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Mezuzas
July 21st, 2008, 08:04 PM
Okay, let's say someone has been deceived by dark forces, although you do not fully realize the implications of everything going on, but you know something's up. You try talking to said person for several days, and the person is cold to you and unresponsive. So, finally you tell this person that you are going to give the person some space and not contact the person until this person decides to contact you. Days later you read something that makes it clearer what is going on with person, and you desire to give this person the information, but you already told this person that you weren't going to contact this person. So, you would be lying if you gave this person info that could hopefully wake this person up to what has been going on, even if you do it anonymously correct? Because person wouldn't even read info if person knew it came from you because something is causing said person to avoid anyone who could possibly give person truthful/helpful info, so you would have to do it anonymously anyway.

If you enlisted a 3rd party to slip said info to person, would that still be considered as making contact?

If you know this person is on a destructive path, potentially leading to hell if person doesn't come out from under the blinders, and you're the only person who even cares enough to get this info to this person, what would you do?

You don't want to lie, and if you break promise of no contact, you'll be sinning. But if you don't help person, and person dies before someone else could start caring enough to step in...

Ethical/moral delema. What is the right thing to do? What would God want you to do?

Paidfor
July 21st, 2008, 09:23 PM
God wants us to be like Him. He wants us to say what we mean and mean what we say.

Deu 23:23 Whatever your lips utter you must be sure to do, because you made your vow freely to the LORD your God with your own mouth.


And a good rule is not to make an oath at all. But if you do it must be taken very seriously.

Mat 5:33 "Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not break your oath, but keep the oaths you have made to the Lord.'
Mat 5:34 But I tell you, Do not swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God's throne;
Mat 5:35 or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King.
Mat 5:36 And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black.
Mat 5:37 Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.


It is most important that you always conduct yourself in a way that gives honor to the Lord. The Lord doesn't want you to steal to get money for a ministry. He also doesn't want you to lie or go back on an oath when counseling a person. God has many servants. And if you are worried about the person dying, remember Who controls life and death. Conduct yourself with godliness and let God take care of the rest.

Theresa
July 21st, 2008, 09:31 PM
Mezuzas, I'm sorry, I truly don't mean to offend you, but I think you are playing with fire if you are referring to the man from the other thread. YOU cannot save him, only the Holy Spirit can do so. In my opinion, you should be praying for him, but should have absolutely no contact of any kind with him.