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[size=x-large]Widening Your Friendship Circle[/size]
While a searching soul occasionally may approach a Christian and ask, "What must I do to be saved?", for the most part believers must go out in search of the lost sheep. Some suggest that the church acts too much like a fortress from which a few people go out on a campaign or mission in order to collect some converts who are then admonished not to get too close to the world from which they have been saved. Whether this is true or just a perception is not the point. The point is that many Christians have few, or no, meaningful relationships outside of the fellowship. Though it is important for us to avoid unholy influences, there is a degree to which such isolation detracts from our ability to reach people with the gospel message.
Examine closely John 17:11-19. What do these verses reveal about the Christian
While a searching soul occasionally may approach a Christian and ask, "What must I do to be saved?", for the most part believers must go out in search of the lost sheep. Some suggest that the church acts too much like a fortress from which a few people go out on a campaign or mission in order to collect some converts who are then admonished not to get too close to the world from which they have been saved. Whether this is true or just a perception is not the point. The point is that many Christians have few, or no, meaningful relationships outside of the fellowship. Though it is important for us to avoid unholy influences, there is a degree to which such isolation detracts from our ability to reach people with the gospel message.
Examine closely John 17:11-19. What do these verses reveal about the Christian