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How do you deal with someone close to you who is knowingly sinning?

If there is a group of people you associate with, say in your circle of closest friends or family even, and there is one or two of them who continue to do what you consider a sin, how do you act around them? Do you avoid them? Change your circle?

Say they commit adultery or theft or slander or something else. But bottom line is that what they do is a sin in your book. What is the right thing to do? If they already know it's wrong, but they live as if they aren't sinning (Because let's face it, many things that are deemed wrong in the past are suddenly accepted by society as okay. Keywords being accepted by society, not right.) , what is the right thing to do?

Funny thing about right and wrong. Society changes it continuously for convenience. Do you see it? I'm asking this to you, especially to those who know what WWJD stands for. What do you think would Jesus do?
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CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
I actually don't understand the concept of sin so I don't even use the word or I'm not always sure what other people mean by it. If you mean something that is morally wrong to me, then depends on what kind of thing they do. If I learned they are a thief, a shoplifter, I wouldn't be able to trust them anymore so I would distance myself. If I learned they vandalize historical sites with graffiti, I would try to stop them doing that and tell them if they have to, then they could do it at places where it wouldn't be so damaging. If they cheated on their partner, I would tell them I think it's wrong but that it's their life so I won't poke my nose into their personal things but I'd also ask them to never use me as an excuse to be away from home or something like that.