"Walk With The King" Program, the "Appearance Of Wrongdoing" Series, titled "Be Ready Keep Close"

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"Walk With The King" Program, Practical & Encouraging Messages From The Ministry of Dr. Robert A. Cook.
From the "Appearance Of Wrongdoing" Series, titled: "Be Ready Keep Close" (Broadcast #7097)
Scripture References: 1 Thessalonians 5:22-24, Colossians 3:15, Matthew 5, Luke 7

Learn about Dr. Cook's ministry at https://www.walkwiththeking.org/

Transcript

Alright, thank you very much. And hello again, radio friends. How in the world are you? Doing alright? Well, this is your good friend, Bob Cook, hoping that everything’s alright with you and that you are indeed walking with the King of kings step by step.

I remember that old song we used to sing when I was a boy going to Sunday school in the little white frame church in Old Fort, Ohio, that’s on the road from Fremont to Tiffin. And they would be singing, “How beautiful to walk in the steps of the Savior, stepping in the light, stepping in the light.” Oh, yes, it’s great to walk with God, isn’t it? Yes, it is.

Look at 1 Thessalonians chapter 5 with me. We’ve come along through these short sentences, “Rejoice evermore, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” Two things that are said to be the will of God in 1 Thessalonians, one is to live a holy life, the other is to live a thankful life. “Quench not the Spirit. Despise not prophesyings. Prove all things, hold fast that which is good.” We got all through those verses.

Now we come to verse 22, “Abstain from all appearance of evil.” A little word study here. The word “abstain” is a verb which… Well, to pronounce it, it’s apecho, which means hold off, but it’s in the middle voice so that it means hold yourself off. You hold yourself off of all appearance of evil. Word “appearance” means form, shape, appearance, or resemblance. And the word “evil” is poneros, which means intrinsically evil. It’s used of the devil and also of his demons. Used of Satan in Matthew 5, and then demons in Luke 7. So what he’s actually saying if you transliterate it literally, you hold yourself off from and away from everything that even faintly resembles the intrinsic evil that is personified by Satan and his demons, the evil of the world of sin.

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Isaiah 55:11:
“So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.”