Be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the
error of the lawless. 2 Peter 3:17 NIV
Sometimes a mistake that people make is to assume that
Christianity is a passive religion. The teachings of Jesus and the epistle
writers are full of calls to action. Be
on your guard! Don’t just let the world swirl around you and permeate your
thinking. Watch out for false teaching.
Be discerning. Read the Bible so you can find out what is true. Learn to
be suspicious of anything that feeds your pride or greed. Paul in Ephesians
talks about our spiritual struggle and advises us to put on the armour of God. James tells us to resist the devil. Nothing
passive about all that. In fact the
words conjure up images of fighting and defending.
“Carried away” suggests a willingness to allow ourselves to
just go with the flow. It might seem
like the easier way to live but inevitably we will come upon some difficulty
and we will be left without the support of a strong faith. How quickly discouragement and depression
overwhelm us when our minds are full of lies. We need to be vigilant and
regularly do housecleaning of our minds so that we can toss out destructive
thinking patterns and beliefs.
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