Titus 1:15-16 – To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted. 16 They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.
Some people never seem to see the good in anything. It seems they always have something negative to say about everyone and everything. Darkness protects itself while surrounding itself with light. A dark room surrounded by fully lit rooms. Beware of these people, their darkness is projected outward. Keep in mind the word of God that states “Do not be misled: ”Bad company corrupts good character.” (1 Corinthians 15:33) After spending time in the influence of such people we are advise in V34 to “come back to your senses” and to “stop sinning.”
People who claim to know God but outwardly project the darkness of their own heart, people that project the evil motives that dwell in the unredeemed cesspool of their souls, can get us dirty. Of course we are aware of those who don’t claim Jesus as their Savior. That is an obvious person to love and pray for, but to not let them influence. Some seem so wise, they have many seemingly wise sayings, but a true statement that brings one to a wrong conclusion is a rancid lie. Don’t allow ourselves to fall under their influence and thereby allow them to plant seeds of infidelity and suspicion regarding the pure faith God has given to us. The unbelievers call good to be evil and call evil to be good.
More treacherous are those who pervert the Word of God to mean what it was never meant to mean. We must examine the fruit, not the souls, which is a task for God alone, but the fruit of those who say they speak the Truth (Matthew 7:15-20). This is not the judging of souls, but the examining the evidence of what they produce. Jesus told us to do that. If a person lives in sin and refuse to repent of it, or spreads doctrine contrary to the Word, we can see that and know to not heed the words of such a person. Jesus warned of wolves among the sheep. Some wolves attempt to deceive and some are themselves deceived and not even able to look at their own reflection and see that they are a wolves.
To avoid deception we must walk and talk with the Holy Spirit and allow Him to saturate our minds and cleans our hearts with the Holy and Inerrant Word of God. Any teacher or speaker that love does not flow from is suspect. It all begins with love (Matthew 22:37-40). Of course, that is not to toss away righteousness, because the Word of God is righteous and holy and has no place for one who stubbornly abides in sin (1 John 3:6).
Let’s beware the person who condemns everything and loves little, or maybe not at all. For God knows the evil we do. He knows the evil that has lived in our hearts, but He came to save us because He sees what He can make us to be. He sees the positive through the negative, He continually evicts the negative to bring to light the positive. We must help others as we have been helped. We point them to Jesus that may have new and purified minds and hearts (Romans 12:2, Ephesians 4:22-24, Ezekiel 11:19, Psalm 51:10). The person with God within is aware of evil but does not only see evil. The person of God also sees potential. He sees the horror of a soul living for the enemy, but the potential of God to redeem and make healthy, whole and beautiful that soul through Jesus who is the lover and healer to all who will come to him. We know that we have also been enemies and are only friends because Jesus knew that He could wash us clean and bring us into His home to live.
Let’s love each other. Let’s see in the unredeemed the possibility of redemption. Let’s see in the reprobate the possibility healing and beauty. Let’s know that with God all things are possible. Let’s cast aside the primal thinking of the world and embrace the infinitely surpassing beauty of the wisdom and love of God. Let’s recognize Godly works and be thankful to God for them. Yes, we discern evil from good, but we condemn no person. Evil works we discern, but we condemn no person. Let’s see what God sees in others. Let’s see with God’s eyes. Then we will realistically see the world with the knowledge that Jesus makes the difference. We will see the world through loving eyes. Praise God!
Psalm 150:6 – Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
Micah 7:7 – But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.
Micah 6:8 – He has shown You, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.