Read Psalms 19: 7-9, 11; Ezekiel 3: 17-19, Mark 12: 17, John 17:15, Acts 4:31, Romans 13:7, 1 Corinthians 6: 9-10, Philippians 4:8, Colossians 3:23.
Keeping separate from the world, wow this is a subject that I like to talk about more in detail with those around who are looking for answer on how to maintain High Morals; these are troubling and disturbing times that are hard to deal with but, with proper association the times seem to go better when making sure that you are on the watch at all times.
What do we see in the world today? I see those fornicating in many ways such as cohabitation without the pursuit of marriage, those having a wife as well as a mistress in order to keep an interesting sex life, going by what they see in media such as stars doing things that are immoral but, no one thinks its wrong and, many other raunchy things that make me wonder what people I am forced to share this day in age with.
Positive association, excellent meeting attendance, prayer, proper bible study, and preaching work is the foundations that are needed to maintain spiritual conduct.
As a young adult I find those whom live outside god's laws and the scriptures listed above to be living a life of no morals or very little morals; I also find that many feel that being chaste is old fashion and, marriage is a waste of time.
The bible itself provides five components for true Christians to follow and, scriptures that are based on these five important components that Jehovah god has provided.
- Marriage Union must be honorable
- Headship principle must be respected by Christians
- Christians parents responsibility by children
- Christian should marry only Christians
- Polygamy not scriptural
I am going to provide scriptures later on when writing about these five components of the proper christian marriage and, this is one way of keeping separate from the world in the view of marriage for, there are those whom do not think marriage is important as it is. Marriage is very important and there are benefits of being married as well as not being married; there are ways that marriage protects you as well as how marriage keeps the morals alive and well.
A Chinese Proverb once said "A vacant mind is open to suggestions", now keeping all of this in mind could help make sure that you are not going to make the wrong decisions. Marriage on the basis of Christian and secular marriage is a start for some but, there are others out there I can also give by example.
Have you ever notice magnets with opposite poles attract? Have you notice those with the same poles repel? What does that mean for you when you are dealing with people of the world and, ones whom are true Christians?
Things that we see in the world can make us like two same poles that repel but, seeing what we see in God's word the bible attracts us like two opposite poles. Which is true when we have proper bible study on the normal daily basis and, more importantly looking at God's laws that are given to us in the scriptures in the bible help us to better understand what is expected of us as true Christian.
Now in the time of World War II during the Nazi era there were Christians in the concentration camps along with other religious groups; a true Christian would not stop his duties that have been set in place for him by God's words the bible but, we would try to perform any task put in front of him no matter how difficult that task may have been in order to show respect to a higher authority. This holds true to this very day when we are obeying the laws of the land and the laws that Jehovah God has set in place for us which is even greater. Remember what was said in Mark 12:17" Pay Cesar's things to Cesar but, Jehovah's things to Jehovah"; this is one of two important scriptures that keeps us separate from this world another scripture that I would like you to read is Acts 5: 29-32. In addition please read Romans 13: 1,7 which talks about obeying the laws of the land which in turn keeps up separate from this world; it also provides a foundation of what keeps us different from those who are violating both laws the laws of man and the laws of Jehovah.
Interesting after you read these scriptures that what I am trying to tell you is nothing that is not true and, things that we see all the time no matter what part of the world we go into because we can see that this day and age people are drawing away from Jehovah God rather towards him. There are many things that are out here that can keep us drawing away from Jehovah rather than closer to him, for example, if I make some money off of my dogs by fighting and not doing it again its okay-one step closer. If I go on this pornography site and watch these two women make love to one another and turn away to never look at it again its okay-one step closer. If I play this game that is consider violent but, I am only scarying people till the point they kill themselves, the people aren't real so that's okay because killing 2 or 3 out of thirty is not too bad-one step closer. This guy invented me to have a party and he'll give me $100 which is not too bad because you are being paid to have fun-one step closer.
Things like that and many other things can make the difference in how a person maintains moral conduct, I also would like you friends to read 2 Corinthians 7:1 on keeping physically and spiritually clean because as we see there are not too many of us other that are keeping these standards.
I would love for you to be back next week on another article that is based on God's words the bible and the article is entitled "God's Friends Do what is Good"; I hope that this one has helped you to rethink your moral conduct as well as help you to enrich and influence others to follow the same trait.
