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The Living Waters Podcast

Ep. 165 - Is It Ever Okay for a Christian to Cut Someone Out of Their Life?

The Living Waters Podcast

Living Waters

Prolife, Witnessing, Faith, Gospel, Evangelism, Jesus, Salvation, Creation, Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Theology, Christianity, Apologetics, Spirituality

4.93K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

There are times when Christians find themselves seriously asking whether it is okay for them to cut a certain person out of their life. This may come in the form of abuse, disagreements, toxic relationships, non-believers and more. There are times in which it is time to take a step back from another person. Scripture clearly points out that there comes a point in which time is being wasted. Before discussing the circumstances in which it is appropriate to step back from another person, the g...

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0:00.0

Our differences should never divide us.

0:03.2

Actually, the beauty of the gospel is that he brings together different tribes, tongues,

0:10.2

and nations, different cultures, different understandings.

0:14.3

And while the secondary issues, their variance of the gospel, their perspectives of the gospel,

0:20.9

sometimes the thing that makes us walk away from relationships isn't that that person

0:25.4

is difficult, it's our own pride.

0:28.4

And I think it's important in those secondary issue moments to remember the humility of our,

0:34.5

the humility of approaching a God that is mysterious.

0:37.3

What I mean by that is this.

0:39.2

If there's ever a time where I think I've got all my theologies and doctrines in order

0:43.4

that when I get the heaven, I'm going to be like, yep, nailed that one, nailed that one,

0:46.9

nailed that dude, guys, I got them all right.

0:49.2

Like none of us are going to have all of our theological bingo cards checked right.

0:54.2

We're going to be wrong somewhere, shocker.

0:58.2

We're going to be wronged somewhere.

1:00.3

And so in that sense, approach differences with humility.

1:04.4

Yeah, I guess I could be, but then again, it proves me right, that I'm wrong.

1:09.4

Yes.

1:10.4

You're right.

1:11.4

And so we have to approach differences amongst Christians with humility and with grace.

1:16.8

And we have to remember that those differences will strengthen the understanding that we have

1:22.2

on who God is.

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