“If we’re going to follow Christ with integrity, we must use technology wisely.”

A thought by Craig Groeschel (2015-10-27) from his book, #Struggles: Following Jesus in a Selfie-Centered World (p. 116). Zondervan. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

This is so important for us to realize.

Craig says, “The Bible is more than clear that we are deceiving ourselves if we think we can flirt with lust and not contribute to our soul’s destruction. Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived, warned his son of the temptation of following the wrong type of woman, ‘Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house’ (Prov. 5: 8). Notice he didn’t say, ‘You can look, but don’t touch.’ Or, ‘Here, son, make sure you wear protection.’ No! Solomon essentially shouted, ‘Are you crazy?! Stay away! Don’t even get close to the edge of sin!’ Oddly, in our culture, many people want to do just the opposite, to see how close they can get to trouble without crossing the line. But God’s Word teaches us to stay as far away from temptation as possible.”

Look at what the Apostle Paul says in Ephesians 5:3, “But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people.”

Craig says, “If you don’t strive to know and follow Jesus, then fair enough; that’s your choice. But if you want to live in a way that honors our Savior— if you want to follow Jesus in a sin-saturated, selfie-centered world— then you will have to be different. Seriously. Not even a hint. Our convictions must be guided by God’s timeless principles, not by the ever-eroding popular opinion on whatever happens to be acceptable now. We must stand firm in our faith, fighting the battle against the temptations and sinful habits that our enemy gladly uses to pull us away from knowing God and loving others. If we want our hearts to remain intact and whole, not stained by lust and haunted by impure images, then we must set limits on what we access with technology.”

So important to see. Not even a hint.

So how is your integrity?

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