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Questions Asked By
Students Topic:
FRIENDS
DoEs the Bible say that I
can’t
be friends with people of other religions?
In Amos we see the
same Question is it possible to walk together with some one if you
don’t agree with them?
· Amos
3:3
Can two walk
together, unless they are agreed?
I think the answer is
clear if you are not going in the same direction I think it’s going
to be impossible for you to walk together. Your
good friends
should be those People you agree with about important things Like
God and the Bible.
Casual friends
or people you know in school should be all kinds of people so you
can be an example to them of the truth. We see this in Jesus’ life
he hung out with the Disciples (they were His good friends). But he
also reached out to the lost and confused to help them learn about
God.
· Luke
5:30-32
And their
scribes and the Pharisees complained against His disciples, saying,
"Why do You eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?" 31 Jesus
answered and said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a
physician, but those who are sick.32 I have not come to call the
righteous, but sinners, to repentance."
You should not hang
out (be good friends) with people that you don’t agree with about
the Bible and God, because what will happen is that you will give in
and begin to walk with them rather than with God. Remember the
reason why you as a Christina (like Christ) are spending time with
the Lost
should be
because you want to help them get close to the Lord. But if they
begin to take you with them away from the Lord, then it’s time to
cut off the friendship.
· 2
Corinthinas 6:14-16
Do not be
unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has
righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with
darkness?15 And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has
a believer with an unbeliever?16 And what agreement has the temple
of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God
has said: "I will dwell in them
And walk among them.
I will be their God,
And they shall be My
people.”
· 1
Corinthians 15:33
Do not be deceived:
"Evil company corrupts good habits."
Friendship with the
world in this James passage is talking about the worldly or un-godly
system of the world. You should not walk in this kind of system if
you want to walk with God. Often our friendships can influence which
way we go. Closer to the Lord or closer to this un-godly world. This
is the difference form having your heart set on the things of God or
having your heart set on the temporary things of this of this world
· James
4:4
Adulterers and
adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is
enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world
makes himself an enemy of God.
Your good friends
should be those that you can agree on when it comes to the important
things of life, but make sure that you are willing and able to share
the truth of Jesus with those from other
religions that don’t believe in the true and living God. Also share
the reality of God with those that don’t believe God is real. Always
making sure that you are not sucked into believing their lie.
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