THE JOY OF OVERCOMING DIGITAL ADDICTION–Growing Closer to Jesus this Year
God is asking us to surrender our minds to His control.
God is looking for godly, mature believers who will make it a life-long goal to resist the temptation of self-absorption in all life activities and instead begin to seek what God desires for their lives.
People of Paul’s day were immersed in a self-seeking, lust-feeding culture.
When they came to Christ, they had to go on living in that world. To make it through life without getting neutralized, defeated, and sidelined, Paul starts with the key to godly living, which is:
Avoiding what Displeases God
These exercises from God are to train ourselves to seek what pleases Him. In the world where the New Testament was written, saints learned to avoid the overpowering culture of amusements. Most Roman citizens were drawn into the gaming world of spectacles in the arenas.
A non-stop calendar of events began in the capital city of Rome and soon went to the furthest flung provinces of ever-increasingly exciting spectacles: live gladiatorial fights to the death; and men vs. ravenous beasts; and beasts vs. beasts fighting to the death; duels, bloody deaths, shocking sights, and intense visual stimulation. The roar of the crowds became intoxicating, and no one wanted to miss the events that often ran all day for days at a time.
That is why Paul the Apostle wrote to a church near Ephesus, where Timothy was serving. Just 100 miles from where 1 Timothy was sent, Colosse was also in the middle of the most Roman province. Paul wrote believers in Asia Minor, where Ephesus and Colosse were being doused with everything the Roman Empire had to offer.
Pointing Your Mind Towards God
YTC 01 How To Combat Infomania Q&A 118
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