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"There is no harm in keeping worldly friends"
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2Thessalonians 3:14 "And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed."
1Corinthians 5:9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
God commands me not keep company with worldly people because they are in spiritual fornication.
1Corinthians 5:11 "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 idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one no not to eat."
Psalm 1:1 "Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful."
Worldly friends can stop and rob me of my blessings.
2Corinthians 6:14 Be you not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship has righteousness with unrighteousness? and what partnership has light with darkness?
Matthew 5:14
The purpose for relating to worldly people is to lead them to God through the light of your life.
Matthew 5:13 "
The purpose for relating to worldly people is to preserve them from moral decay through the moral integrity in you. Revlating to worldly people is different from friendship with them
"If I don't do this I will loose my best friends and the things I love"
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1Peter 3:13 "And who is he that will harm you, if you be followers of that which is good?"
Matthew 19:29 "
Philippians 1:21 "For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain."
Life is all about fulfilling God's desires and dying to my own desires. Whatever I die to is a gain to me.
John 12:43 For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
The raise men can give you through their praise cannot compare to the raise God gives through His praise of you. When men praise you they will erase you but when God praises you you are truly raised with grace. When God praises you all men will in the end praise you.
Hebrews 11:25 "Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time;"
The joy outside the will of God is only temporary and partial but the joy inside the will of God is permanent and complete.
Luke 9:62 "And Jesus said unto him,
Great treasure awaits all who abandon all things to follow God's will. If I don't give up the things I love for the sake of the will of God I cannot be fit for the most precious thing-the kingdom of God.
Psalm 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
The upright walk is a walk of total abandonment of all things to follow God's will. The upright walk guarantees all good things.
Mark 12:30 "
Only God is worthy of my greatest love
Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself also in the LORD; and he shall give you the desires of your heart.
All round prosperity is in total abandonment of all things. Doing the will of God is the way to accessing all the things I truly love.
James 1:17 "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning."
Doing the will of God cannot deny me of any perfect thing because God is the source of all perfect things
"I always disagree with this person, I don't think we can be friends or close"
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Luke 6:27 "
Romans 8:14 "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God."
Colossians 3:11 "Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all."
Romans 14:19 "Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things with which one may edify another."
Hebrews 12:14 "Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:"
Psalm 133:1 ,1 "A song of ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!",2 "It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;",3 "As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life forevermore."
Isaiah 32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance forever.
Galatians 5:22 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,"
Galatians 6:7 "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap."
Hebrews 13:20 "Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,"
Hebrews 10:29 "Of how much worse punishment, suppose you, shall he be thought worthy, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant, with which he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and has done insult unto the Spirit of grace?"
Matthew 18:21 ,21 "Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?",22 "Jesus said unto him,
Romans 14:17 "For the kingdom of God is not food and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit."
2Corinthians 5:18 "And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation;"
Matthew 18:15 ,15 "
Acts 4:32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that any of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
Luke 11:2 "And he said unto them,
2Corinthians 4:18 "While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal."
2Corinthians 4:13 "We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;"
1Corinthians 13:13 "And now abides faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love."
The most important things that should determine the success of relationships is when those involved have the similar hope faith and love.\1Co 13:13 The prospects of a relationship can only be reliably measured by the measure of similarity those involve have in their faithhopes and affections. All other things are not noteworthy because they pass away easily
Colossians 3:23 "And whatsoever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;"
Disagreements come to test the kind of foundation our relationships are built on. In all our relationships Christ should be the foundation. Christ should be the reason we should continue or discontinue it\Co 3:23 We are supposed to relate to people because of Christ as a worship offering to Him as honor to Him who is eternal and not because of similarities in our opinions which are often temporal
Romans 8:6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
If the only foundation on which we build friendship and relationships is similarities between our opinions then we are carnally minded because opinions spring from self. Such relationships do not have eternal impact. We must build our relationships on spiritual principles of love and purpose
Galatians 2:11 "But when Peter came to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed."
Disagreements does not mean the end of friendships or relationships because they are bound to happen. We only need wisdom to make the best out of them
"I must do this to fit in/gain my friends approval"
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Galatians 1:10 "For do I now seek the favor of men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ."
Anyone with the desire to please men cannot please God or be a servant of Christ
Luke 4:8 "And Jesus answered and said unto him,
"I want a friend who is rich and famous"
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James 2:9 "But if you have respect to persons, you commit sin, and are convicted of the law as transgressors."
Acts 20:35 "I have showed you all things, how that so laboring you ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said,
Matthew 9:11 ,11 "And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?",12 "But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them,
We have not been called to the perfect but to the imperfect that we will perfect them
Matthew 5:15 "
Your worth and value is seen more in your impart upon others
"I will lose all my good friends if I become serious with God"
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John 12:43 For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
Mark 10:29 ,29 "And Jesus answered and said,
"I am becoming friends with him so I can bring him to Christ"
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Ephesians 5:11 "And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them."
2Corinthians 6:14 Be you not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship has righteousness with unrighteousness? and what partnership has light with darkness?
"I feel bad because I have only few friends"
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Ephesians 1:6 "To the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he has made us accepted in the beloved."
Jeremiah 31:3 "The LORD has appeared of old unto me, saying,
Worldly friends can bring shame to my life if entertained.