The best advice I ever got was in a Sunday School class when I was a young teenager. It was from a man named Buck Burrow's, who was a great educator in the public school system in Texas who loved the Lord. Buck said to be careful of the friends you make as you will be influenced by them and your reputation will be formed by those you hold dear.
When you think about that it explains a lot of what is going on in our lives today. When we are choosing what we believe and who we will trust we should remember there is no gray area, there is only right and wrong. What may seem right to the mind of man and justified by his reasoning must always in our minds pass the test of is it right or wrong.
We must as individuals have a strong base of accountability. Hold our beliefs and answer for them and remember that our beliefs are in great part shaped by others. That makes Buck's advice all the more important. Not only should we choose our friends wisely, and our truth very carefully we should apply them to those who we would choose to place trust in. I believe God's Word puts it this way, by your fruit you will be known.
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