Are You Making God's Thoughts Your Own? - Conclusion of OUR THOUGHTS AFFECT OUR ACTIONS

Do we share the view of Jehovah and Jesus?  Have we made it our own? What do our actions reveal?  For instance, suppose we are attracted to a certain style of dress or grooming that is likely to upset some on the congregation or that may well arouse passion in the minds of others. Will our loving concern for fellow believers  override our personal preferences in style? -1 Timothy 2:9, 10.

A third example: Jehovah hates unrighteousness.  (Isaiah 6:1, 2) While he knows that we have some wrong inclinations because of inherited imperfection, he exhorts us to cultivate similar hatred for unrighteousness.  (Read Psalm 97:10) Meditating on why Jehovah detests badness will help us to make his view our own, giving us added strength to resist wrongdoing.

Cultivating Jehovah's view of unrighteousness will also help us identify certain practices as wrong, even though they are not specifically mentioned in God's Word.  For example, lap dancing, is a form of  lewd conduct that is becoming more common in the world.  Some might excuse such conduct, reasoning that it is not the same as outright sexual relations.  But do such actions reflect he thinking of God, who abhors every kind of badness?  Let us stay far from wrongdoing by cultivating self-control as well as an abhorrence of what Jehovah hates. -Romans 12:9.

Next time: Are You Making God's Thoughts Your Own? - GIVING ADVANCE THOUGH TO FUTURE DECISIONS

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