SOCIETY: CHRISTIAN FAMILY & FRIENDS CAN HELP BRING US TO GOD

(Message by Tanny Keng)

1. Society

a) The first influence that may promote our obedience to God, is society. Our social environment is the first influence which affects us. It is the first influence we become aware of. Soon after birth, we began to relate to people around us, to our family and to friends of our family. And they began to influence us, for good or ill.

2. Christian Family And Friends Can Help Bring Us To God

a) Good company promotes good morals. This is the corollary of "bad company corrupts good morals" (1 Corinthians 15:33).

b) Timothy for example knew the scriptures "from childhood" (2 Timothy 3:15), his grandmother Lois, and mother Eunice, influenced him (2 Timothy 1:5).

c) Imagine that you lived in a town where 9 out of 10 homes were occupied by active, genuine, Christian families. Wouldn't it be easier for you to live pleasing to God in that society — because of the strong influence for good? Unfortunately, for most of us such a society is not the reality. 

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