Hey everyone,
A situation happened today at work. I am part of a 5 man group working on a special project which began in March. Two of the 5, a male and female, have grown close over the past month. Neither of them are christian but the female knows the bible pretty well (way better than I do actually). The male, on the other hand, does not know the bible but he is considering turning Christian. Both live lives which are not righteous e.g. constant cursing, partying, drinking, fornicating etc hence y they get along so well. But that's not what I focusing on.
I am a fairly new christian and I therefore do not know how to explain many things to non believers. However, today I walked into the room where they were talking about the Lord and christianity. The male seemed really confused and the female was trying to explain it to him. For example, the male doesnt understand how people can curse God, or how other faiths can worship other Gods. I knew the answers to some of his questions and the female was giving him the wrong information for some of them. So I, though being a very shy person, asked him if he was confused. However, the girl asked me what could he be confused about. I said: confused about what you are talking about i.e. Christianity. Then the male said, "Another thing I don't get is why christians always butt into conversations about God uninvited". Then he added "oh not u though", referring to me. So I got up and moved over to the other side because apparently that conversation was private, even though we were in a very public open place.
I was highly offended since like I mentioned I am a shy person and would normally never "butt" into conversations. I got really angry at his comment since I really don't get how he could say that. I was trying to help him even though I may not know much, but for 2 nonbelievers to be talking bout the Lord and not wanting my input as a Christian was too much to bare for me. I understand that I am to be an ambassador for Christ so I wanted to explain to them the truth. How dare they sit there and talk about our Lord and then push away one of his children who came to help them. How can you expect to get valid and righteous answers from someone who is not saved and doesn't live for Christ? Also, I realised that he wants to become a Christian but constantly looks down upon Christianity and the way we are supposed to live.
Other situations have occurred where they asked me questions but I couldn't give a good response due to my quiet nature and the fact that I really do suck at talking to people, e.g. they believe having sex before marriage is a MUST and of course I don't agree.
I was just so upset that I started to cry from frustration (not in front of them of course). Is this the right response? Am I overreacting? Should I avoid them unless work related? (sorry for the long post btw lol)
A situation happened today at work. I am part of a 5 man group working on a special project which began in March. Two of the 5, a male and female, have grown close over the past month. Neither of them are christian but the female knows the bible pretty well (way better than I do actually). The male, on the other hand, does not know the bible but he is considering turning Christian. Both live lives which are not righteous e.g. constant cursing, partying, drinking, fornicating etc hence y they get along so well. But that's not what I focusing on.
I am a fairly new christian and I therefore do not know how to explain many things to non believers. However, today I walked into the room where they were talking about the Lord and christianity. The male seemed really confused and the female was trying to explain it to him. For example, the male doesnt understand how people can curse God, or how other faiths can worship other Gods. I knew the answers to some of his questions and the female was giving him the wrong information for some of them. So I, though being a very shy person, asked him if he was confused. However, the girl asked me what could he be confused about. I said: confused about what you are talking about i.e. Christianity. Then the male said, "Another thing I don't get is why christians always butt into conversations about God uninvited". Then he added "oh not u though", referring to me. So I got up and moved over to the other side because apparently that conversation was private, even though we were in a very public open place.
I was highly offended since like I mentioned I am a shy person and would normally never "butt" into conversations. I got really angry at his comment since I really don't get how he could say that. I was trying to help him even though I may not know much, but for 2 nonbelievers to be talking bout the Lord and not wanting my input as a Christian was too much to bare for me. I understand that I am to be an ambassador for Christ so I wanted to explain to them the truth. How dare they sit there and talk about our Lord and then push away one of his children who came to help them. How can you expect to get valid and righteous answers from someone who is not saved and doesn't live for Christ? Also, I realised that he wants to become a Christian but constantly looks down upon Christianity and the way we are supposed to live.
Other situations have occurred where they asked me questions but I couldn't give a good response due to my quiet nature and the fact that I really do suck at talking to people, e.g. they believe having sex before marriage is a MUST and of course I don't agree.
I was just so upset that I started to cry from frustration (not in front of them of course). Is this the right response? Am I overreacting? Should I avoid them unless work related? (sorry for the long post btw lol)