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Tuesday, November 29, 2005

QT for the day! :) did something on 1 corinthians 5 today...a very good reminder that our actions should speak louder than our words...

what i've learnt from the following verses:
v6: Always always check what comes out of your mouth. what is said can spread like wildfire. DO NOT especially take pride in wickedness or mischief, much less boast about it.very often we feel good about getting away with doing something wrong, but pride comes before a fall,and sooner or later we reap the consequences of our wilful sin.

V11:" But i am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who calls himself a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolator or a slanderer, a drunkard or a swindler. with such a man do not even eat."
Remember that we bear the name of Christ. Paul is not saying that we should keep away from every single person who does these things, because, as he mentions in the next verse, we would then have to leave this earth. Rather, the key here is that we should watch out for those who call themselves Christians and yet do these things. what kind of testimony is that? what good is there to associate yourself with people who carry His name around yet constantly stain it by the way they live? Bad company corrupts good behaviour, therefore WATCH who you mix with. DOn't allow the evil one to use the title "brothers in Christ" to pull our guard down and then cause our Christian values to deteriorate because we were not watchful. DOn't allow those who are merely titled as Christians but do not reflect Christ's character to become stumbling blocks to our faith.

V12: before we look at the world and start pointing fingers at it, make sure that there are none among us who are doing the same thing. Kill the bad that is within before trying to impact those outside with the name of Christ. we are to be BLAMELESS and PERFECT, just as our heavenly FAther is PERFECT. what does it mean to be perfect? God has said that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, but i believe that "perfection" refers to "blamelessness" in the sight of those who don't know christ, and ALSO in the sight of those who do know Him. Let's not place ourselves in positions that are vulnerable to the attack of the evil one. let's live lives that are godly, so that God can use us as stepping stones, and that Satan will have no opportunity to turn us into stumbling blocks to CHristians and non Christians alike.

Dear Lord Jesus, may it be that You hold my life constantly in check, that if i ever become a stumbling block to Christians and non Christians alike, You would prompt me to turn away from any wicked way in me. "Search my heart, O God; may the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer".

[6:09 PM]
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