Do not love the world (1 John 2:15-17)

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purgedconscience

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Willie-T said:
And how often we seem to neglect becoming friends with (loving) any of these people so that we CAN have the right to talk to them about such things?

Most of us, if we say anything, seem to think it is our right and duty to make sure they know we have already judged them..... long before we get to know anything about them as people.
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It's easy to fall into that trap, I agree, but I'd like to think that I've grown past that stage. There are presently many people whom I interact with who are presently far away from God, but we ought to be trying to help them to bridge the gap through Christ and not just be shunning them immediately. I do believe that we can reach points with people where it becomes a casting of pearls before swine situation, but we need to be sure that we've shown the same type of longsuffering with others as God has shown with us before we make any such decisions.
 
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