"Bad company corrupts good character."
1Corinthians 15:33
Ever since I've moved to Toronto, I've had this struggle with dealing with friends and choosing which friends to become close to. Some of my best friends are atheists. Is it good to have close friendships with unbelievers?
Proverbs 12:26 - "The righteous should choose his friends carefully, for the way of the wicked leads them astray."
2Corinthians 6:14 - "Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?"
Proverbs 12:26 - "The righteous should choose his friends carefully, for the way of the wicked leads them astray."
2Corinthians 6:14 - "Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?"
Matthew 5:16 - "...let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father."
It's not wrong to have non-believing friends, but it may cause me to stumble. By showing them what a true Christian is like, I give a witness to them.
I've had to give up friends because I don't agree with their lifestyles. And I've told them why.
I'm also having a hard time with certain people's characters. They're constantly angry and somehow I managed to become friends with them. And now I'm attempting to get rid of that friendship, through my grand scheming of course.
Thank goodness for separation of streams in my program so I won't be having to be with certain people next year.
1 comment:
Hey friend. I understand what you are going through. Obviously not from my experience here at Dordt, but I got alot of that in aesthetics school. The simple solution would have been to not become close with these people in the first place, but I know that that is pretty much impossible when you are in contact with them almost every single day. I think that you just have to let them know what you stand for and be a good witness. If you feel yourself starting to stumble because of any of these people it would probably be wise to terminate the close friendship. This is alot easier if you tell them how you feel before you really get to know them, and may make them alot more understanding about it.
Those are my words of wisdom. :)
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