Superfluity of naughtiness

Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. – James 1.21

 

 It is way too easy to get comfortable in our sin and get weighed down with the weights and concerns of this world so that we can’t really run the race.

 

I love the King James English here – lay aside all your filthiness and the superfluity of naughtiness. Doesn’t that just really nail what it is like to be caught up in our sinful lifestyle?

 

The Bible talks a lot about laying off and putting on. We live in a world that is full of filthiness and a superfluity of naughtiness. That is the norm. Websites are full of it and our entertainment magnifies it. The best way to be popular today is to be filthy and naughty because the world loves it. Even in the last few days I’ve seen how the filthy and the naughty have come to be expected.

 

We though must have no part in it. We must allow the word of God to be extracted in our lives. Just as parts of one tree can be crafted into another and flourish so must the word of God in our lives.

 

That’s not our way though. Our way is to get rid of all that. Our way is to meekly and humbly replace it with the word of God which has been engrafted into our lives. If God’s word is a part of our life there will be no room for filthiness and naughtiness. Lay apart ALL filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, every bit. Let God’s word take its place.