KEY SCRIPTURE:1Ti 6:4 KJV “He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,”

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Apostle Paul tells Timothy to withdraw from certain individuals. The first is the proud. He describes him as the man with an unhealthy craving for arguments and debates. He said such persons lack understanding . Pride falls short of the ways of God. God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. The  key scripture says this proud man has no understanding and is devoid of knowledge, yet he is filled with a desire to argue over words.

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You may waste your precious time by associating  with such a person. You could be affected by his wrong thinking pattern. 1Co 15:33 KJV “Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.”  One may not easily see the grand danger of association with a man of such  poor ignorance of the ways of God. One’s  childlike faith in God and his word could be easily washed away by that close association  with this proud man.

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Our faith grows through hearing the word of God, but it would also be hampered by hearing thoughts that oppose the truth. Such an individual becomes an instrument of the devil to sow negative words and thoughts that challenge the truth.

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Remember  the scripture that says:Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;( 2nd Corinhians 10:5).) These wrong thoughts and words that exalt themselves against the knowledge of God must be refused or cast out from establishing themselves deep down in our minds . In the same vein, you ought not give attention to the man whose words would have the same effect on you. Just keep away from him.

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I have encountered Christians who kept company with men of reprobate minds who later started demonstrating very crooked ways. Some very good men started going out with girls and negatively affecting their homes because of the influence of such men. Certain  homes have broken up because of such negative influences. The scriptural advice is to stay away  from such individuals.

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A pastor ‘s son  entered a university as a gentle, sober student,but after just the first semester, he  had become a complete drunkard. This sad  condition was a result of the influence of friends who tried to convince  him with certain arguments. He fell into that mud of helplessness because he allowed those negative arguments to control him. He could have avoided all these by staying away.

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THOUGHT: THE KIND OF STUFF THAT FILLS A CONTAINER DETERMINES WHAT IT BECOMES.

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YOU ALWAYS HAVE A PART TO PLAY IN WHAT YOU BECOME

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FURTHER STUDIES

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2Ti 3:8 KJV “Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds reprobate concerning the faith.”

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Mar 4:24 KJV” And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.”