4 You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. ~ James 4:4
What you do not hate, you will defend. What you defend, you will support. What you support will consume you. What consumes you will define who you are. This is the way it has been from the very beginning. Sin is always crouching at your door, desiring to be a god to you, but you must rule over it (Genesis 4:7).
Oftentimes, hating sin is difficult, especially when it involves a friend, loved one, or ourselves. We want to justify instead of correct. We want to make excuses instead of making changes. Why? Because we love our flesh. We love the darkness instead of the light. We don’t want to offend anybody or make anyone feel like they are living in sin.
But this isn’t the way God intended us to be. There are no grey areas with God. Everything is in black and white. It’s either right or it’s wrong. And all wrongdoing is sin. And all sin we must abstain from. We must shun the very appearance of evil (1 Thessalonians 5:22). Why? Because there cannot be unrighteousness with God. There cannot be evil with God. There cannot be unholiness with God. So we have to consecrate ourselves. We have to stay away from sin and reject it. We cannot make excuses for ourselves or anyone else. We have to be children of the Light (1 Thessalonians 5:5).
Don’t allow any form of darkness to separate you from the love of God. For it promises you and those around you happiness, but happiness is relative and conditional. It’s not stable but wavers from day to day. Only True joy is unshakeable and our strength. And true joy can only be attained in Christ Jesus.
Peace. Love. Go Forth and Be Of The Light.
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