(2 Samuel 13:1-14) Amnon's Fellowship with Jonadab should be a warning for us Christians about Being careful when it comes to who is involved in Christian Fellowship

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We as Christian should be concerned about who attends a Christian fellowship, and more importantly who takes on the roles of elders, leaders, advisors, etc., in a Christian Fellowship

Let's start off with the following given premise:
-Nation of Ancient Israel ---could be viewed as-----a modern day church congregation

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2 Samuel 13:1-14
New American Standard Bible 1995

Amnon and Tamar

13 Now it was after this that Absalom the son of David had a beautiful
sister whose name was Tamar, and Amnon the son of David loved her. 2
Amnon was so frustrated because of his sister Tamar that he made
himself ill, for she was a virgin, and it seemed [a]hard to Amnon to
do anything to her. 3 But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab,
the son of Shimeah, David’s brother; and Jonadab was a very shrewd
man. 4 He said to him, “O son of the king, why are you so depressed
morning after morning? Will you not tell me?” Then Amnon said to him,
“I am in love with Tamar, the sister of my brother Absalom.” 5 Jonadab
then said to him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend to be ill; when
your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar
come and give me some food to eat, and let her prepare the food in my
sight, that I may see it and eat from her hand.’” 6 So Amnon lay down
and pretended to be ill; when the king came to see him, Amnon said to
the king, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make me a couple of
cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.”.......more
scripture.....more scripture...............11 When she brought them to
him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, “Come, lie with me,
my sister.” 12 But she answered him, “No, my brother, do not violate
me, for such a thing is not done in Israel; do not do this disgraceful
thing! 13 As for me, where could I [e]get rid of my reproach? And as
for you, you will be like one of the [f]fools in Israel. Now
therefore, please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from
you.” 14 However, he would not listen to [g]her; since he was stronger
than she, he violated her and lay with her.

 

In the 2 Samuel 13:2-5 bible passage, we as Christian could view Amnon & Jonadab engaging in fellowship with each other as members of the Ancient Israelite Hebrew congregation.  To put it in a modern perspective, it's like 2 Christians engaging in fellowship with each other
regardless of whether they are in a cell group, bible study group or if they just are having 1-to-1 fellowship together at a cafe.

However, Jonadab's advice to Amnon that involves giving into Amnon's fleshly desires for his Tamar is scary.

More importantly, it should be a severe warning to us Christians about being concerned & cautious about who attends a Chrisitan Fellowship, and maybe even more importantly who is taking on the roles of elders or leaders in our Christian fellowship.

Christian leadership ( especially Church leadership) need to be firmly guided by The Holy Spirit when they appoint church elders, leaders, advisors etc.

 

Edited November 4, 2022 by bartmac123