The Company You Keep...

You’ve heard the nominal Christian say, “Jesus hung out with prostitutes and tax collectors”, referencing to us that it’s okay if we spend a lot of time with people heavily engrossed in sinful behavior. Well, I hate to be the bearer of bubble-bursting news, but it’s foolish to hang around those types of people. Instead it tells us to run the other way, or when enticed by sinners, “turn your back on them”. Sure, we can’t isolate ourselves from the entire world, that’s not what I’m addressing here. It’s just the friends you choose determine the atmosphere you’ll be in. If you are foolish enough not to listen, you will be the recipient of the consequences of their sin, or your sin for compromising. The fate of all who are greedy, is robbed of life.

10 My child, if sinners entice you,turn your back on them!11 They may say, “Come and join us.Let’s hide and kill someone!Just for fun, let’s ambush the innocent!12 Let’s swallow them alive, like the grave;let’s swallow them whole, like those who go down to the pit of death.13 Think of the great things we’ll get!We’ll fill our houses with all the stuff we take.14 Come, throw in your lot with us;we’ll all share the loot.” 15 My child, don’t go along with them!Stay far away from their paths.16 They rush to commit evil deeds.They hurry to commit murder.17 If a bird sees a trap being set,it knows to stay away.18 But these people set an ambush for themselves;they are trying to get themselves killed.19 Such is the fate of all who are greedy for money;it robs them of life. Proverbs 1:10-19