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Although our Lord was warning against false prophets coming into the world, it is a warning for us also that if we believe that God can make us fruitful and we bring forth bad fruits the world will see us as a false prophet, and many false prophets shall arise. We could even kill somebody’s faith who was contemplating following Christ, if they saw those acts, then it could be damaging to their faith or their potential acceptance of the Grace of Christ. We see how serious it is, and it is even more serious in these modern days of technology in which we live. We all know the commandments of God, but every word He said is a commandment. Every word that Christ said is a commandment. When God gave the commandments of God to the children of Israel. He also gave them what was described in the Scriptures as sundry laws and commandments. They were no less important to God than the major commandments that He gave us. One of those that we have to be extremely careful with in this modern day of technology. We find written in the Book of Leviticus Chapter 19 verse 16 and reads as follows: “Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord.” We see the warning was we should not go up and down as a talebearer amongst the people, and that instigates within our mind going amongst the people and talking and telling them of things that we have heard of others, but it is a damaging act that we can do. King Solomon pondered on that act and he found also and wrote those words about this act in Proverbs Chapter 26 verses 20-22: “Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindle strife. The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.” We see there he describes what talebearing does, that if it is taken away it is like a fire, there is no more coals or wood and it will go out, but if it is continued it is like a wound that is given to the one that that talebearing is about, right down into the depths of the stomach he says. We could almost transfer it over to the commandment of God: Thou shalt not kill. That is why Christ when He was on this earth taught that very thing. He taught that if you speak evil against our brothers and sisters, you stand in the same condemnation. If you call our brothers and sisters a fool, we have committed that sin. As we live in the technological age it is no longer required for us to mingle amongst the people. To walk up and down, and to be a talebearer. With modern technology in the form or facebook and Google, and texting – How much talebearing is going on in these mediums? We have to be extremely careful, because even though we are not using our own words, we are using our mind and instigating things that perhaps could be put in there. According to King Solomon it is as though we have murdered those people. We have to be extremely careful, more careful than we have ever had to be in the history of mankind, for these things are there with one simple press of a button. If we see something coming there that could be a tale and we press the button that passes it on to others or that says that we agree, then we have committed that sin of talebearing. How can we be seen that God is guiding us in our lives? How can we be seen as a light within the world? As we live in these modern days we have to relate the commandments of God to the modern day actions that we see happening within the world and we have to be more cautious as the Scripture tells us: Swift to hear but slow to react, and even slower to turn to anger. We should not rush into anything. We should ask the question – What would Jesus have done if He had seen this thing or heard these tales? He would not have passed them on. He would not have judged. He would not have condemned. He would have exercised grace and judged righteously. We should be so thankful for this gift of grace, because we are sometimes led into things without realizing it, but we can take hope in the words that Christ gave to the Apostle Paul when he was lamenting on those things that he had done, and He told him, ‘My grace is sufficient for thee.’ The moment we realise that we have done something that is not according to the commandments of God and we reconcile ourselves to God, that Grace of Christ can take that away and give us another opportunity to fulfil those things that we have uttered in the Morning Salute. There are many things that are sneaking into the modern world, but when we see how God foretold of these things we should give thanks that He in His love has shown unto us these things so far ahead of time. We find that the Apostle Paul gave a very strong warning to us that we sometimes neglect and forget, and that warning was in the Book of 1 Thessalonians Chapter 5 verse 22 on, he said: “Abstain from all appearance of evil. And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.”