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Do our surrounding control us or do we control our surroundings?

Explore the impact of environments on faithfulness and sin, citing biblical references. Discover how attitudes shape actions and learn to stay faithful amidst adversity.

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Do our surrounding control us or do we control our surroundings?

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  1. Do our surrounding control us or do we control our surroundings? Are various environments we find ourselves in the cause of sin? Is there anything we can do while living in this wicked world?

  2. Do Situations That We Are In Have Anything To Do With Our Faithfulness To God Or Our Sinfulness Against God?

  3. Is A Good Environment The Cause Of Faithfulness? • Good Home Cause of Faithful Children? • Luke 15:11-32 • Are Riches The Answer to the Cause of Sin? • Solomon had a magnificent Environment • 1 Kings 10:14; 11:4-10 “he did not keep what the Lord had commanded.” • Garden of Eden – Genesis 2:8 • Man Was Not Guaranteed That He Would Not Sin- Genesis 3:1-19

  4. Is A Good Environment The Cause Of Faithfulness? • “Good environment” alone not the solution to Sin. • Proverbs 30:15 • James 1:13-15 • There is no doubt that a good environment does help to create better people, however, it is not the solution to sin

  5. Is A Bad Environment The Cause Of Sin? • Bad environments & Adverse Conditions can influence but not control one’s actions • Slavery – Genesis 37:2-5,8-11; 42:21; 39:11-20 • Losing it all, an adverse condition to cause us to sin? – Job Chapters 1,2

  6. Is A Bad Environment The Cause Of Sin? • Bad environments & Adverse Conditions can influence but not control one’s actions • Stoned & Beaten, would that be enough to cause us to sin against God? – Acts 14:19; 2 Corinthians 11:23-33; 2 Timothy 2:12; Philippians 4:11-13; Revelation 2:10,13

  7. What is the Difference? The Attitude Of The Heart • Situations do not Make Us Sin, but the Wrong Attitude Will Cause us to Sin! • Attitudes That Will Effect Our Behavior: • Rebellious- Jeremiah 5:23 • Obedient – Romans 6:17 • Steadfast – Psalm 57:7; 1 Corinthians 15:58 • Trusting – Proverbs 3:5; Psalm 27:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:13

  8. It is Not Our Surroundings Nor Environment That Controls us or Causes Us To Sin or Serve The Lord Faithfully • 1 Corinthians 10:13 • Even Under the Worst of Conditions, We Can Keep Ourselves from Sinning & Remain Faithful, IF we Have The Right Attitude of Mind, in Obedience, Faithfulness, Steadfastness & Trustfulness.

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