Warrior of Jesus Posted May 27, 2016 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 14 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 266 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 197 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/27/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 05/10/1995 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Can one have friendship with unbelievers or believers of other religions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted May 27, 2016 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,990 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,688 Content Per Day: 11.83 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted May 27, 2016 We are not supposed to be unevenly yoked. That means with a marriage partner or a best friend. We are not supposed to take secular advice as a Christian from a nonbeliever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegaman 3.0 Posted May 29, 2016 Group: Graduated to Heaven Followers: 57 Topic Count: 1,546 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 10,320 Content Per Day: 1.41 Reputation: 12,323 Days Won: 9 Joined: 04/15/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/05/1951 Share Posted May 29, 2016 On 5/27/2016 at 10:11 AM, bopeep1909 said: We are not supposed to be unevenly yoked. That means with a marriage partner or a best friend. We are not supposed to take secular advice as a Christian from a nonbeliever. I would not limit that to marriage partners, and see no reason to assume to apply it to best friends, with some reservations. You would not want to be in any sort of a relationship, where the influence of the unbeliever is going to affect your Christian witness, nor temp to to engage  in things which you should not as a believer. For example, if hanging with an unbelieving friend leads to you hanging out ad drinking in bars, getting drunk, then drop the relationship. If partnering with an unbeliever in business, leads to you cheating a little on you business taxes, or making unnecessary repairs to a customer's car, then unequal yoking is not going to be good for you. Jesus did not avoid sinners, and that is an example for us. However, we cannot join them in their sins. Bottom line is, how will a relationship tend to affect how you live? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted May 29, 2016 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,990 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,688 Content Per Day: 11.83 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted May 29, 2016 27 minutes ago, Omegaman 3.0 said: I would not limit that to marriage partners, and see no reason to assume to apply it to best friends, with some reservations. You would not want to be in any sort of a relationship, where the influence of the unbeliever is going to affect your Christian witness, nor temp to to engage  in things which you should not as a believer. For example, if hanging with an unbelieving friend leads to you hanging out ad drinking in bars, getting drunk, then drop the relationship. If partnering with an unbeliever in business, leads to you cheating a little on you business taxes, or making unnecessary repairs to a customer's car, then unequal yoking is not going to be good for you. Jesus did not avoid sinners, and that is an example for us. However, we cannot join them in their sins. Bottom line is, how will a relationship tend to affect how you live? Exactly. We are of this world not in this world. We are not to have an influence from an unbeliever. A casual friend would be someone who you would just have a casual conversation with. But if anything comes up in regards to Chrisitanity I certainly would tell them what I believe and why. That may just get rid of that casual friend. Or.....they may come back for more answers. That is what you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warrior of Jesus Posted May 29, 2016 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 14 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 266 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 197 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/27/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 05/10/1995 Author Share Posted May 29, 2016 Thank you guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyKay Posted May 29, 2016 Group: Royal Member Followers: 12 Topic Count: 385 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 7,692 Content Per Day: 1.93 Reputation: 4,809 Days Won: 3 Joined: 05/28/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted May 29, 2016 On 5/27/2016 at 11:43 AM, Warrior of Jesus said: Can one have friendship with unbelievers or believers of other religions? I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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