Don't Tease Temptation

Good Morning!! When it comes to sin,...we often set ourselves up for defeat, by see just how close we can get to the fire, without getting burned. We try to stand on the very edge of moral failure, or heady success, or romantic involvement,...without doing anything wrong. However, Paul tells us, that, is wrong. Our goal should be, not merely to keep from committing big, public sins but to abstain from anything that might lead us to sin, or even look like sin, to others. We are to foster a pure heart, and an irreproachable Christian witness.

Abstain from all appearance of evil.—1Thessalonians 5:22 (KJV)

While this command does not give the legalist the right to add to God's law, or raise God's standard of holiness, it should give the sincere Christian a timely warning about the dangers of sin,...it is not to be played with, tested out, or carelessly ignored,...it is to be avoided at all costs. Don't be satisfied with merely escaping the culmination of any sin; abstain from sin's beginnings, from its first flickering flame. Every sin, whether public and noticeable, or private and indiscernible,...must be conscientiously avoided, and battled.

Sin is not a toy,...stop playing with it.

Holy Spirit, keep us from flirting with sin, help us to avoid its very appearance. Allow our hearts and minds to be consecrated to the Lord,...let our lives be above reproach, to the glory of our Heavenly Father. Amen.

"God doesn't call us to be successful,...He calls us to be faithful."