http://life2getherblog.com/2007/10/15/friend-of-sinners-or-friend-of-this-world/ so that others may live Thu, 10 May 2012 17:31:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://life2getherblog.com/2007/10/15/friend-of-sinners-or-friend-of-this-world/comment-page-1/#comment-287 Practically Being the Light of the World « Life Together Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:04:09 +0000 http://life2gether.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/friend-of-sinners-or-friend-of-this-world/#comment-287 [...] my thoughts on Friend of Sinners or Friend of this World [...] [...] my thoughts on Friend of Sinners or Friend of this World [...]

]]> http://life2getherblog.com/2007/10/15/friend-of-sinners-or-friend-of-this-world/comment-page-1/#comment-293 Jim Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:19:35 +0000 http://life2gether.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/friend-of-sinners-or-friend-of-this-world/#comment-293 Thanks for sharing that quote. Thanks for sharing that quote.

]]> http://life2getherblog.com/2007/10/15/friend-of-sinners-or-friend-of-this-world/comment-page-1/#comment-292 rjperalta Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:41:43 +0000 http://life2gether.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/friend-of-sinners-or-friend-of-this-world/#comment-292 Amen! Be a friend of sinners. As long as we don't go with them to sin, there is plenty of things, places etc. that we can go to befriend them, just as Jesus did. Grace to you, Richard Amen! Be a friend of sinners. As long as we don’t go with them to sin, there is plenty of things, places etc. that we can go to befriend them, just as Jesus did.
Grace to you,
Richard

]]> http://life2getherblog.com/2007/10/15/friend-of-sinners-or-friend-of-this-world/comment-page-1/#comment-291 jdodson Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:24:48 +0000 http://life2gether.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/friend-of-sinners-or-friend-of-this-world/#comment-291 GOOD THOUGHTS GOOD THOUGHTS

]]> http://life2getherblog.com/2007/10/15/friend-of-sinners-or-friend-of-this-world/comment-page-1/#comment-290 Doug Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:03:09 +0000 http://life2gether.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/friend-of-sinners-or-friend-of-this-world/#comment-290 Mark, you hit on something that I think we often forget. It's not so much our outward appearance and relevance but our inward character and love that attracts the unbelieving world to Jesus. The more we abide in Jesus the more we will become like him in his compassion for others. We need to be known more for what we do instead of what we don't do. Like Piper once said, "No one is impressed when we merely obey the law ... but they will take notice when we lay down our lives for others." Mark, you hit on something that I think we often forget. It’s not so much our outward appearance and relevance but our inward character and love that attracts the unbelieving world to Jesus. The more we abide in Jesus the more we will become like him in his compassion for others. We need to be known more for what we do instead of what we don’t do. Like Piper once said, “No one is impressed when we merely obey the law … but they will take notice when we lay down our lives for others.”

]]> http://life2getherblog.com/2007/10/15/friend-of-sinners-or-friend-of-this-world/comment-page-1/#comment-289 Mark Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:05:00 +0000 http://life2gether.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/friend-of-sinners-or-friend-of-this-world/#comment-289 Doug, It is great that you are considering all of this so much. I agree with Spurgeon that we need to be exemplary Christians so that the world would want to ask us questions about what we have. (Not try to conform to the world so that they will think Christians are "cool".) I like the Jesus of Nazareth movie and how they represent Jesus having fellowship with "sinners". The people were so caught up with Jesus' love and compassion and integrity that they were willing to listen. They didn't care that he didn't fit in to their culture. They were happy just to be loved by him. Doug,
It is great that you are considering all of this so much. I agree with Spurgeon that we need to be exemplary Christians so that the world would want to ask us questions about what we have. (Not try to conform to the world so that they will think Christians are “cool”.) I like the Jesus of Nazareth movie and how they represent Jesus having fellowship with “sinners”. The people were so caught up with Jesus’ love and compassion and integrity that they were willing to listen. They didn’t care that he didn’t fit in to their culture. They were happy just to be loved by him.

]]> http://life2getherblog.com/2007/10/15/friend-of-sinners-or-friend-of-this-world/comment-page-1/#comment-288 Kellie Shramek Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:51:50 +0000 http://life2gether.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/friend-of-sinners-or-friend-of-this-world/#comment-288 Great thoughts Doug! Great thoughts Doug!

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