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Interacting With Unbelieving Relatives
Oct. 22, 2019
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Transcription

I have siblings that are believers. I have siblings that are a sibling that's not a believer. And I think to care for them, to love them, to point them when you can to Christ, when you have opportunity, even with unsaved parents, is to present the gospel to them, do that in a way that you're showing, you're not preaching at them, but you're showing just great care for their souls, that you really long for them to know the Savior, to know what you have been given and to share that with them. And frankly, so that they can't stand before God on judgment day and say, why didn't you tell me? And I think with our children to recognize when we have unbelieving relatives, to not always be at war with them, but to recognize that they're in blindness, and they're in darkness, and there's a veil over their eyes, and to have compassion and to have mercy, instead of standing in arrogance and judgment.

And I think that if we have that attitude towards others, I think our children will pick up those attitudes as well. You

How do you interact with unbelieving relatives?

Gary Powers explains in this video that he has unbelieving relatives and that he strives to love and care for them and to ultimately point them to Christ. He tries to present the Gospel at different opportunities because he desires that they be saved. In short, believers ought to show great care for the souls of their unbelieving relatives.

Likewise, we should want our children to have compassion and mercy towards those relatives. We shouldn't want them to have an attitude of arrogance and judgment towards them. If we model that kind of attitude, our children will surely mirror that was well.

Colossians 4:5-6 (NKJV) - "Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one."

Speaker

Gary Powers is an elder at Geneva Lakes Church in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, the Founder & CEO of Ortho Molecular Products, Inc., a leading dietary supplement company serving functional medicine practitioners.  Mr. Powers has also started several new businesses with his children. Each endeavor is centered on the natural products and organic farming industries. Gary and his wife Patti have been married for thirty-nine years and have eight grandchildren.

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