James 1:21-25
21 Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.
22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.
Moral filth & evil are 2 powerful statements. When you think of dirt or something being unclean think about how bad it has to get to consider it filthy. So moral filth, the utter and utmost uncleanliness of our morals, the basics of right and wrong. So even though we ALL know what right and wrong is this is addressing the worst of the wrong. Evil we know to be the opposite of good-Godly- pure, etc. These 2 are so common in the world & as CF's you'd think we'd know to steer clear but sometimes obviously we don't or we wouldn't be told to do so. Whats the point of giving of your time & energy into something if you've no intention of applying it to your life. You wouldn't go to school & take a class you have no intention of applying to your life and/or career, so we as STUDENTS of the bible (bible STUDY) wouldn't put time and energy into the Word if we didn't have reason to apply it to our lives. Personally, I'd consider that foolish & foolishness is not from God & a CF shouldn't have thoughts and/or actions that lead to that.
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