Saturday, January 11 ~ O you who love Jehovah, hate what is bad.​—Ps. 97:10.

[GrumpysWife]

Saturday, January 11

O you who love Jehovah, hate what is bad.—Ps. 97:10.

 

Jehovah hates unrighteousness. (Isa. 61:8) While he knows that we have some wrong inclinations because of inherited imperfection, he exhorts us to cultivate similar hatred for unrighteousness. Meditating on why Jehovah detests badness will help us 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 the thinking of God, who abhors every kind of badness? Let us stay far from wrongdoing by cultivating self-control as well as an abhorrence for what Jehovah hates.—Rom. 12:9. w18.11 25 ¶11-12

Edited January 11, 2020 by trottigy

[Edwin34]

 

[trottigy]

And the footnote is worth adding:

 

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• * Lap dancing is defined as “an activity in which a usually seminude performer sits and gyrates on the lap of a customer.” Depending on the facts of an actual situation, this could constitute sexual immorality requiring judicial action. A Christian who has taken part in such activity should seek help from the elders.—Jas. 5:14, 15.

 

Edited January 11, 2020 by trottigy

[Lee49]

This daily text is really an excellent reminder for everyone, we live at a time when most things that the world deems appropriate, is actually inappropriate  in Jehovah"s

 view! Anything that we view on tv and movies, what we read and how we treat and speak and react  to others including those in the congregation can have a detrimental  affect both on us, our family members and others!