v1: If you really want to grow in Christ, you first have to have the desire to do so. Then you have to spend time by yourself, praying and studying the Word. Of course, fellowship is also necessary, but that time alone with the Lord is so valuable because it shuts out the noise of the world.
v8: Gossip truly can hurt people.
v9: Just as he who wastes material things wastes resources, a lazy person is the same way in that he wastes time.
v10: If we are in Christ then no evil in any ultimate sense can befall us. To live is Christ and to die is gain.
v11: Conversely, the rich man who is worshipping his wealth, relying on it for his protection as opposed to Jesus, is going to be sadly disappointed when that city wall of wealth is burned up along with everything else in the end according to 2 Peter.
v13: We have too much of this in our society today, especially about things in the news that happened in places hundreds or thousands of miles away.
v15: A true Christian seeks (and finds) knowledge about all areas of life, not just the most important area of how to follow Christ. I have noticed, however, that most Christians just want to go on thinking whatever they've always thought.
v17: As said above, there is too much jumping to conclusions in our society today. Christians who were quick to jump on the George Floyd bandwagon last year ought to keep this verse in mind.
v22: Despite what our culture thinks, marriage is an honourable thing and a good wife is a real blessing to a man.
v24: To have a friend you must be a friend. Jesus was a friend to us and showed it by dying for us at Calvary.
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