Check your friends, are they really your friends?

“‭A friend loves at all times, and is born, as is a brother, for adversity.” A friend loves at all times. Does your friend show their love when you’ve publicly made an embarrassing mistake. The word is out all over town what “so and so” did. A close friend will help walk you through that self inflicted trouble you’re dealing with. But those who keep smiling in your face and talk about what you did like dog, they’re not your friend. They are an acquaintance, a shady acquaintance I might add. A friend who loves at all times will keep you lifted up in prayer and physically be there as a sounding board for you to express the issue. They won’t judge you because of your offensive behavior or down right mean or insensitive, very messed up actions. We all can fall into various temptations but when we yield to that temptation, it becomes sin. The accuser of the brethren, who is Satan, will see to it that your sin is broadcast throughout the land, that’s his job. Thank God for (1John 1:9), it was written to christians when we miss the mark through wrong doings. We are not exempt from still sinning because of the sin nature still in our bodies. The more we get our flesh under control, the less we will be prone to mess up. Take control of yourself on every level of your makeup. Your new recreated human spirit should be the captain of your ship. Your soul takes orders from your spirit, and your body carries out the action. If your body is in control, sin is at the door.