Abstain from Every Form of Evil | John Giftah | Christian Sermon

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0:49 Speaker 2: Hello everyone, Welcome to this edition of the Fuel for the Soul with John Giftup Podcasts, where I'm going to talk to you today on an important aspect of abstaining from every form of evil. The scripture I want to talk to you today from is first found in first the Salonians five verse twenty two, which says, as I just read it, abstained from every form of evil. You see, guys, I know, we may say, John, you know what, Yes, I need to not have anything to do with sin. I should not entertain sin and all of these things I understand that.

1:20 Speaker 2: And you know, most of the time when we think about that, we just look at broad classifications. You know what, I'm not murdering someone. I'm not you know, getting into the place of committing adultery, or I'm not going and stealing or committing some big crime in the national scale or international scale. Yes, that's all there. But there's something I want you to understand that. You know, God's standard is not the way we look at things. Right, the Bible says abstained from every form of evil, which means that there is evil in this world without a doubt.

1:52 Speaker 2: Everywhere we turn around we see evil. It could be in the form of, you know, somebody just gossiping about somebody else. That's evil. Right. It can even be in the form of you know, or like you just crawl through your phone and you know, getting into unnecessary pictures or videos that can contaminate your mind. That's evil. You know, there's so much of manipulation happening. There's so much of you know, the way people's mind and their soul and their very being is corrupted. You know, if you if you're listening to certain kinds of songs all the time, what happens is without you realizing that that that is going to affect you, that evil in that is going to also affect you.

2:34 Speaker 2: Sometimes people think it's just a song. No, you don't realize it, like you know, sometimes you don't realize the part of the words of the songs. Right. The Bible says life and lia and the part of the tongue. And when you keep listening to such songs without you realizing, you're agreeing to those things. You know, the Bible says faith comes by the hearing of the word right. And so if you're listening to something bad without or you're listening or hearing something bad, what is happening is just tending to believe in those things, even if they're not in accordance to the world of God.

3:06 Speaker 2: You know, there are songs I've listened sometimes, very rarely, I've listened to secular songs. And there was the time, I think there was this famous song called love Me Like You Do, and there was this line which says, you know, I'm not thinking straight. You know, at some point I was so excited to listen and I was singing along and this line that came I'm not thinking straight. Just you know, the Holy spirit convicted me and said, wait, what did you just say? I'm not thinking straight? You know?

3:32 Speaker 2: And then I realized, like, if I keep confessing that, if I keep saying that with no amount of time, I may end up, you know, like literally my mind may not be straight. I will be corrupted. You know, because you're agreeing with that. You get what I'm saying. You know that That's the reason I always say. You know, I'm not saying don't listen to secular songs or you know, there's no such thing as you know, don't listen or watch any movies or something like. I'm not saying like that. I say, you know, always before you listen to something, check is that something that adds value?

4:05 Speaker 2: Is that something that is good? Is that something that has any evil attached to it? You know, I know that a lot of good, good secular songs, which maybe they can be inspirational, patriotic that maybe I love a lot of songs like that. That's totally fine as long as it does not, uh, you know, take the place of God. As long as it does not have anything that does not align with the will of God or the word of God, it's fine. But what I'm saying is you have to be very careful. There are people who you know, think, oh, for example Alvien, like, oh, you know, it is just fun.

4:44 Speaker 2: No, what is attached to it is evil. Or in India, a lot of people get into something called yoga. They say it's just exercise on the outside. It's exercise on the outside, but it's based out of Hindu religious pactresses and Hindu deities, and most of those supposes are in confirm uh, they actually confirmed to where is idols and eighties worshiped, which actually have those demons behind them. So you have to be careful. Like even certain festivals that people celebrate day, they seem like just cultural festivals or things that you see from the outside, but on the inside you have realized that they are rooted in evil.

5:27 Speaker 2: That's why the Bible says stay away from every form of evil. Check out. Don't just be naive. Oh it's just a fun thing. No, what is the root behind it? What is the you know, like, you don't want to invite the demons behind them without you realizing the demons behind them. You don't want that to happen in your life. Guys, and I challenge you today, I challenge you every form of evil, whether it can be something as small let look small like you know, even unforgiveness toward somebody, bitterness, a wrong attitude.

6:06 Speaker 2: All of that is evil, right, All of that is evil. And that's why if anything does that's not aligned with the standard of God, the will of God, the word of God is evil. Okay, it's it's not. It does not give you the permission to stay there. So my challenge is, if there is something in your mind that needs to change, let this be a sermon that reminds you to do that. If there's a change you need to do to your gadget so that you're not browsing into websites that you're not supposed to, let this be a wake of car.

6:44 Speaker 2: If you're somebody who needs to make a change, maybe you need to quit smoking, quit drinking, quit some bad habit, quit pornography, quit addictions that you need to. You may say I'm not able to do it with God's help. Let's see a difference. The first step is you making a resolve that with help, with the help of God, you will be able to do it. Because as long as you are comfortable in it, you will not be able to come out of it. You need to get to the place where you are angry and mad and say, you know what, I don't want this.

7:20 Speaker 2: I don't want this lifestyle. I don't want this addiction. I don't want to be comfortable in this. And when you get to that place and help take the help of the Holy Spirit in your life, that's how you will break out and see the victory in your life. Amen, God bless you.

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