Last week we learned that the influence of our unbelieving friends can bring great loss into our lives
Judges 13 – 16 Samson
Lost…the presence of God
Lost…his great strength
Lost…his eyesight
Lost…his freedom
Lost…his life
Example: The same thing happened to some Christian Friends of mine (All details are removed from this post to protect their identity)
What a tragedy, what a loss!
What went wrong?
They rejected Christian influence and became influenced by unbelieving friends
Just like Samson: Judges 14: 1-3
Some Christians are just like Samson in another way too, they only repent after they suffer great loss
Judges 16: 28 ‘O Sovereign Lord, remember me’.
Consider this…
1 Corinthians 15:33-34 ‘Do not be misled, “Bad friends will ruin good character.” Come back to your senses as you should, and stop sinning’;
2 Corinthians 6: 14 ‘You are not the same as those who don’t believe. So don’t join yourselves to them. Good and evil don’t belong together. Light and darkness cannot share the same room’.
Colossians 3: 5-7 ‘So, put everything evil out of your life: sexual sin, doing anything immoral, letting sinful thoughts control you, and wanting things that are wrong. And don’t keep wanting more and more for yourself, which is the same as worshiping a false god. God will show his anger against those who don’t obey him, because they do these evil things. You also did these things in the past, when you lived like them’.
Did Jesus have unbelieving friends?
Yes! Matthew 11:19 ‘…a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
Why?
To influence them for God
Do you think they influenced Him away from God?
No!!!!
As Believers, should we have unbelieving Friends?
If they are influencing you away from God = no
If you are influencing them to God = yes
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