MinistryMessages
November 27, 2017
This entry is part [part not set] of 3099 in the series Daily Words for the Christian Life
Do all things without grumbling or disputing; so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world.
—Philippians 2:14–15
The Greek word for “perverse” here is diastréphô, which means “to turn aside from the right path, to pervert, corrupt” (Thayer, p. 142). Why is it that so many believers cannot grow well spiritually? It is because they are under the influence of this generation, which causes them to become crooked and perverse.
Adapted from Philippians: That I May Gain Christ,
by Titus Chu; page 125.
Tomorrow: “A Crooked and Perverse Generation” (5)