We tend to become like the people we keep company with. We begin to talk like they do and act like they do and we begin to share their likes and dislikes. This is fine if the people we keep company with are good, godly people. It is not so good if they are worldly people. The Israelites were warned that if they left any of the original inhabitants in the land of Canaan that they would be a bad influence on them. (Exodus 23:33). The book of Proverbs warns us to be careful of the company we keep (1:15; 4:14; 22:24). In 1 Corinthians 15:33 the apostle Paul tells us that “evil company corrupts good habits”. Keeping company with bad people will cause us trouble in the end. A huge problem we have in these modern times is that a lot of the company we keep is electronic, we carry our company around with us in the shape of a smartphone or computer. Evil company is only a touch screen away. The more contact we have with things we should not see or hear, the more it takes root in our heart. We begin to think these things are normal and we feel less and less that they are sinful. We forget “as he thinks in his heart, so is he.” (Proverbs 23:7). Those of us who are a little older have seen this take place on a national scale. Due to the influence of television, movies, mainstream media and other electronic outlets, we have become convinced that many sinful things are fine. As Christians we must awaken to the danger of the electronic company we keep. We must limit our exposure to things which normalize or glorify sin. We must be especially careful to keep it from our children. We eventually become like the company we keep, whether personal or electronic, whether good or bad. What kind of company do you keep? “Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.” (Philippians 4:8).