SYMPTOMS OF BACKSLIDING: BAD COMPANY

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15: 33

 

“Bad company ruins good morals.”


I Corinthians 15: 33 (revised standard version)

 

Experience in the ministry has taught me to take note of any Christian who keeps bad company. It is a very bad symptom, with a very poor prognosis. Bad company will eventually lead you to bad places. When you see a Christian who has bad friends, it is likely he will find his way out of church one-day. 

 

There is a saying: “Birds of the same feather flock together.” 

 

One Ghanaian proverb can be rendered: “show me your friend, and I will show you your character” This means that we can tell the kind of person you are by just looking at the kind of friends you have. 

 

If you are a real believer and you want to remain in Christ, then you need to have good friends. They should be real born-again Christians, who attend a ‘born-again” church. They must believe in the things you believe.

 

You must go to church together. Your friends must not have anything against your going to church. If they do, they must not be your friends!

 

If you keep bad friends they will eventually convert you or you will convert them. This, you must realize, requires a lot of wisdom and if you are not a stable Christian yourself, don’t attempt converting your bad friends- you may fall away yourself. 

 

 

Credits: Excerpts from

Backsliding: develop staying power

Bishop Dag Heward-mills

Comments

  1. Otsieni cornér13 December 2023 at 04:35

    Lord, may I keep good friends, friends who are of the same faith as mine for bad company ruins good morals

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  2. Agnes13 December 2023 at 05:50

    Lord give me wisdom in choosing my friends may I walk with friends who are believers and not non believers.Bad company ruins good morals.Help me ooh Lord.

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  3. Sumba13 December 2023 at 05:55

    The company you keep defines the life you lead. I pray for wisdom in choosing friends who are real born again Christians.

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  4. Irene13 December 2023 at 07:25

    Bad company ruins good morals. Bad company influences a christian to walk out of good morals hence backslide.

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  5. favour13 December 2023 at 08:27

    bad company will convert us and ruin our moral . the choice of company can affect our walk with Christ.

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  6. Nina orwa13 December 2023 at 08:43

    If you are not a stable Christian yourself, don’t attempt converting your bad friends- you may fall away yourself

    ReplyDelete

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