Who are the people you associate yourself with? Do they make you a better person or not? This is a very essential question every Believer should ask themselves.
The Bible says in 1Corinthians 15:33 that...."𝑫𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅! 𝑬𝒗𝒊𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒖𝒑𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓, 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓" and it doesn't get truer than that.
If those who you call companions (close or influencial individuals) are carnally minded, you'll begin to exemplify their characters. Gradually, you'll begin to see your focus drift away from God to other unfruitful things.
No matter how spiritually sensitive you are, once you become closely entangled with a carnal mind or an Unbeliever, your mind will most likely get corrupted as well.
The Bible also says that..."𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒚". Just having one wrong person in your sphere of influence is enough to infect you and lead to into doing things that are immoral and Ungodly.
Apostle Paul told this to the church in Corinth in his letter....
"Don't become partners with those who reject God. How can you make a partnership out of right and wrong? That's not partnership; that's war. Is light best friends with dark? Does Christ go strolling with the Devil? Do trust and mistrust hold hands? Who would think of setting up pagan idols in God's holy Temple? But that is exactly what we are, each of us a temple in whom God lives." [2Corinthians 6:14 (MSG)]
Mind the ones you entangle with; Anyone whose presence in your life is slowly pulling your focus away from God shouldn't be a special friend. Quite close relationships with people who refuse to embrace God's love but love things that are contrary to Him.
It's very risky to bring people who are carnal close to you. They have the ability to cunningly draw your attention away from Jesus and make you behave like those who are not children of God.
Stay close and bring close those who inspire you to do God's will. Let those who live their lives according to Christ's purpose be influential to you. Trust me, those are the ones you'll need around you in this era.
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