“I think I'd like to repeat something I've told many times, as a guide to some of these younger men. It was an expression of advice of my own grandfather, for whom I was named. He said there's a line of demarcation well defined between the Lord's territory and the devil's territory. He said, if you will stay on the Lord's side of the line, the adversary cannot come near to tempt you. You're perfectly safe from him, as long as you stay on the Lord's side of the line. But he said, if you cross onto the devil's side of the line, you're in his territory, and you're in his power. And he will work on you, get you just as far from that line as he possibly can, knowing that he can succeed only in destroying you by keeping you away from the place where there is safety.”
We read in 1 Corinthians: “There are … so many kinds of voices in the world.” We are surrounded by persuasive voices, beguiling voices, belittling voices, sophisticated voices, and confusing voices. I might add that these are loud voices. I admonish you to turn the volume down and to be influenced instead by that still, small voice which will guide you to safety...Open your hearts, even your very souls, to the sound of that special voice which testifies of truth. As the prophet Isaiah promised, “Thine ears shall hear a word … , saying, This is the way, walk ye in it.” May we ever be in tune, that we might hear this comforting, guiding voice which will keep us safe.