We are to keep ourselves from all spots of the world when we have to mingle with it. Notice, there are spots which come from your circumstances. There is the breaking of rules, lying, cheating, and cutting corners that may be prevalent in keeping money as there is in trying to get it; keep yourselves unspotted from it.
And not only will your circumstances be likely to spot you, but the favors and honors of the world will spot you. So you have received a degree, or you have had a rise in business and the people all speak well of you? And there is that thoroughly worldly lady who has a secret admiration for you. Well, well, well, be careful! Joseph had the favor of Potiphar and of Pharaoh in Egypt, but he kept himself unspotted. Mind that the world’s favor does not spot you. “Ah,” says one, “I don’t get much of that! I get all frowns.” Very well; persecution, slander and frowning need not spot you, but they may, you know. There are many who cannot bear the cold atmosphere and biting frosts of persecution. Mind that you are not spotted in that way. Keep yourselves unspotted by the world! It is the age of hollowness and gigantic shams and bubbles. Be real! Be true! Keep yourselves unspotted from the world. This subject is endless. God give us grace to carry it out! Charles Spurgeon
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