Bad Company - 1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.” 1 Corinthians 15:33 Don’t be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a person sows he will also reap, because the one who sows to his flesh will reap destruction from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit. Galatians 6:7-8 Paul wrote letters to churches in the city of Corinth and Galatia. Believers. And in both of them he says this: do not be deceived. So, just in case I wonder, believers can be deceived. Even though He has given us a spirit of sound judgement (2 Timothy 1:7), in my pride, I can ignore that divine power and be deceived. To the Corinthian church he warned them about what? Bad company. Bad company is a huge problem for believers today. Huge. It’s a huge problem for me. Follow me here. Almost every believer I know has an endless supply of bad company right in their pocket. All of those things that the book of Proverbs warns young men about are on my “smart” ph