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Last week, a friend of mine posted something on Facebook that got me thinking a little. His status said this: This may sound weird, but ever since I've decided to follow Christ I feel out of place amongst old friends...It's like I'm trying to find my place in this world all over again..... By no means, am I perfect, and I enjoy people and a beer, but man do I feel weird....
I responded that it's not weird at all because when you become a Christian, you become a new creation in Christ. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things become new." As Christians, we are supposed to be set apart from the world. We shouldn't be comfortable with sin/our old ways. I'm not saying that having a beer once in a while or still hanging with your friends is necessarily sin. However, if these friends haven't given their lives to Christ, then nothing about them has changed, unlike my friend! There are many verses in the Bible about being set apart. One that comes to mind is Romans 12:2, "Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." It makes sense to me that he would feel a little weird. I would assume since his friends have not changed, they're probably still behaving the same way, doing the same things, talking the same way, living the same way they always have, while he thinks, acts, speaks, and lives differently now. It's a good example of how light and darkness can't coexist. If you turn on the light, the light overtakes the darkness. If you shut off the light, darkness overtakes the light. It can't be both light and dark. It just doesn't work! It's like he has turned on the light, but they still want to live in the dark. It wouldn't surprise me if his friends feel a little weird as well. Light tends to expose things that are hiding in the dark. 2 Corinthians 6:14, "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?" I do wish my friend well as he finds his place in this dark world. It's definitely not always easy, and the Lord never said it would be. However difficult, though, the reward will be worth it in the end!
P.S. I apologize that this post looks kinda funky. I have tried several times to fix it, with no luck. Thanks for reading it anyway.
I responded that it's not weird at all because when you become a Christian, you become a new creation in Christ. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things become new." As Christians, we are supposed to be set apart from the world. We shouldn't be comfortable with sin/our old ways. I'm not saying that having a beer once in a while or still hanging with your friends is necessarily sin. However, if these friends haven't given their lives to Christ, then nothing about them has changed, unlike my friend! There are many verses in the Bible about being set apart. One that comes to mind is Romans 12:2, "Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." It makes sense to me that he would feel a little weird. I would assume since his friends have not changed, they're probably still behaving the same way, doing the same things, talking the same way, living the same way they always have, while he thinks, acts, speaks, and lives differently now. It's a good example of how light and darkness can't coexist. If you turn on the light, the light overtakes the darkness. If you shut off the light, darkness overtakes the light. It can't be both light and dark. It just doesn't work! It's like he has turned on the light, but they still want to live in the dark. It wouldn't surprise me if his friends feel a little weird as well. Light tends to expose things that are hiding in the dark. 2 Corinthians 6:14, "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?" I do wish my friend well as he finds his place in this dark world. It's definitely not always easy, and the Lord never said it would be. However difficult, though, the reward will be worth it in the end!
P.S. I apologize that this post looks kinda funky. I have tried several times to fix it, with no luck. Thanks for reading it anyway.
2 comments:
Love this! I too felt weird when I first became a Christian but that totally makes sense! Thanks for the share Barbie
You're welcome :)
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