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First of all, I mean no disrespect to those who stand on street corners and warn the world that the end is Near. Trust me, i do believe its very near too. I have a new friend that i met in church last spring that does this. He also has a friend who is a very strong influence on him who roped him into to this street preaching lifestyle. His friend goes to gay marches and yells at them and tells them they are going to hell, etc. But my friend was originally a really sweet guy who is trying hard to live a righteous, Godly life. He sends me all these End Times videos about Obama, the pope, and how all this stuff is coming together right now.
I'm glad i have found some friends on this website, but in my everyday life i only have a few friends and most of them live far away and i haven't seen them between 8 and 20 years. So he is my only local friend that i know. Anyway, he recently left the church i am still currently going to and calls it an "apostate church" and evil. This is because this summer they (my church) was doing this really neat series about "heroes of our faith" and talked about different famous Christians we should look up to as role models like Mother Theresa, Deitrich Bonhoffer, Billy Graham, and one of them - you guessed it was the pope. From what i learned about the pope's life is either he really is following what Jesus would want us to do (life a life of charity, humility, and service) or he is the best darn actor (or imposter) i have ever seen in my life! He also shows videos on his FB page on how Billy Graham is also a really bad, evil guy. I saw the video and was not convinced...it seems they took his words out of context.
So the point i'm getting at is, I don't know how to talk to my friend anymore. He only seems to focus on the prophetic parts of the Bible and in his free time reads books like "The Mark" and stuff like that. I feel sad because i feel like i have already lost a friend i just met because he thinks we should all preach to all our friends and family and get the word out ASAP before we are raptured. There is no more time to "live by example" now.....it's too late for that...we are living the the very last hour, last second....so it's turn or burn time baby! That's how he sees it. I want so much for him to grow in his relationship with Jesus and mature in his faith, but it's like talking to a wall. Also any other Bible besides KJV is not truth to him and not trustworthy. He only sees one way, and that's that we need to warn as many people as we can. This is not the approach i was taught in all the churches i've been to...i'm more of a live by example gal myself and seasoning my talk with salt, so to speak. And yes I believe sometimes the Holy Spirit may prompt us to share our faith even more openly than just a seasoning, but I think we need to do it a little more gently, with love and compassion...not bash people over the head with a KJV Bible!! He has already been shunned by some of his own family members because they don't want to hear his End Times message anymore.
Also, I have tried many, many times to get him to join this website and at least check it out (i keep telling him how cool it is) but he just goes "uh huh" and seems completely uninterested. I just don't know how to talk to a wall anymore who seeing things only one way because he claims the Holy Spirit is guiding his life and all these visions and dreams people are having about Obama (son of pardition) are absolutely real 100%. When i mean wall, my Bible verses i might happen to mention, they bounce right off this wall. Maybe because they aren't prophetic in nature and don't talk about Obama.
Phil 4:8 and Micah 6:8. I felt called to share these and was hurt when he didn't even seem to care! To a believer I thought these verses would really mean something. I guess not in this case. Not to the wall, anyhow.
I don't know if any of you have any friends or family like this, but i would love to hear anyone's thoughts or opinions on this matter!
I'm glad i have found some friends on this website, but in my everyday life i only have a few friends and most of them live far away and i haven't seen them between 8 and 20 years. So he is my only local friend that i know. Anyway, he recently left the church i am still currently going to and calls it an "apostate church" and evil. This is because this summer they (my church) was doing this really neat series about "heroes of our faith" and talked about different famous Christians we should look up to as role models like Mother Theresa, Deitrich Bonhoffer, Billy Graham, and one of them - you guessed it was the pope. From what i learned about the pope's life is either he really is following what Jesus would want us to do (life a life of charity, humility, and service) or he is the best darn actor (or imposter) i have ever seen in my life! He also shows videos on his FB page on how Billy Graham is also a really bad, evil guy. I saw the video and was not convinced...it seems they took his words out of context.
So the point i'm getting at is, I don't know how to talk to my friend anymore. He only seems to focus on the prophetic parts of the Bible and in his free time reads books like "The Mark" and stuff like that. I feel sad because i feel like i have already lost a friend i just met because he thinks we should all preach to all our friends and family and get the word out ASAP before we are raptured. There is no more time to "live by example" now.....it's too late for that...we are living the the very last hour, last second....so it's turn or burn time baby! That's how he sees it. I want so much for him to grow in his relationship with Jesus and mature in his faith, but it's like talking to a wall. Also any other Bible besides KJV is not truth to him and not trustworthy. He only sees one way, and that's that we need to warn as many people as we can. This is not the approach i was taught in all the churches i've been to...i'm more of a live by example gal myself and seasoning my talk with salt, so to speak. And yes I believe sometimes the Holy Spirit may prompt us to share our faith even more openly than just a seasoning, but I think we need to do it a little more gently, with love and compassion...not bash people over the head with a KJV Bible!! He has already been shunned by some of his own family members because they don't want to hear his End Times message anymore.
Also, I have tried many, many times to get him to join this website and at least check it out (i keep telling him how cool it is) but he just goes "uh huh" and seems completely uninterested. I just don't know how to talk to a wall anymore who seeing things only one way because he claims the Holy Spirit is guiding his life and all these visions and dreams people are having about Obama (son of pardition) are absolutely real 100%. When i mean wall, my Bible verses i might happen to mention, they bounce right off this wall. Maybe because they aren't prophetic in nature and don't talk about Obama.
Phil 4:8 and Micah 6:8. I felt called to share these and was hurt when he didn't even seem to care! To a believer I thought these verses would really mean something. I guess not in this case. Not to the wall, anyhow.
I don't know if any of you have any friends or family like this, but i would love to hear anyone's thoughts or opinions on this matter!
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