Approve what is excellent

Approve what is excellent

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• impurity & compromise are cousins!

Philippians 1:10 KJV

• That ye may approve
• things that are excellent; that ye
• may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ.

Review these passages

• •1
• John 4:1
• •1
• Thessalonians 5:23
• •1
• Peter 1:14-16
• •Hebrews
• 12:14

Impurity & contamination is transmitted by:

Association

• •Description of the issue
• 1 Corinthians 5:7,8; Ephesians 5:11; 2 Corinthians 6:14; Revelation 2:14,20;
• •How is
• this applied to the real world today?
• Shiva is lord of Dance (Nataraja).
• This is a subtle way to bring sexual immorality and idolatry into the body. This is no
• different from the false teachings in Revelation 2.

Fellowship

• •Description of the issue
• Psalm
• 1:1; Ephesians 5:12; Exodus 23:2; Exodus 34:12;
• •
• •How is
• this applied to the real world today?
• The conversation
• encouraged on some talk shows, reality TV and call in programs are often
• subjective, trivial, unsavory
• and unbalanced. Those who subscribe to
• these types of programs can be driven by opinion, strong emotion and faulty
• thinking.

Interest

• •Description
• of the issue
• Revelation
• 2:24; James 1:14; Genesis 2:17;
• •
• •How is this applied to the real world today?
• Charlie
• game. A true story: 3 night shift nurses decided to play the Charlie game while
• on duty. A few nights later on the night
• shift a dispute arose between them resulting in 2 of them walking off the job.
• If you choose to make contact with demons, be prepared to have your life
• disrupted in the short-term and ruined in the long-term. There are always
• consequences whether you connect the dots or not.

Food for thought

• TV
• programs, advertisements and movies can be a key source of impurity. It only
• takes a single slide with an idolatry, witchcraft
• or sexual image among thousands of slides in a movie to expose the viewer to
• the stimulus needed to fall into a
• specific sin consistent with the image seen.
• The brain always registers these impure images
• even if the consciousness does not. You will know such an image exists only if
• your device can slow down slides or it accidentally sticks at the right moment.
• Even the most harmless of shows carry at least one of these impure slides.
• If you were able to examine the
• surrounding slides you would question why this one slide was inserted since it
• adds nothing to the storyline. This single slide seems to be the odd one out
• but from a spiritual perspective its presence always causes the viewer to sin
• in specific, predictable ways.

Investment

• •Description
• of the issue
• James
• 3:15,16; 1 Timothy 6:20,21;
• •
• •How is this applied to the real world today?
• Every one or thing God approves has been
• tested with fire. This includes the Word of God (Psalm 18:30). Many songs
• classified as Christian are simply ungodly babblings. When tested they either
• came from a limited, unbalanced view of Scripture (though there is enough
• Scripture to fool the unlearned) or were composed under the direction of a
• spirit other than the Holy Spirit. While the Spirit of God gives life these
• songs make the hearers feel good temporarily. These songs lack the life giving
• property and cannot transform people or situations.

Following pop culture

• •Description
• of the issue
• Leviticus
• 19:26-28;
• •
• •How is this applied to the real world today?
• Read http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/08/the-history-behind-the-names-of-various-hairstyles/ (inclusion here is not an endorsement
• for the website)
• Read http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/tattoos-144038580/?no-ist (inclusion
• here is not an endorsement for the website)

Lack of godly teaching

• •Description
• of the issue
• 1
• Timothy 4:1-5; 2 Corinthians 6:17; Exodus 44:23;
• •
• •How is this applied to the real world today?
• This
• is not an endorsement for the book but the only detailed reference found for
• the Channel 5, 2004 documentary How
• hypnotism ruined my life. https://books.google.tt/books?id=3Bc85Uj8la4C&pg=PA82&dq=how+hypnotism+ruined+my+life&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAGoVChMIhqbR6vyCxwIVBDM-Ch1qwgSF#v=onepage&q=how%20hypnotism%20ruined%20my%20life&f=false

Lack of discernment

• •Description
• of the issue
• oGenesis
• 34:1,2;
• •
• •How is this applied to the real world today?
• oKidnapping and date rape are two examples
• of how awareness of surrounding and personal safety is critical to avoiding
• crisis situations. Sexual acts outside of marriage always result in a transfer
• of demons.

Lack of determination, aim or purpose

• •Description
• of the issue
• Daniel
• 1:6-8; Daniel 3:12;

Rejecting conscience

• •Description
• of the issue
• 1
• Timothy 1;19,20; 1 Timothy 4:1,2;

Unproductive living & idleness

• •Description
• of the issue
• o1
• Timothy 5:11-15; Ephesians 5:15-17;
• •
• •How is this applied to the real world today?
• oReality
• TV highlights some of the kinds of situations idle housewives can get
• themselves into.
• oRead
• some of the stories here https://www.gamblingtherapy.org/en/online-gambling-has-ruined-my-life
• (this is not an endorsement for this
• website but a reference to some of the ills of gambling)

Unadvised speech

• •Description
• of the issue
• Jude
• 8-10; Matthew 12;36,37; Romans 3:13,14; Ecclesiastes 5:2-5;
• •
• •How is this applied to the real world today?
• Many practicing spiritual warfare have
• fallen victim to this mistake.

Failure to completely reject past life

• •Description
• of the issue
• Acts
• 19:17-20; Deuteronomy 7:25,26;
• •
• •How is this applied to the real world today?
• Supernatural abilities from one’s past
• life in idolatry or witchcraft can sometimes be used as if they were spiritual
• gifts. There is a difference between these two types of abilities.

Having foreign objects in one’s possession

• •Description
• of the issue
• Genesis
• 35:2-4; Exodus 20;1-6; Joshua 7:1,11,12;
• •
• •How is this applied to the real world today?
• Even some jewelry can be a source of
• contamination. This depends on its origin, the intent of the manufacturer, or
• its design. Buying cultural or souvenir items can also be a source of
• contamination if there is a spiritual significance attached to the object in
• its local indigenous culture.

Counterfeit laying on of hands

• •Description
• of the issue
• 1
• Timothy 5:22; Matthew 24:24; Mark 13:22,23; Matthew 7:21-23;
• •
• •How is this applied to the real world today?
• Study the notes S’mikhah
• https://projeqt.com/embed/administrator/smikhah-1/1/l

Other texts

• 1
• Timothy 6:14;
• Ephesians
• 5:27;
• Daniel
• 7:21,22,25-27;
• Psalm
• 119:9,11;