Do you watch the company you keep?

Ever thought about the friends you spend much time with and how that relates to you relationship with God? According to the Word of God it is very important you evaluate this part of your life!

1 Corinthians 15:33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”

James 4:4 You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

Proverbs 12:26 The righteous should choose his friends carefully, For the way of the wicked leads them astray.

Be careful here is saying “well my friends are not wicked”, if they have not surrendered their lives to Jesus that are wicked in the sight of God!

Proverbs 13:20 He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will be destroyed.

Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;

1 Corinthians 5:11 But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—not even to eat with such a person.

So choose you friends wisely and those who are not following Jesus should be you priority is sharing the Word of God so they can give their lives to Christ! You are to shape their lives in a positive direction and not let then shape you life negatively!

Tom