+++ Stay away from Ungodly People! +++
Ungodly people are the people whose lives are not godly and are ALWAYS opposed to God and his ways. THE BIBLE says that ungodly people hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the LORD and they will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with the fruit of their schemes. They are people who do not put God and his Word first in their life. They decide what is right and wrong out of their own mind and lusts, and reject and despise God’s demands and prohibitions. The counsel of the ungodly is any philosophy, teaching, idea, thoughts, behaviors, and attitude that does not come from the Bible and the Holy Spirit rather it comes from evils spirit which is demonic.. The way of sinners is the path of one’s own will instead of God’s will.
He knows we need friends who are like-minded with Him and who will encourage us in our walk of purity. The knowledge that the ungodly has is corrupted because they do not get it from God. Instead they get it from other ungodly people or from their own corrupted imagination. God tells us NOT to walk in their counsel. God’s will is for us to turn away from the counsel of the wicked. There is no sin or habit which cannot be overcome, but sinners continue in sinning and they morally corrupt their surroundings. When we were born into this world, we were born with a sinful nature that opposes the law of God. But when we are born again by the Spirit of God, we received a new divine nature that hates sin and we are born of God which we have a new nature that is convicting us of the sin in our life and moving them forward in God’s grace and victory over sin.
Titus 2:11-14 says: “The grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope— the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.”If you are with ungodly person he influences encourage you to sin,
Isaiah 9:17:Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men, nor will he pity the fatherless and widows, for everyone is ungodly and wicked, every mouth speaks vileness. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.
1 Timothy 1:9;We also know that law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious; for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers
2 peter 2;5:if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others
2 peter 2:6;if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly
2 Peter 3:7;By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
Jude1:18: “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.”
Peter 2:9:if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment.
Psalm 78:8:They would not be like their forefathers— a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal to God, whose spirits were not faithful to him
Jeremiah 7:24:But they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.
Prov. 13:20:”He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will be destroyed.”
Proverbs 12:26:The godly give good advice to their friends; the wicked lead them astray.
Galatians 6:7–9:Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit. So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.
2 Cor. 6:17:Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you
1 Corinthians 15:33:Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.” Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God.”
My conclusion is we need to get rid of all ungodly people in our lives and replace them with Godly people who fears God and walk in his commandments, who goes to church, prayer meeting, any good works which is right in the eyes of God. All Godly people have obligation to share faith with Ungodly, but we are not to fellowship with them. Godly people are true Spirit-filled, they have full surrendered walk with the Lord. The Bible tells us that we are not to be unequally yoked with unbelievers that we are to stay away from people who cause divisions and offenses, and to withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly. When Jesus came to our earth in the flesh, He always went after the sinners and the outcasts. But when Jesus went after these sinners, it was always his purpose of getting them saved and cleaned up but not to fellowship with them. Because of the negative influence of the world around us, we must cultivate close friendships with strong believers and we have to Be careful when reaching out to godless people. As we see in 2 Timothy 2:16: Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly. The Word of God, the Bible, says that God has given us His Word to equip us for every good work 2 Timothy 3:16-17. It teaches us how to live and what to believe, it reveals to us when we have chosen wrong paths, it helps us get back on the right path, and it helps us to stay on that path.