MYTH #16A

HANDSHAKES-A POPULAR WAY FOR SHOWING FRIENDSHIIP IN THE WORLD IS TO GIVE A HANDSHAKE. SOME PEOPLE TEST A PERSON BY A HANDSHAKE. A GOOD HANDSHAKE WILL BE FIRM AND SHOW AN INDICATION OF A SECURE PERSON. THE LIGHT HANDSHAKE IS CONSIDERED A SIGN OF INSECURITY. IN SOME CIRCLES, A HANDSHAKE CAN BE CONSIDERED A LEGAL AGREEMENT. IN PREVIOUS GENERATIONS, THE LAW ACCEPTED A HANDSHAKE AS A LEGALLY BINDING CONTRACT BETWEEN THE PARTIES INVOLVED. THIS IS TAUGHT IN BUSINESS LAW, BUT ISN'T A GENERALLY ACCEPTED PRACTICE ANYMORE.

　

JESUS TEACHES FOR US TO LIVE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT BECOME A PART OF THE WORLD. A GOOD SCRIPTURE TO EMPHASIZE THIS POINT IS "THOUGH YOU ARE IN THE WORLD, BE YE NOT OF THE WORLD." IT'S WRITTEN IN A FORM OF A COMMANDMENT. THE WORDING IS TO BE A FIRM IDEA FOR THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. ("...BE YE NOT...") AS THE BIBLE IS INERRANT, THERE ARE CERTAIN TIMES THE SCRIPTURES ARE WRITTEN IN A PARTICULAR WAY FOR INTENTIONAL OBEDIENCE. THESE SCRIPTURES TELL US OF WHAT IS A SIN, SUCH AS THE 10 COMMANDMENTS. THEY WERE WRITTEN TO BE TAKEN AS EXACTLY THAT, COMMANDMENTS FROM GOD AND OBEYED 100%. "BE YE NOT" IS INTENTIONAL AND ENCOURAGES THE READER TO CONSIDER A "WORLDLY" ACTION AS SIN. TO PERSONALIZE THIS SCRIPTURE, ONE WOULD THINK: THOUGH I AM IN THE WORLD, I WILL NOT ACT OR TALK LIKE THE WORLD. A CHRISTIAN MUST DEFINE HOW FAR DO THEY WANT TO TAKE THE INTERPRETATION OF THE "WORLD" AND APPLY IT INTO THEIR LIFE.