Be Careful Who You Associate With

"In the name of The Lord Jesus Christ ... keep away from every brother who is idle and does not live according to the teaching you received ..." "If anyone does not obey our instruction ... Do not associate with him ... Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother." 2 Thessalonians 3:6 & 14-15 (NIV)

Christians are to separate themselves from, and not to fellowship with, habitually disobedient believers and from non believers. Do not hang out with or frequently interact socially with the blatantly sinful, non believing individuals or with believers who live a pattern of life that is not conforming to The Word of God. Warn them, in brotherly love, of the consequences of their behavior or their non belief, but do not continue to walk with them.

"Can two walk together, except they be agreed?" Amos 3:3 Be careful regarding the people that you choose to "walk with". Who your friends are says a lot about you.

Who Are Your Friends?

"He that walketh with wise men shall be wise; but a companion of fools shall be destroyed." Proverbs 13:20

Be very careful regarding the company that you keep and the people that you hang around. You will begin to think like, talk like, and then become just like them. You are born into your family, and you may not have a lot of choice about your coworkers, but you choose your friends.

Are your friends Christians? Do you hang with saints or sinners? Maybe there are some people in our lives that shouldn't be there. Remember the old saying, "Birds of a feather flock together." Unknown