PLAIN QUESTIONS
A few plain questions about frequenting such places as public houses, theatres, cinemas, dance halls and clubs.
- Do you really need to go there?
- Could you spend your time more profitably?
- Could you spend your money more usefully?
- Is the company good?
- Do you hear filthy conversation there?
- Do you hear bad language there?
- Do you meet friends there who will have a good influence on you?
- Will going there encourage you to be more thoughtful, kind, loving and sympathetic to others?
- Will going there encourage your interest in things that are true,honest, just, pure, lovely, of good report, virtuous and praiseworthy?
- Will going there encourage you to be more sober-minded?
- Do you meet people there who are humble, gentle, peaceable and God-fearing?
- Does going there encourage you to “Love the Lord your God with heart, mind and soul?
- Does going there make you more sorry for your sins?
- Does going there encourage you to seek for salvation?
- Do you think Jesus would have gone there?
- Does it grieve your praying parents when you go?
- Does it grieve your praying pastor when you go?
- Does your going set a good example to your brothers, sisters and friends?
- Could your going be a temptation to someone else and so lead them on to greater evils?
- Would you like Jesus to find you there when He returns in glory for the last judgement?