Jul 28, 2009
Running time: 40:00
Embedded in Paul’s clarification about associating with immoral people, is the missionary strategy employed by Jesus and his apostles. In order for the church to make a real impact for Christ, they must have personal contact with unbelievers. This message uses two concrete examples from the life of Christ, how the church must apply this policy of engagement in evangelism.
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Jun 30, 2011April #
Would you say that Jesus had a personal relationship over time with sinners? Does this mean we also can have a friendship with unbelivers?
Jun 30, 2011Rev. John Sawtelle #
April,
I would say that Jesus absolutely had friendships with sinners, otherwise he could not reasonably have been called a drunkard and friend of tax collectors and sinners (Luke 7:34). As for the 2nd question, I don’t know how else believers would be able to evangelize the lost without forming some kind of relationship with sinners; so yes, I think it is permissible for believers to have unbelieving friends. That being said, believers ought to enter these relationships with wisdom and care, making sure that such relationships do not become an occassion for stumbling into sin or for justifying sin. There are many considerations that believers will guide believers in forming such relationships including the circumstances of the friendship, the character the unbeliever, and the believers level of spirtual maturity.
I hope that helps.
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Pastor John