James1.26 If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless. 27 Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.
‘Tis difficult to live a righteous life in our corrupted world of heathenism, materialism, and narcissism. They are the pursuit of pleasure, possessions, pride. Or, the world, the flesh and the devil.
And what is the standard by which we evaluate our lives? What is the ruler by which we measure everything? It is the Word of God. We as believers, if we are to live right in a world gone wrong, have to know what God's standard is.
I heard an analogy from a friend of mine, a Mr. Shane Tebeck to be precise, about a fear that wells inside people It may be similar to the fear of blood/needles. A doctor has a certain personality that can tend to the psychical needs/injuries of others with out the queasiness in his stomach, nor getting lightheaded. Whereas there are those who can barely tolerate viewing a bloody nose. Perhaps likewise with we as Christians in the ministry. There are those who are gifted with patience and don’t easily take offense, and can adapt more to “hanging with the sinners”, whereas…some, might be more equipped for the people who’ve been fence sitting between belief in Christ, and a life with out him.
“I know, it’s a dog eat dog world out there…so Jesus, please holla back!”
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