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Post by John on Oct 22, 2019 8:48:46 GMT -5
Almost everyone faces this at one time or another, immoral behavior within your family. There is the womanizer, the drunk or drug user, the thief, perhaps the homosexual that comes out of the closet. How do we as Christians deal with this? Do we go on and act like everything is okay? Do we preach sermons to them? Do we shun them? I am not certain the Bible gives a clear answer on this in all cases. What are your thoughts?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2019 16:36:34 GMT -5
Almost everyone faces this at one time or another, immoral behavior within your family. There is the womanizer, the drunk or drug user, the thief, perhaps the homosexual that comes out of the closet. How do we as Christians deal with this? Do we go on and act like everything is okay? Do we preach sermons to them? Do we shun them? I am not certain the Bible gives a clear answer on this in all cases. What are your thoughts?
Assuming these are folks in the family who don't know Christ.....then I believe we should treat them as we would any who are lost. Love them, pray for them, share the gospel and witness to them. They are not going to change their ways without coming to faith in Christ. The key issue to me is that they need to be transformed by the washing of the water of the Word, though sin can certainly be part of that conversation. |
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Post by PG4Him on Oct 22, 2019 18:10:25 GMT -5
I don’t treat immoral family different from immoral friends. Paul says we can attend parties with lost ‘outsiders’, work in their employment, and even purchase from them in the market. As long as they don’t make us stumble, we can interact with them. But Paul does say to socially avoid hypocrite Christians in sin who make the church look bad and will likely promote sin in the flock.
Here’s my personal standard for lost people: if you know where I’m coming from, and I know where you’re coming from, and neither one has to hide or put on a face, and you don’t want to pull me into sin, then we can be friends.
As for immoral family members who claim to be Christian, I have as little to do with them as possible.
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