"Examine yourself whether you are in the faith; prove yourselves" says Corinthians 13:5. Instructions we all must heed, myself included. Let me ask you this. Do you 'change' who you are depending on who you are around? Do you claim the name of Christ, yet do sinful, abominable things? Or do you adopt one personality around one person, to appear worldy and to fit in, and with others you are 'good, honest and pure?' Do not fool yourself! You are under God's wrath. He sees every secret sin..He searches your heart and searches your mind and nothing is hidden from Him. Just because you don't consciously acknowledge your own wickedness does not mean it doesn't exsist! How idiotic of you to believe that your Heavenly Father, who knows how many hairs are on your very head, would overlook such sin in your life. Do not delude yourself into thinking that as a believer your sins will be forgiven if you only ask! No, my friend! Forgiveness of sin requires repentance- turning away from your sins- don't keep doing them! If you keep repeating the same sins- whether it's the physical sin itself or lying about that sin- you are unrepentant and woe to you if your life ended in this state!
What things do you let escape from your mouth? "Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things. Philippians 4:8
Before you speak, ask yourself if what you are going to say brings light into the world or more darkness? Do you think it is your duty to tell every person anything you may have heard about them? Opinions that others have of them? Are you considering your audience? Are they adults? Are you having 'adult conversations' with people that are not mature enough to use discernment? And if so, examine your own maturity.
My advice is simple. Choose this day whom you will serve. You cannot walk the fence. It's God or it is the world. You cannot have them both. "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passes away, and the lust thereof: but he that does the will of God abides forever." 1 John 2:15-17
