Gems from Scripture: Abstain from Evil

“Abstain from all appearance of evil.” I Thessalonians 5:22 The Word of God admonishes us: Abstain from evil! Abstain from the appearance of evil. Abstain from ALL appearance of evil. If we would only take heed to that, what a misery we would avoid! This warning of Scripture is often taken to mean that we must avoid anything and everything that might appear to be evil. Thus this text is used to encourage us to avoid whatever our neighbor might consider evil, whether he is right or wrong. If...