My heart is in great distressed….
Few days ago, I had another kind of conversation with my another bestfriend (as u all can expected ^^). Anyway, he’s one of my bestfriend and he’s not the one that i talked about below.
A lil bit abt him: he’s a new Christian too, his family’s background is Buddhist, and he goes to one of the church in UTS Tower (i think it’s a Bethany church, but i’m not sure). I was really really joyful and thankful to God when he became Xn, coz at least there’s one non-Pelita friend that I can talk to abt Xnity. So when we had the conversation few days ago, i was glad that i can discuss abt Xnity with my bestfriend. We had an argument on predestination, coz he thinks that God cannot work on man unless that man decide to willing to know God more. While from the church camp we know that we desire God because He desires us first. I didn’t point any Bible verses to him, coz i forgot what the verses from church camp.
However, there’s some main different points. He said that in his church, the ability to speak in tongue is emphasised. At first i didn’t understand what,why,and how speak in tongue is important. So i asked him to explain, and as he explained to me, it seems that it’s less and less Biblical. There are also some things that i’ve never heard before from the Bible, about the devil cannot hear if we speak in tongue to God, how prayer,speak in tongue and fasting can show that we really mean in our faith. Okay, i admit that i’ve heard something abt fasting, but i’ve never heard of the emphasise of fasting if we really need something from God as an additional to prayer. Correct me if i’m wrong.
I was really happy when he became Xn. But now i feel very sorrowful that he’d heard the wrong message of gospel. In the beginning of CBS today they showed a movie abt someone from AFES (i forgot who) who decided to leave his old charismatic church because of the emphasise of speak in tongue, which he thought is not biblical. The very first second they showed the movie, i immediately thought abt my bestfriend whose church also put emphasise on speak in tongue. Moreover, Galatians 1:1-10, as Grimmo said in CBS, very clearly accurse those who distort and turn away the gospel. My friend is in great danger.
I’m planning to show some Bible verses to him to think about. Or maybe i can have a lil bit conversation or read the Bible together. But as soon as I told Chenny about that, she said don’t. We’re not allowed to have 1-1 bible study accross the gender. My heart is really really really fall down to the deepest. Not because that i’m not allowed to do bible reading together, no, i believe that Chenny has a reason for that, but because of the unable-ness of myself to directly tell the him the truth. i don’t have the authority. i’m useless. well…except prayer. but i just can’t sit there and do nothing, my bestfriend is really really in danger and i need to tell him as soon as possible. Chenny told me that probably my bro who knows my friend also can tell him that he’s wrong. But my bro doesn’t really know him well as i do, will he willing to talk freely to my bro as he talk to me??
Okay, i was joyful that my bestfriend became a Xn. But i’m in a great distressed that he got the wrong message of gospel. And i’m unable to tell him the truth. That’s even worse.
August 25th, 2005 at 9:37 am
I think u can still talk to him as a friend, its not a 1-1 bible study, maybe more like a discussion, or u can just tell him the passages and ask him to look at the passages himself first
August 26th, 2005 at 5:14 pm
1 corinthians 12 - 14 probably can help=)
the good thing abt charismatic is they also believe in the bible.
And i’m agree with sui.
Keep praying to your friends.