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“Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners” (1 Corinthians 15:33).
A communication is something we hear — something we listen to. If we spend time in bad company, and listen to wrong things, it is very easy to fall into the same way of thinking and speaking ourselves. I knew a boy who was brought up in a Christian home, but who got into bad company at school and later at work. Soon he was using bad language, often swearing when he spoke, and even sometimes making fun of the Bible and the things concerning the Lord. Why did he do this? Deep down inside he knew it was wrong, but when he spent time with the wrong friends, he started to become like them. It sounded “cool” to swear and make fun of the Word of God, and his “good manners” that he had learned at home became corrupted.
The Lord tells us in the next verse to “awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God” (1 Corinthians 15:34). If we find ourselves being corrupted by evil communications, we need to wake up, and ask the Lord to help us to do what is right.
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