Do you think that it’s wrong for Christians to pledge maternities or sororities I mean the Bible doesn’t really give dogmatic instructions that pertain to pledging for turns destroyed you there’s no about shalt not merge oh right there’s none of that stuff in the scriptures and as I always say is you
Will always hear me say we speak with a Bible speaks and we’re quiet where the Bible is quiet however it matters as it pertains to where the Bible is quiet we still use biblical principles of how to engage in our process now as it pertains to the Bible the Bible talks about
Different kinds of friendships James 4:2 for received worldly friends so we take a look at James for a quick minute the word friendship in in that in that particular passage has to deal with the love has different love in a sense of deep emotional attachment when we
Exhibit signs of a deep longing desire for the world and the world systems of doing things it’s a display of potentially not being redeemed individuals you see friendships have dangers associated with it especially as it pertains to ungodly friendships in Deuteronomy 13 and 6 it talks about they
May entice you to sin and sommes 41 and none they can be untrustworthy you see friendships as it pertains to the world and the world’s system is very vital as how we look to approach and engage in those friendships so oftentimes I hear people say I want
To join a fraternity for a few different reasons they might say I want to join a fraternity because I want to find identity I want to fit in and I want to have identification as I’m on the yard well as Christians our identity doesn’t come in the form of letters or
Associations it comes through Christ Jesus others might say well I want to join up attorney talk and step well I’ve been stepping since I was at age of 13 years old I’d have to join a fraternity or sorority to engage in the aspect of stepping matter of fact an undergrad we
Had a ministry called staffers for Christ some say well I want to join a fraternity because they are really involved in community service well as believers we are to engage in missions on the regular basis i entire life should be about the mission of God community service reaching out to our communities
Showcasing the love of Jesus Christ in our communities others say well I want to join a fraternity or sorority so I can network I want to get ahead in life well the Bible says promotion doesn’t come from the east or the west it comes from God
Others say well I want to join because of brotherhood and sisterhood well what greater brotherhood and sisterhood then that of Jesus Christ if you want to join a fraternity that’s nothing that says it’s wrong but be careful in the engagement that you have you have to be very cautious in what you
Do if you join a a black panther group born-again believers Jesus Christ all that good stuff and you join that group what’s gonna happen people are going to associate you with the belief systems of that black panther group you see what I want to encourage you guys is this
Sounds 1:1 tells us this it says blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly nor stands in the path of the centre nor sit in the seat of the scornful notice in that particular passage in Psalms 1 the digression that
Takes place many of us we walk in the counsel of the ungodly we’re walking in that counsel to the point where we begin to stand in that counselor and then we begin to sit in that seat in the seat oftentimes refers to the teaching aspect where you’re now teaching the
Philosophies of that thing I want to encourage you as it pertains to your walk of Jesus it’s to trust the Lord seek him be be individuals be unique in the individual many of us will spend a little time weeks months etc pledging in graining ourselves with the philosophies
And the doctrines of but have we spent that same time in discipleship and learning the Word of God now if you want to join the Bible doesn’t say you can’t I just want to encourage you to be very cautious as it pertains to the partnerships that we
Engage in because blessed is the man who walked on his counsel you’re not gonna stand in the path of sinners when sit in the seat of the scornful but his delight is in the law of the Lord and in his law and in his law he meditates both day and
Night he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of the waters yielding for his fruit in his season his leaders not with her and it was so ever he does shall prosper but the ungodly are not so they’re like the shaft that blows in the
Wind but the way of the righteous the Lord knows until we meet again or in the sky may God riches and that’s blessings be yours join us on all social media networks like come in and share the message Jesus Christ for someone peace
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