My dear young brothers and sisters in Christ, I greet you all in the precious name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
As we travel from one place to the other, we are bound to obey the traffic rules in force. Then only we can reach our destination safely. Likewise, if only we obey the commandments of God, we can ensure we reach heaven at the end of our life journey in this earth.
We will all agree that an important phase in life is “youth”. It is more important to keep us holy in God during this time. Even a small aberration will mushroom itself into a great sin enslaving you for ever. Shall we ponder for sometime on how the word of God guides us in this respect ?
18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
( I John 5:18)
The word of God is very clear that , as we shun evil and keep us holy, our Lord Jesus will keep the wicked devil away from us.
How can we safeguard ourselves in our youth ? We shall meditate on two things from the Bible: