Our Christian tolerance should not encourage us to deviate, in our recreations or diversions, from the principles of God's Word. There we read that the desires of the flesh, and of the eyes, and of the pride of life, constitute the "spirit" of the world, its way of pandering to the unsaved mindset, which stands in direct opposition to His grace. Those who do not perceive this opposition to many of this world's usual pursuits and pleasures are some way or another defective in their views of the gospel.
That Christianity which does not engage the whole heart for the Lord is Christianity in name only. The new nature and the old nature each have their proper nourishment, suited to their respective appetites. Natural life that has undergone little to no worldview change feeds the natural man. Sanctified pursuits feed the spiritual man.
The best that can be said of those who undiscerningly involve themselves in the past-times of earth-dwellers is that, if they are not entirely dead, they are at least lamentably sick. They either have never had a savor of divine things, or have forgotten their sweetness. Parents, teens, young adults – all who associate yourselves in any way with Jesus Christ – our lives must be lived on a different plane from this world. Our diversions must have godly point. Give yourselves no rest until the entire life has been brought under the Lordship of Christ. Jesus Christ is Lord!
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