Friend Culture

Look at your culture of friends: what do you see? Is there anyone around you who needs to be influenced by you? If you listenend to your sociology professor, you might remember that people tend to gather into groups and form community based on certain shared characteristics-race, religion, background, etc. Unfortunately, Christians aren't exempt from this natural occurance. I don't want to downplay the role of Christian fellowship, because I believe it's vital for spiritual growth and accountability, but I do want to shed some light on some problems I see in the friend culture of many Christians: Take this test: 1. All of your friends are Christians T/F 2. You fear being friends with non-Christians T/F 3. Your social life revolves around church activities T/F 4. You don't see a need to have non-Christian friends T/F 5. You don't know how to lead someone to Christ T/F If you answered True more times than False I can almost assure you that your friend culture is too exclusive-I can almost guarantee that you will not lead a single person to Christ this year. Please hear what it is I'm saying and more importantly what it is I'm not saying: I am not saying to not have Christians friends and dedicate time to building those relationships. I am saying to bring light into darkness through relationships with non-Christians. I am not saying to only associate with non-Christians. I am saying to be able to lead a person to Christ you must have some contact with people who are not already in your "group". Get it? Now rethink your friend culture and influence people toward a relationship with Christ.