Hold a High Standard

Young man, take your stand as a Christian. Your reputation is built one day at a time. You can never rebuild some things that are turned down. Don’t give yourself over to loose living and carelessness. We are told in 1 Thessalonians 5:22 to even “abstain from all appearance of evil.” Don’t do anything that is unholy or even questionable. You might later repent of it and receive God’s forgiveness and the forgiveness of the people concerned; but just as surely as you drive in that “nail,” the hole will still be there when it is pulled out. The scar will remain.

Young woman, what kind of young man do you want to be with? Associate with one who has the right principles, who doesn’t apologize for the fact that he has morals; and together you can set the standard for conduct by your Christian example.