POISON CONTROL
If you were going to poison someone, would you just hand it to them, tell them it was good for them and expect them to drink it? Or course not. You'd make it palatable, hide it in foods that your victim enjoyed and give it little-by-little. Our enemy is wise and subtle. His desire is to poison us with cultural toxins without us ever even realizing it.
So, how is it possible to recognize the cultural toxins that surround us and infect us? Here's a four-step test:
1. Am I being entertained by sin?
2. Is this pleasing to God?
3. Does this lure me away from Christ?
4. Is my sensitivity to sin becoming calloused?
If you answer "yes" to any of these questions, you may want to pause and reassess what you're putting into your mind and soul and possibly take some steps to re-sensitize yourself to the cultural toxins that surround you.
Read 1 Thessalonians 5:21-28, Psalm 24:1-6
So, how is it possible to recognize the cultural toxins that surround us and infect us? Here's a four-step test:
1. Am I being entertained by sin?
2. Is this pleasing to God?
3. Does this lure me away from Christ?
4. Is my sensitivity to sin becoming calloused?
If you answer "yes" to any of these questions, you may want to pause and reassess what you're putting into your mind and soul and possibly take some steps to re-sensitize yourself to the cultural toxins that surround you.
Read 1 Thessalonians 5:21-28, Psalm 24:1-6
Thank you Pastor Tom! This is much needed at this point in my life!!
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