Religion

Our biggest problem is in getting along with other people. How you treat other people is important. Warren Weirsbe said, “The way we behave toward people indicates what we really believe about God.”

Getting along with other people is not a new problem. James (2:8) gives the solution in one sentence: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” The Bible says how we relate to other people shows how much we really love God (1 John 4:20).

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God gives us freedom of choice, but our choices have consequences. We are free to spend our time on our own selfish pursuits, but we may not have friends or a close family life. We are free to pursue wealth at any cost, but we may end up with lots of money and no joy in spending it. We are free to hurt ourselves or improve ourselves, build our family life or tear it down, sin or pursue righteousness, but we must live with the consequences of whatever we decide.

Man’s oldest problem is temptation. Adam and Eve were the first to be tempted in the Garden of Eden. Today, every man eventually faces temptation.

Temptations are designed by Satan to cause us to sin. How can we say ‘‘no” to temptation, when we want to say ‘‘yes?”