That’s what I thought he was saying Ritajanice, Or perhaps going further and saying that ‘ if you live a Christ centred life ‘ the same thing will happen. If you perhaps you challenge a non believing family member about something in their life, they will also reject you. Of course this can and does happen, but not in every case.
Ah right, makes much more sense, thanks for that. I’m pretty slow on understanding what is being written at times...
Yes, challenging a family member regarding their sin, of course as you say they can reject you because of the challenge.
Is it my place to challenge my Son who lives in sin, had two children out of wedlock
@amigo de christo ?
I can just visualise my son saying to me, that’s if I did challenge him ...well, you lived in sin, got pregnant before you were married, you hypocrite.....now that you are Born Again you’ve become prim and proper......forgetting the sin that you too once lived in.....
When I did the same as a non believer...lived in sin, got pregnant x2 by my 2 ex husbands...before I married them...I only married them because my family pressured me to do so...what a mess that turned out to be.
Sorry Debp,I think I’m off topic....does that mean Amigo that God hates my child because he lives in sin?
Or is it that God hates the sin, not the sinner?
I may start a thread about this, because I’m confused..
Even though Gods word does say, that without the Spirit we are none of His.
Does that mean Amigo that because many live in sin, just like you did at one time, does that mean he hated us?...or is it just the sin he hates and of course will have no part of sin..xx
I have never challenged my children regarding their sin and never will.....my boys are in God’s hands...if anyone challenges them it will be Him.....besides God isn’t some tyrant .....I received the God of Love into my heart.....how do you know that God isn’t at work in these sinners, like you and I were at one time...didn’t he show us his mercy and grace?........sometimes I think you may be a bit heavy on this sin business......only because you too were once a sinner,so, to preach about sin.....there is only one who can teach that...Jesus..because he was sinless.xx
If I’m not making sense please ask.