Never expect a person, young or old, to accept your life-style if it be not better than the one they are already living. Such an offer would be ludicrous. If you can’t present a life that is better, then I would suggest getting one you can recommend. Equal, or inferior to, is not an incentive for change. I’m convinced most who desire others to adopt their way of living do so because, as the old saying goes, “Misery loves company.” It is a characteristic of cults or carnal Christians.
A life that is not filled with peace, joy, purity, and righteousness, is not living, it is only existing. Jesus’ desire for us is just not a life but an abundant life. Why would any sane person want to trade sergeant’s stripes for the bare sleeve of a private when they had opportunity to have a general’s star placed on their collar?
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