DISTRACTIONS CAN WASTE AWAY YOUR LIFE--Don't Be Cursed By The Blessings of Technology

The Saints at the Epicenter were immersed in a self-seeking, lust-feeding culture. When they came to Christ they had to go on living in that world. To make it through life without getting neutralized, defeated, and sidelined, God’s Word taught them the key to godly living, which is: Avoiding what Displeases God

In the world that the New Testament was written, saints learned that they had to avoid the overpowering culture of amusements. Most Roman citizens were drawn into the gaming world of spectacles in the arenas.

A non-stop calendar of events began in the capital city of Rome and soon went to the furthest flung provinces, of ever increasingly exciting spectacles: live gladiatorial fights to the death; and men vs. ravenous beasts; and beasts vs. beasts fighting to the death; duels, bloody deaths, shocking sights, and intense visual stimulation. The roar of the crowds became intoxicating and no one wanted to miss the events that often ran all day long for days at a time.

The overpowering Gladiatorial gaming culture of the 1st Century that troubled, tempted, and weakened the early church has morphed into an even more alluring 21st century, irresistible, and almost inescapable culture that even the lost world is sitting up and sounding a warning cry about.

What is the Ultimate Temptation?

The ultimate temptation is anything that can distract us from God. We are to love Him most, seek Him first, program Him as our destination in life, set Him as the start-up page of our day, and tune our minds to listen Him.

All of those choices come back to our minds. Anything that can even slightly pull our minds regularly away from God is a temptation. Today we live with seemingly the strongest and most universal temptation since the days of Noah.
How clearly are you seeing God these days? Crystal clear, bright, and empowering, or has God gotten blurred over the past weeks and months of life that have gone by? If so, you may have gotten infected with distraction.

One great benefit of this chosen lifestyle of “reverence” for God is that when we do so, we see Him in His glory and it changes us.
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