Why is it so hard to find godly friends?

Most people don't want to believe in God. Most people believe in lies and the politically correct agenda. Finding friends is difficult in the best of times, but to find friends who are godly and who live for God too, very hard job.

I have the same problem both online and off.

freshxwind said:

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This is a difficult task because godly people are extremely rare and that is because it requires a very long walk with Christ in order to reach the almost Christ like behavior that could be considered godly.

So if your standards are like God's, you'll find no godly friends but if you can reduce those standards and understand that all Christians who truly profess a love for Christ are not Christians because they're perfect, you shouldn't have any trouble.

Here are some contributing factors:

Godly people are rare because the present world is under very bad influence.

1 John 5:19 ►
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We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.

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Some persons who claim to be Christians are actually agents of Satan who are in Church to make others stumble:

Jude 1:4 ►
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For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.

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Jesus true followers are few:

Matt 7:13Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it. .…

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Finding any friend is tough enough, let alone friends of a very specific type. I'd settle for finding people with good hearts, and who I can have quality conversations with over, limiting myself to so called Godly friends. I'd even argue no one is really Godly anyways, not until the resurrection at least. When we become changed.

Freshxwind avatar box reads, location: United States. A lot of "Christians" around here, just not many serious ones. The godly have to fight through all the temptations of our prosperous culture and lifestyle, and most don't truly love God enough to do so.

Hidden In Him said:

Freshxwind avatar box reads, location: United States. A lot of "Christians" around here, just not many serious ones. The godly have to fight through all the temptations of our prosperous culture and lifestyle, and most don't truly love God enough to do so.

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I agree. The amount of stumbling blocks around every corner has to be that much greater in our current culture in the US.

Assuming you are referring to people that are making a serious effort to be Christian, and granted I don't go out of my way to meet a lot of new people, but I don't know any.

I don't attend a Church, not that that would necessarily produce them or not, but one would think...just one maybe? but no.

I'm your friend! But I understand this well. A lot of the churches I went to made sermons about sports teams and I could care less if this football team won or not. Football is fun to play but it's strange to me to relate it sermons. Just teach me what God wants me to do with how I treat others or the historical contexts of it all.

makeajoyfulnoise100 said:

I'm your friend! But I understand this well. A lot of the churches I went to made sermons about sports teams and I could care less if this football team won or not. Football is fun to play but it's strange to me to relate it sermons. Just teach me what God wants me to do with how I treat others or the historical contexts of it all.

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I notice that too. I guess football is one of the socially accepted things at church to be obsessed with. It really puts those of us who could really care less about sports on the outside.

byhisgrace7 said:

I notice that too. I guess football is one of the socially accepted things at church to be obsessed with. It really puts those of us who could really care less about sports on the outside.

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I currently don't go to church which is sad because I enjoy the fellowship. I prefer Bible studies though. But I'm always the person who asks a lot of questions to get the discussion going. Maybe too many.

Don't feel bad. I didn't go for a long time. We need people like you in Bible studies because I sometimes am like a deer caught in the headlights and my mind goes totally blank. LOL

freshxwind said:

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Oh, Do not worry.
Firstly you have Jesus,
Secondly, you have ME.
Purity Clarity Angelic Parkes (and I am not joking, that is my name)!

When I was a teenager, it was so easy to make good Christian friends. I was surrounded by so many families with kids my age. I guess it helped that I grew up in church and went to Christian school. I was completely immersed in Christians.
I did get lonely when I first went away to University though. It took me awhile to find the group of people I wanted to hang out with...it seems like almost EVERYONE is so liberal in their beliefs. I would meet someone who declared they were a Christian, and I would get my hopes up that I found a friend with similar beliefs. Very quickly I discovered how loose the term Christian is in the mainstream. It was disheartening, to say the least.
I'm a conservative girl. That will never change.
Eventually, I did meet a handful of wonderful friends but it took a half semester. I was blessed to have a great church family and a wonderful family that I boarded with. Plus my fiance was close by which helped immensely.
I switched Universities this past year and the campus was much larger. I joined a church with a very large young adults group and its been much easier to find quality friendships.
For me, the key is finding a good church family where people share your same beliefs.
I'm happy to be home for the summer though...back with friends and family who all share the same beliefs. Being constantly bombarded by liberalism is exhausting.

Kenny'sID said:

Assuming you are referring to people that are making a serious effort to be Christian, and granted I don't go out of my way to meet a lot of new people, but I don't know any.

I don't attend a Church, not that that would necessarily produce them or not, but one would think...just one maybe? but no.

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I'am also shy and silent, so I"am the same way as you with "not going out of my way to meet new people". There are no young people my age in the town where I live either.

sarah0688 said:

I'am also shy and silent, so I"am the same way as you with "not going out of my way to meet new people". There are no young people my age in the town where I live either.

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Small town I assume.

Not only am I a bit of a recluse because OF some of the people I have met, I live outside a small town, so the odds are not in my favor. lol

Kenny'sID said:

Small town I assume.

Not only am I a bit of a recluse because OF some of the people I have met, I live outside a small town, so the odds are not in my favor. lol

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Yeah I live in a small town. Why are you reclusive?????

sarah0688 said:

Yeah I live in a small town. Why are you reclusive?????

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I think mostly because of how some of the friends I have had treat me/others. One can come to determine "what's the use" after seeing enough. And I know all aren't like that, but still...

Kenny'sID said:

I think mostly because of how some of the friends I have had treat me/others. One can come to determine "what's the use" after seeing enough. And I know all aren't like that, but still...

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oh ok cool.