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Re: Don't you miss the days of Pres. BC?
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Originally Posted by Truthseeker
What does this mean:
2 Corinthians 6:14 (Whole Chapter)
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
I wonder if this would apply:
1 Corinthians 5:11 (Whole Chapter)
But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolator, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. |
TS, I think there's a difference between remaining someone's "friend" and being in close fellowship/kinship with them.
The prophet Nathan is a good example--David needed just such a "friend" after he sinned. (Adultery, conspiracy and murder, among other things)
When someone sins, it affects their relationships, but that doesn't mean we have to cut them off completely. In the case of President Clinton, since he wasn't a "brother" in the first place, then I Corinthians 5:11 doesn't even apply. That scripture is talking about fellow Christians who fall into sin.
Do you think that Jesus and the Apostles avoided contact with sinners? Of course not. 
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