I have one problem with what you said. Not all non-believers are out doing drugs , drinking bear and doing all the other sinful things non-believers are thought to be doing. I grew up most of my life as a complete non-believer, and I never did any of those those things.
When making friends with the world, we can be friendly up to the point of acquaintances without partaking in their sins.
I don't believe I mentioned "
ALL" unbelievers
do drugs and drink beer in that statement, I am simply pointing out a fact that we are to be careful how close we get to people who may do these things and/or more. Sooner or later becoming close friends with an unbeliever will result in either the unbeliever turning to the Lord, or the more likely scenario the believer giving into the world. The same is true for anger and other vices which we may not notice once it becomes normal to us...
Pro 22:24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
Pro 22:25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
I can say yes
some unbelievers are nice and moral people, and not everyone is overly immoral. Still
not one of us has not broken God's law. If we break one of God's Ten Commandments we have broken them all.
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
- James 2:10
And our good works is as filthy rags...
Isa 64:6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
The good news is Christ did die for everyone and we can receive forgiveness and cleansing from the sin which we are all born into.
HeftyFine said:
G4JC I sincerely do not appreciate the sarcasm. Ruined the entire post.
The post was not intended as sarcastic, I am sorry you took it that way. The
*cough* was due to several posts I've seen you making on topics around Calvanism. It would be tragic to assume any friend or family member is destined for a specific place...
I think you should be an example to your father and treat him with respect. If he tells you to go into a bar or do other worldy things you need not comply, but all else is scripturally sound that children should obey their parents. Also, doing so and trying to talk to him about God may change his heart and you can pray that his eyes be opened to see the truth and his heart not be hardened. We are to be a light to the world, not hide it under a basket and shun everyone - in this case your own father.
Hopefully you understand my statement better now.
