Spiritual or Worldly

...present your body a living sacrifice. Romans 12:1

I ask a group of teens the other day, "if a teenage dedicates themself to abstinance until marriage, have they made a good decision?" They answered yes. I then ask "did that teen make a godly decision?" Most still believed yes.

I then went on to present the idea that a godly sounding decision may be just as worldly a one as if they smoked, or drank. This confused some. I then ask why would a teen make such a decision. Some said pregnancy, std, life goals... etc. This I explained was exactly the worldliness that I was talking about.

Worldliness is not the neglect of following a man made list of rules. Nor is it by looking, dressing and talking good make you spiritual. If the reason you do or don't do comes from a heart of desiring to please and obey God then it is worldly. What God says in His word is the sole determiner as to what is right and wrong, and not giving Him credit and glory is wrong.