES OF EVIL" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
ABSTAIN FROM ALL APPEARANCES OF EVIL
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU DONE SOMETHING WRONG (SINNED) AND HOPED NO ONE SAW YOU? I HAVE MANY TIMES, IN MY PAST, AND HAD TO ASK GOD TO FORGIVE ME. THAT STILL DID NOT MAKE IT OK.
WHAT IF A YOUNG CHRISTIAN, WHO POSSIBLY LOOKED UP TO ME, SAW ME AND IT CAUSED HIM OR HER TO QUESTION THEIR BORN AGAIN EXPERIENCE?
THE REASON I MENTION THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 18:6 WHERE IT SAYS "But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea." THESE NEW BORN AGAIN CHRISTIANS ARE JUST BABIES IN CHRIST JESUS AND DON'T NEED TO SEE AN OLDER CHRISTIAN DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD MAKE THEM HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR SALVATION.
I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU. HAVE YOU EVER DONE SOMETHING THAT WAS OK FOR YOU TO DO BUT IF SOMEONE SAW YOU THEY MIGHT GET THE WRONG IDEA? FOR INSTANCE, GOING INTO A BAR TO WITNESS OR HAND OUT TRACTS ABOUT JESUS. IT WOULD BE PERFECTLY OK FOR YOU TO DO BUT IF SOMEONE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT YOU WERE DOING...SEE WHAT I MEAN?
THE VERSE I JUST MENTIONED COULD APPLY HERE BUT THERE IS ANOTHER VERSE THAT COMES TO MIND AND IT IS 1ST THESSALONIANS 5:22 WHICH SAYS "Abstain from all appearance of evil." I KNOW THAT ABSTAIN MEANS TO STOP BUT ANOTHER DEFINITION IS "To refrain from something by one's own choice". WE DO HAVE A CHOICE IN EVERYTHING WE DO.
I WORE A BRACELET FOR A LONG TIME WITH THE INITIALS "WWJD" WHICH MEANT "WHAT WOULD JESUS DO". I BELIEVE IF WE WOULD ASK OURSELVES THAT QUESTION ON EVERYTHING WE DO, WE WOULD BE A MUCH BETTER WITNESS FOR JESUS AND OUR LIVES WOULD BE MUCH BETTER. I WISH I HAD DONE THIS BETTER IN MY WALK WITH THE LORD FOR THE LAST 68 YEARS.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
