Keeping Good Company (2 of 4)
Series: Under Construction
Jeff Strite
Psalm 1:1-6
(Poem)
''All the water in the world - however hard it tried,
could never, never sink a ship... unless it got inside.
All the temptations of this world might wear you pretty thin,
but they won't hurt you, one least bit... unless you let them in.''
(I'm afraid I could not find the identity of the author)
It's a repeated theme of Scripture - you should not let temptation rule your life. Don't let sin get inside because it will sink your ship. Of course, the question is - how does sin get inside? What could we possibly do that would allow temptation to take us down?
One of the answers (though not the only one) is that sin gets inside because of who we hang out with. We're warned in I Corinthians 15:33 - Do not be deceived: ''Bad company ruins good morals.''
And Proverbs 13:20 tells us ''Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.''
And, of course, here in Psalm 1 we have the same warning: ''Blessed is the man who walks NOT in the counsel of the wicked, NOR stands in the way of sinners, NOR sits in the seat of scoffers'' Psalm 1:1
DON'T DO THAT!!!
Don't spend your time with folks who are wicked, who enjoy sin, who mock righteousness.
ILLUS: Why? Because the people we hang out with have an effect on us. Folks who allow this influence reminds me of the story of a little boy had a large shaggy dog on a leash.
Someone asked the boy ''Where are you taking him?''
''I don't know yet,'' the boy replied, ''but when he makes up his mind where he wants to go, I'm gonna take him there.''
People around us can tend to drag us where THEY want to go. In our culture it's often referred to as ''Peer Pressure.''
ILLUS: Several years ago, Dr. James Dobson told of an experiment they studied the ways in which group pressure influences young people. They gathered 10 teens in a room and told them they were going to evaluate ...
Series: Under Construction
Jeff Strite
Psalm 1:1-6
(Poem)
''All the water in the world - however hard it tried,
could never, never sink a ship... unless it got inside.
All the temptations of this world might wear you pretty thin,
but they won't hurt you, one least bit... unless you let them in.''
(I'm afraid I could not find the identity of the author)
It's a repeated theme of Scripture - you should not let temptation rule your life. Don't let sin get inside because it will sink your ship. Of course, the question is - how does sin get inside? What could we possibly do that would allow temptation to take us down?
One of the answers (though not the only one) is that sin gets inside because of who we hang out with. We're warned in I Corinthians 15:33 - Do not be deceived: ''Bad company ruins good morals.''
And Proverbs 13:20 tells us ''Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.''
And, of course, here in Psalm 1 we have the same warning: ''Blessed is the man who walks NOT in the counsel of the wicked, NOR stands in the way of sinners, NOR sits in the seat of scoffers'' Psalm 1:1
DON'T DO THAT!!!
Don't spend your time with folks who are wicked, who enjoy sin, who mock righteousness.
ILLUS: Why? Because the people we hang out with have an effect on us. Folks who allow this influence reminds me of the story of a little boy had a large shaggy dog on a leash.
Someone asked the boy ''Where are you taking him?''
''I don't know yet,'' the boy replied, ''but when he makes up his mind where he wants to go, I'm gonna take him there.''
People around us can tend to drag us where THEY want to go. In our culture it's often referred to as ''Peer Pressure.''
ILLUS: Several years ago, Dr. James Dobson told of an experiment they studied the ways in which group pressure influences young people. They gathered 10 teens in a room and told them they were going to evaluate ...
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