If you are being pressured to be friends with family or others whom God has told you to avoid, don't worry what others think.
God clearly told us to avoid those who will not walk the path we have chosen, that is the narrow one with Christ.
Matthew 10:14-15 " 14 And if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town. 15 Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town."
1 Corinthians 15:33-34 " 33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.” 34 Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame."
Did you know that continuing with friends who hate God is a sin. God COMMANDED us to remove ourselves, its not suggestion but a command.
I prefer to think of "no contact" with someone as "loving them from afar." Since I still love them and pray for them, I cannot have a close relationship with those who hate our God.
We will bear the consequences of continual contact with ungodly people when they refuse to walk the path God has for believers. That does not mean we might not have occasional contact to bring the gospel, but they cannot be our continual companions.
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