If you have to work with someone who is living a sinful life you can keep your heart and spirit closed and protected. When you choose to spend time with someone who is living a sinful life and choose to be an intimate friend, then that person will affect you negatively.
Notice these two Scriptures:
Make no friendship with an angry man, and with a furious man do not go, Lest you learn his ways and set a snare for your soul.The Bible teaches us that through the law of association we will become like the ones with whom we spend time. If you spend all your time with people who are living a sinful life, then their ways and practices will begin to rub off on you.
(Prov. 22:24-25 NKJ)
If, in the manner of men, I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me? If the dead do not rise, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!" Do not be deceived: Evil company corrupts good habits. Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.
(1 Cor. 15:32-34 NKJ)
Jesus said if we live right, we will lose friends, but God will give us better friends for every one that we lose. You have to make a decision to go all the way with God!
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Joe Cameneti Sr. is the lead pastor of Believers Church, located in his hometown of Warren, Ohio. Pastor Joe, along with his wife Gina, pioneered Believers Church in 1983 following his graduation from Bible School.
In addition to leading a thriving local church, Pastor Joe is the host of a weekly show called "BCTV." The program is aired locally, reaching over 30,000 people each month.
Pastor Joe is a gifted communicator, skilled in the art of building bridges to unchurched America. Transparent and authentic, you'll walk away challenged and encouraged to connect with God in a deeper way.
