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Idleness and Gossiping [Repeat] · Compass Point

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  Hi, I'm Pete Smith. Let's look today on Compass
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  Point at some 21st century problems that existed in the 1st
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  century. Paul warned about these
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  particular issues in First Timothy 5, verse 13.
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  And not only idle, but also gossips and busy bodies saying
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  things which they ought not. Idleness, it's been well said,
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  is the teacher of every sin. In their idleness these folk
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  would wander from house to house without good cause, and in doing
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  so would fall into the snare of becoming gossips and busy
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  bodies, indulging in frivolous and harmful conversation, and
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  carrying from house to house mischievous matters, prying into
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  the business of others which was none of their business.
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  Idleness and gossiping can ruin a person's life if allowed to
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  become lasting habits. Sadly, for some, it's led to a
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  whole host of sinful lusts and a wasted life.