I grew up being taught that I should avoid anyone who did not believe like me. Why? They would cause me to stray from my faith because I was weak. I grew up thinking that my faith is weak and fragile and if I question it at all then I would lose it.
How sad is it that Christians would live in a state of fear about their faith. What a crock of BS!
This is why the church has not been effective, because they fear questioning their own faith!
Seriously, my faith has only been strengthened when I question it. If you are on pins and needles about your faith then I would tell you that you have not truly met Jesus. If you believe that you cannot hang out with people who do not believe like you do because then you will lose your faith, then you never had the faith to begin with.
Jesus came to heal the sick, and Christians refuse to hang out with the sick because they are afraid. Which means that Christians are not following the example of Jesus. Which means that their faith is hollow and useless. Are you friends with anyone who is not a Christian? Not because you want to convert them, but because they have value. Jesus hung out with the people that the Christians today would not hang out with. He loved the people who Christians do not love. He talked to the people that Christians will not talk with.
Jesus loved everyone because everyone has value. Christians hang out with the people that they value. Who should you be friends with?
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