Christ Comes First

I shared the following comment on another post. Someone who is being abandoned and rejected by friends because of her love for Christ, is feeling the brunt of battering on the part of non-believers and those who claim to be believers.

"When our focus is Christ continually, we find it repugnant to disobey Him. We also find it repugnant to be continual companions with those who have rejected Him.

I am much more comfortable and blessed to be alone with my Lord than to be in a room full of those who hate Him. I can only visit temporarily with the unsaved, to bring them the gospel, other than that I protect my time, that I not be found to enjoy those who hate my Lord."

Being friendly with the unsaved, while neglecting to tell them the gospel, more than likely validates their miserable lives. It makes them like us because they think we approve of their choice to reject Christ.

We can never be at peace in the presence of those who hate Christ, not even if they claim to be Christians.