Do not be turned from the right way, dear brothers. (BBE)
Don't turn away from the right way. Stay on the right course. Being a righteous person is a very important fact of having a good spiritual life. Matthew 22:29 states: But Jesus said to them in answer, You are in error, not having knowledge of the Writings, or of the power of God (BBE). Mark 12:24-27 states: Jesus said to them, Is not this the reason for your error, that you have no knowledge of the holy Writings or of the power of God? When they come back from the dead, they do not get married, but are like the angels in heaven. But as to the dead coming back to life; have you not seen in the book of Moses, about the burning thorn-tree, how God said to him, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: you are greatly in error (BBE).
God is not mocked. Galatians 6:7 states: Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain (BBE). You cannot mock God. Colossians 2:4-8 states: I say this so that you may not be turned away by any deceit of words. For though I am not present in the flesh, still I am with you in the spirit, seeing with joy your order, and your unchanging faith in Christ. As, then, you took Christ Jesus the Lord, so go on in him, Rooted and based together in him, strong in the faith which the teaching gave you, giving praise to God at all times. Take care that no one takes you away by force, through man's wisdom and deceit, going after the beliefs of men and the theories of the world, and not after Christ (BBE).
Be careful of people who will try to distance you from God. They will try to distract you from God, and cause you to ignore God and stop following God. Lead your life rooted in Jesus Christ. 2nd Timothy 2:18 states: Men whose ideas are all false, who say that the coming back from the dead has even now taken place, overturning the faith of some (BBE). James 1:19 states: You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry (BBE). James 2:5 states: Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him (BBE)? Philippians 2:12 states: So then, my loved ones, as you have at all times done what I say, not only when I am present, but now much more when I am not with you, give yourselves to working out your salvation with fear in your hearts (BBE). Philippians 4:1 states: So my brothers, well loved and very dear to me, my joy and crown, be strong in the Lord, my loved ones (BBE). Hebrews 13:1 states: Go on loving your brothers in the faith (BBE).
Love those who walk in faith in Christ. Through Jesus Christ we get wisdom and righteousness and salvation and we are made holy. God is the source of our salvation, victory, peace and of eternal life. Ask God to give you wisdom in every aspect of your life. 1st Corinthians 12:18 states: But now God has put every one of the parts in the body as it was pleasing to him (BBE). 1st Corinthians 12:27 states: Now you are the body of Christ, and every one of you the separate parts of it (BBE). Isaiah 45:17 states: But the Lord will make Israel free with an eternal salvation: you will not be put to shame or made low for ever and ever (BBE).
Jesus is the true vine. John 15:1-6 states: I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener. He takes away every branch in me which has no fruit, and every branch which has fruit he makes clean, so that it may have more fruit. You are clean, even now, through the teaching which I have given you. Be in me at all times as I am in you. As the branch is not able to give fruit of itself, if it is not still on the vine, so you are not able to do so if you are not in me. I am the vine, you are the branches: he who is in me at all times as I am in him, gives much fruit, because without me you are able to do nothing. If a man does not keep himself in me, he becomes dead and is cut off like a dry branch; such branches are taken up and put in the fire and burned (BBE). In those verses, Jesus was telling His disciples that He is the vine and that we are the branches with His help you prosper but without him you cannot do nothing. If Jesus doesn’t abide in you, you become a dry branch and are cut off and thrown into the fire. Romans 8:1 states: For this cause those who are in Christ Jesus will not be judged as sinners (BBE).
James 3:18 states: And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace (KJV). Psalms 105:4-5 states: Seek the Lord, and his strength: seek his face evermore. Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth (KJV). Isaiah 55:6 states: Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near (KJV). Amos 5:4-8 states: For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought. Seek the Lord, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel. Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name (KJV).
In conclusion: James 1:16 tells us that you shouldn't turn away from the right way. Stay on the right course. Being a righteous person is a very important fact of having a good spiritual life. Thank God for every thing He has done for you in the past, present and will do in the future. If you follow right-eousness you will find life, righteousness and honor.
