who might be a hindrance to either our salvation or our fruitful walk.
We can often wonder why people drop away from our lives. As Christians we can expect it. God will guide us so that we have no fellowship with darkness. Good character is corrupted by bad company, He has said. The pivotal concept here is not “can be corrupted” but “is corrupted”. And it is for sure.
The holy Christian walk is marked by small company. It just is. The Bible says it. If we will walk Godly in Christ Jesus, men will hate us.
They hated Jesus first, so of course they will hate us. If we walk with Him they will. If we resemble the world we should have left, then they will still enjoy our company. Where there is no Godly conviction, there is contentment for the lost. It is not true contentment but they want to not be bothered by the conviction a holy believer brings…so they are repelled by their company.
Do we have old friends, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers who have been removed from our day-to-day lives? There is reason for it if they do not walk with the Lord. God sees them as a hindrance to our walk in Christ. We are always required to minister to their needs but we are also required to keep holy fellowship. Mingling with the lost in hopes that my faith might rub off is never what God orders. God removes the lost from a true believer’s fellowship if that fellowship will corrupt the character He has formed in me.
He is the keeper of the sheep. He is the author and finisher of my faith. It is a narrow road and few find it.