by Charles R. Swindoll
Bad company corrupts good morals. —1 Corinthians 15:33
Compromise never works. We always get burned. Even though we rationalize around our weak decisions and tell ourselves that wicked associations really won’t harm us (“they’ll get better, our good will rub off their bad!”), we get soiled in the process.
If you put on a pair of clean white gloves on a rainy day and then go out into the backyard to the flowerbed and pick up a glob of mud, trust me, the mud will never get “glovey.”
The gloves will definitely get muddy. Every time.
In all my sixty-plus years on earth, I have never seen glovey mud. Not once.
In simple terms, that’s what 1 Corinthians 15:33 is saying: “Do not be deceived: ‘Bad company corrupts good morals.’”
n’t Get Burned!
by Charles R. Swindoll
Bad company corrupts good morals. —1 Corinthians 15:33
Compromise never works. We always get burned. Even though we rationalize around our weak decisions and tell ourselves that wicked associations really won’t harm us (“they’ll get better, our good will rub off their bad!”), we get soiled in the process.
If you put on a pair of clean white gloves on a rainy day and then go out into the backyard to the flowerbed and pick up a glob of mud, trust me, the mud will never get “glovey.”
The gloves will definitely get muddy. Every time.
In all my sixty-plus years on earth, I have never seen glovey mud. Not once.
In simple terms, that’s what 1 Corinthians 15:33 is saying: “Do not be deceived: ‘Bad company corrupts good morals.’”
We can really get burned by compromise. It usually weakens our resolve and tarnishes our reputation. This is why the Lord tells us not to be unevenly yoked with a non-believer spouse. It can be deadly at its worst; and become a source of weariness at its least.
Amen..We need to inspire people to be better and not to be dragged down by negative influences.
Now, more than ever, we need to live up to the call that God has placed on our lives.
What if you are not quit sure what that call is?
I mean, the call to come apart from the world and live as Christ did; unselfish, unpretentious and unencumbered. Freedom from sin is the only way to go.
I real call of sacrifice and committement but also rewarding.
Sacrifice is the key word.
So hard to accept sometimes. The flesh keeps whining!
I know it is. But, Jesus paid the price for us so we don’t have to be a slave to our flesh. Thank you Lord for your provision.
I admire your strong faith, fratello e amico mio, continua cosi.
Nothing to admire. I fall down sometimes; but the one thing I never do is: quit.
Si, anche io, cado e poi mi alzo!