A podcast listener named Nicole writes on to ask this, Pastor John, how do I confront

a dear friend who is in Christ when I see her getting involved with a married man?

I have already confronted her once before telling her to flee from adultery.

I'm afraid she is in deeper now than before.

What scripture can I be pointed to to prepare for a very hard conversation with her?

I think when we're trying to persuade someone who is in the sway of deception and sin, we

need to combine two kinds of scriptures at least.

One is the kind that very seriously and soberly and maybe even frighteningly warns against

the folly of sinful behavior.

The other is the kind of scriptures that give hope that a person, if they hold fast to

Jesus and turn from evil, he'll give them a better future than they think they're going

to have through sin.

Those are the two kinds of scripture that I would put together.

Probably in that order, I don't know, the Holy Spirit can lead in that regard.

And there are simple practical insights that the Lord may bring to mind that don't come

from any particular scripture.

I'll mention one of those in just a minute.

Here's a few texts from both of those categories that you could speak to her about.

She probably thinks that she loves him, but she is about to destroy him according to the

Bible and pointing that out might help.

Proverbs 7, 21, with much seductive speech, she persuades him.

With her smooth talks, she compels him.

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