Shun the unrepentant sinner?

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Dino246

Dino246

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Siberian_Khatru said:
Smells like BDF in here all of the sudden. :p

@Dino,

I couldn't help but notice that you used quotation marks for emphasis:



Is there a subtext to that? Or is the person, plainly spoken, living with their partner - innuendos aside?
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My bad, I thought I posted this in the Family forum, where the subtext would be clear to adults but not necessarily to younger readers. Sorry!

To clarify, this person, by their own admission, is having sex with their partner, but attending church regularly.

Dino
 
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Elin

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Dino246 said:
Hi All,
With 1 Corinthians 5 in mind, I'd appreciate some perspective on an issue. I recently got to know someone who is (allegedly) a Christian, but by their own admission is "living with" their (unmarried) "partner". I get along well with this person so far, but having found out about their lifestyle, I'm feeling conflicted. I think the biblically-sound response is "do not even eat with such a person" in the hopes that God will bring them to repentance.

Has anyone here walked through a similar situation, from either side? How was it handled? Did the person come to repentance and restoration? I want to be clear; this is not an unsaved person I'm hoping to bring to the Lord; it is someone professing faith in Christ already. I'm looking for perspective, not advice as such. :)

Thanks,
Dino
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So many teen-agers today don't even know it is morally wrong to have sex outside marriage.

You've got a giant thought pattern to unseat.
 
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Elin

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realchild4life said:
My believing Christian neighbours are living in a unmarried relationship, one of them in deep knee into the old testament and the other never reads the bible but believes that pray just about covers everything.

They don't work, they don't fellowship. they don't have charity, they stay up all night and they are ruled by want. But in their heart and mind they are true believers.

And I don't doubt they are.
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That's a disconnect. . .
 
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Siberian_Khatru

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Dino246 said:
My bad, I thought I posted this in the Family forum, where the subtext would be clear to adults but not necessarily to younger readers. Sorry!

To clarify, this person, by their own admission, is having sex with their partner, but attending church regularly.

Dino
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Quite all right! I mean, it was pretty heavily implied, but I don't like to assume anything.

It seems fair to turn away from someone - like minded or not - if their habits/lifestyle/sin actually imposes or influences negatively, or at least place a bit of distance. I'm a sinner, and several friends - some like minded, some not - are just the same. We haven't shunned each other because of our fallen nature, though. To each their own baggage, their own demons, and their own justification for it all. I find it more appropriate to talk about these things with people we sincerely care for before folding. In some instances, though, walking away is the courageous, and even the benevolent, thing to do.
 
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Abbasgirl

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Yes I have known someone that professed to be a christian but was living as a sinner. Because the word of God declares he without sin let him cast the first stone, I definitely did not feel it was my place to call them out unless i was lead by the Holy Spirit. Because he, the Holy Spirit will do the convicting, its for us to show love. With love and kindness have I drawn thee is what God's word declares. So unless the Holy Spirit is speaking through you I wouldn't say a word because you wouldn't want to cause anyone to stumble even though it may seem as if they already are. God knows their heart.
 
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torus

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Even for the so-called unrepentant sinner, there is hope. Those of us who claim to have the light must not condemn. Jesus do not come to condemn but to save. I am not preaching tolerance of sin. I had a co-worker who was obviously very into homosexuality and claiming to be a follower of Christ, even to have been a worker in the main congregation of my own church. I did not shun him but I instinctively, and intentionally, would not have a meal with him. That is what scripture says about brothers who continue to live in sin. Living in the parameters set by scripture would be a good place to start and perhaps the only way to go.

Grace and peace to you all.
 
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