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You Can’t Carry Light and Still Blend In | Strategic Relationships | Proverbs 27:17 & Psalm 1:1

Josiah Season 1 Episode 16

In Part 16 of the Growing Into the Image of God series, Josiah draws from Proverbs 27:17 and Psalm 1:1 to explore how relationships influence your identity in Christ. Who you relate with in a season shapes who you represent in that season. You’re either being sharpened into the image of God—or slowly compromised. But reflecting Christ isn’t about isolation from the lost; it’s about standing firm in your identity and carrying His light into darkness without becoming like the world. This episode calls you to check your circle, your posture, and your purpose.

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And Then The Second
So This Is It Iron Will Sharpen Iron
And Then It Says So Does A Man Sharpen The Countenance Of His Friend
Growing Into The Image Of God
You Will Need To Come Into The Reality Of Your Strategic Association
Who You Relate With
And What You Relate With Within A Season Determines Who You Represent
Or What You Represent Within That Season
I Have Heard People Say As A Christian
You Shouldn't Relate With The World
You Shouldn't Do This You Shouldn't Do This
You Shouldn't Do That But I Am Telling You
With All Due Humility And Diligence Right Now
That There Is A Kind Of Relationship We Have
No. 1 
Towards God
No.2 Towards Humanity Whether Christian
Or Not
No. 3 Towards Our Community That Is The Christian Community
No. 4 Towards The World
That Is The Dark World
So There Is A Way We Relate To All These People
They Are All Going To Forever Remain Our Association
But The Way We Relate With Our Association
Determines Whether Our Identity Stands
So If The Bible Is Saying That Iron Will Sharpen Iron
And That Is How A Man Will Sharpen The Face Of His Friends
The Countenance Of His Friends
It's Trying To Say That There Is Need
That You Surround Yourself With People Who You Have Same Belief With
With People You Can Pray With
With People Who Can Build You Up So That When You Go Out
You Will Not Be Put To Shame
You Can Also Boast That You're A Christian
But When We Come To Psalm 1
Verse 1 He Said
Blessed Is The Man That Walks Not In The Counsel Of The Ungodly
Before You Will Even Hear The Counsel Of The Ungodly
You Will Need To Be In The Place Where Ungodly People Are
Or You Will Need To Be Having An Interaction With An Ungodly Person
For Him To Send That Counsel
Is That Interaction Needed
Yes But The One Who Has Been Sharpened By His Association
Will Not Walk In That Ungodly Counsel
This Is The Instruction Of God
Go Into The World Preach The Gospel Onto The Lost
But We Want To Always Be Around Those Who Are Christians
Those Who Are Praying How Will The Lost Get The Message
This Is Why I Will Tell You That When You Go To Rome
You Don't Do What The Romans Do
You Teach The Romans What To Do
Because We Carry Light And We Have A Responsibility To This World
Paul Said He's Not Under The Law
But He Put Himself Under The Law
Just To Communicate With Those Under The Law
Why To Bring Light To Them
Don't Run Away From Every Friend That Is Ungodly
You Need To Keep Association With Them
As The Light That Will Transform Them
If You Keep Running Away It Is A Sign That You Yourself
You Are Not Walking The Image Of God That You Should Be
Remember Jesus Christ
He Didn't Just Come The Bible Said He Came To Seek And Save The Lost
He Didn't Just Come To Walk With People Who Already Knew God
He Didn't Just Come And Associate Himself With The Prophets
But He Went Into The World Only That
When You Go Into The World
Don't Walk In Their Counsel
When You Go Into The World
Don't Stand In The Way Don't Agree With What The Sinners Are Doing
That You'll Also Do Some Don't Sit On The Seat Of The Scornful
That Is What You're Not Supposed To Do
But Are You Supposed To Go To The Ungodly
Yes To Make Them Godly As The Light Of This World
Because That Is Why We Are Called The Image Of God
And That Is Why
Of People Who Carry The Image Of God
From Today Don't Run Away From Any Friend That They Say Is A Witch
Make Sure That When That Friend Sees You
You've Been Sharpened By This Community
So You Would Be Able To Transform Them
I Pray For You In The Name Of Jesus Christ
That Anything You Find Yourself Associating With
God Will Give You Relevant Wisdom To Relate Efficiently
In The Mighty Name Of Jesus Christ
That You Will Not Compromise You Being The Image Of God
But You Will Emerge As A Perfect Image Of God
That The World Will Get Lights Through You
In Jesus Mighty Name

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