Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Walk in the Daylight
"Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy" (Romans 13:13 nkjv).
Much of the entertainment industry wants to make bad things look good and good things look bad. They'll take something that's forbidden, something we know is sinful, and make it look very appealing by the way they present it.
Then they'll take something that's good, virtuous, and wholesome, and make fun of it or even outright attack it.
Yet the Bible tells us, "Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy" (Romans 13:13 nkjv).
Let me put that into the modern vernacular: Don't party and drink. Have you ever been in a place where a group of people are drinking, and they get louder and louder? Pretty soon no one even knows what they're laughing at.
The Christian should be under the control of the Holy Spirit not alcohol or drugs. Ephesians 5:18 tells us, "Don't be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit" (nlt).
Then there is the word: lewdness, which comes from a Greek term that simply means "bed." It holds the same connotation as two people going to bed together. We understand that doesn't mean taking a nap. |
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