On California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains, giant Sequoias thrive. And sometimes they can't be removed unless we also remove other parts of our life. But the old ones, the ones we've let remain in our lives for years, are hard to get rid of. The sooner we get rid of them, the easier they are to remove. Bad habits are like a vine on a chain-link fence. It takes a lot of time and effort to break it off, and sometimes it won't come off unless we are willing to remove part of the fence itself. But the old, brown, woody part of the vine is tough to remove.
Have you ever noticed a vine growing and spiraling around a chain-link fence? The fresh growth, the young green vine, is easy to remove with a simple twist our your wrist. Application: the one who has dealings with the stupid will fare badly. Look too, at my feathers- they are not the least like those of a Crane." The Farmer laughed aloud and said, "It may be all as you say, I only know this: I have taken you with these robbers, the Cranes, and you must die in their company." Birds of a feather flock together. Besides, I am no Crane, I am a Stork, a bird of excellent character and see how I love and slave for my father and mother. "Pray save me, Master," he said, "and let me go free this once. With them he trapped a Stork that had fractured his leg in the net and was earnestly beseeching the Farmer to spare his life. 7:2-4)Ī farmer placed nets on his newly-sown plowlands and caught a number of Cranes, which came to pick up his seed. It won't result in both persons being spiritually clean. Friendship with a person alienated from God will make our faith weak, stained. What would happen if we mix them? The water won't be clean, but dirty. If we have two glasses of water, one with clean water and another one with dirty water. Similarly, Christians will preach to people to help them attain spiritual health, but never will they lower their high standards putting themselves at risk. He aspires to make them well, not to get sick himself to instruct them in improving their conditions, not to corrupt his own clean living habits.
He wants to share his knowledge of healing and sanitary living habits with them. The doctor will not hesitate to help these people, but he does not need to share in their customs to provide help. Some patients perhaps uphold traditions based on superstition and unsanitary habits. The work of Christians can be compared to that of a physician who attends patients that abide by customs or traditions that are against the basic principles of medical science.
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