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Greetings to you, my dear friend. I sincerely hope that you and your family are very well

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by the grace of God. In James chapter 4 verse 4, the Bible says,

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whoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. In first John

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chapter 2 verse 15, the Bible tells us, love not the world, neither the things that are

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in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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In Matthew 5:14 we read, ye are the light of the world. At verse 13 we read, "ye are the

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salt of the earth. What am I trying to say? In these verses, we see two classes, the believer

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and the world. The world is the place of the unbeliever. The kingdom of God received by faith

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in the life of the person who submits to Christ. That person or those persons represent the

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kingdom of God on earth. The Bible tells us, the world has nothing to offer you with

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regard to salvation. The world should not set standards for God's people. It should

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be the other way around. When God sent the disciples out to preach, and by God I

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mean Jesus Christ, He said, in Matthew 28 verse 19, "go ye therefore unto each all nations.

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You are to teach the nations, not the nations teach you, because the nations have nothing

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to teach you regarding salvation and a righteous life. Now having said that, let us go

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to the fourth commandment and listen carefully to its wording. Remember the Sabbath day to

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keep it holy. Six days shall thou labor and do all thy work. But the seventh day is the

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Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt not do any work. Thou, thou, no thy son, not

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I daughter, thy man servant, nor thy maid servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is

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within thy gates, this stranger was an unbeliever, this stranger for all practical purposes

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represented the world and God told the Israelites a stranger among you should follow

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your standards, not the other way around. The stranger within your gates, whether you are

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house or your villager, your city or your territory should live by your standards. That is

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not forcing standards on people. It is simply God letting his people know, do not follow

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the standards of the unbeliever. And I want to direct this particular way to any young person listening

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to me, because the youth are easily influenced by their unbelieving friends, but the fourth commandment,

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above all the other commandments makes it clear that we are to so influence the unbeliever

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that he or she will follow the standards of God, not the other way around, because the world of

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the unbeliever has nothing on the basis of salvation to offer the child of God. As you keep the

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sub of holy my friend, whether you are young or not young, remember, you are not to follow the

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standards of the unbeliever, the unbeliever should be moved and influenced by your lifestyle so that

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he or she follows the law of God. Middle or bless you as you stand for what is righteous and right,

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so that by your influence others may come to know the way of salvation. God bless you,

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bless your children as you keep the sub of holy.