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How to be a witness to a friend who is an unbeliever

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i have a friend well she's been my friend ever since I started my second year of college so I'd say 6 years now and she claims she doesn't believe in God. I try to listen to Christian rock music when we're in the car and tell her my story of how I came to knowing God but she doesn't believe me. She always says God's dead he isn't real and talking bad about christians. I don't want to lose her as a friend but at the same time I don't know how much more I can take of this ridicule and being made fun of because I'm a Christian. Anybody have any ideas on how I could help her?
 

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i have a friend well she's been my friend ever since I started my second year of college so I'd say 6 years now and she claims she doesn't believe in God. I try to listen to Christian rock music when we're in the car and tell her my story of how I came to knowing God but she doesn't believe me. She always says God's dead he isn't real and talking bad about christians. I don't want to lose her as a friend but at the same time I don't know how much more I can take of this ridicule and being made fun of because I'm a Christian. Anybody have any ideas on how I could help her?
You can only give her the water of the Word, it is the Holy Spirit who can enable them to drink...not you.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. (Rom 1:16)
 
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Anybody have any ideas on how I could help her?

From a position of strength. You don't necessarily have to force your Christian music on her, although you should fully expect her as your friend to meet you halfway. I've had good friends who said the exact same things to me "You're god (little g) isn't even real!" Such things were said over the internet, but I recall grinning to myself. I know very well my God is real, only he just can't see it. So I held to confidence more than ever before, without allowing myself to get into strife with him or be resentful. Must have been kind of infuriating for him, but then I knew that was just part of the deal he was just gonna have to deal with.

I was constantly in contact with that friend through a website that went into severe website problems which haven't resolved yet, and that's been two months ago now. Might have been God's will since He wanted me involved over here more anyway. But I think about my friend now and what he might think of never getting to talk with me again. He knows how together I am, which witnesses to people more than they're willing to admit, even if they don't agree with you.

Show your friend how kind, considerate, caring, and faithful you can be to her, but with absolute and unwavering confidence in the Living God, one that cannot be shaken. If she cannot tolerate that, then you may have no choice but to let her go, and pray for her to return to you in acceptance. When my friend spoke those words to me it was as part of a seriously heated argument where he said a whole host of other ugly and insulting things, yet within a few weeks he was back to responding to my posts politely again, and agreeing with me on things. Why? Because I kept my cool and never insulted him back, yet unswervingly held my ground.

The same will probably work for you.

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HiH
 
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From a position of strength. You don't necessarily have to force your Christian music on her, although you should fully expect her as your friend to meet you halfway. I've had good friends who said the exact same things to me "You're god (little g) isn't even real!" Such things were said over the internet, but I recall grinning to myself. I know very well my God is real, only he just can't see it. So I held to confidence more than ever before, without allowing myself to get into strife with him or be resentful. Must have been kind of infuriating for him, but then I knew that was just part of the deal he was just gonna have to deal with.

I was constantly in contact with that friend through a website that went into severe website problems which haven't resolved yet, and that's been two months ago now. Might have been God's will since He wanted me involved over here more anyway. But I think about my friend now and what he might think of never getting to talk with me again. He knows how together I am, which witnesses to people more than they're willing to admit, even if they don't agree with you.

Show your friend how kind, considerate, caring, and faithful you can be to her, but with absolute and unwavering confidence in the Living God, one that cannot be shaken. If she cannot tolerate that, then you may have no choice but to let her go, and pray for her to return to you in acceptance. When my friend spoke those words to me it was as part of a seriously heated argument where he said a whole host of other ugly and insulting things, yet within a few weeks he was back to responding to my posts politely again, and agreeing with me on things. Why? Because I kept my cool and never insulted him back, yet unswervingly held my ground.

The same will probably work for you.

Best wishes,
HiH

Thank you for that. I'm sorry you had to go through that with your friend but I'm glad he came back around
 
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Thank you for that. I'm sorry you had to go through that with your friend but I'm glad he came back around

You're welcome. And don't sweat it. All part of being a soldier in the spiritual war we have to face : )
 
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i have a friend well she's been my friend ever since I started my second year of college so I'd say 6 years now and she claims she doesn't believe in God. I try to listen to Christian rock music when we're in the car and tell her my story of how I came to knowing God but she doesn't believe me. She always says God's dead he isn't real and talking bad about christians. I don't want to lose her as a friend but at the same time I don't know how much more I can take of this ridicule and being made fun of because I'm a Christian. Anybody have any ideas on how I could help her?
As an atheist, I have to say that you should not tolerate ridicule from a friend. Perhaps they think they are doing that friendly ribbing type thing and don't realize they are being hurtful. Either way, you should say something if you haven't already. If they continue, I'm not sure how good of a friend they really are. ♥

EDIT: I made the mistake of not reading the forum rules first. I don't see where I can delete my post. Just wanted to be supportive. I do apologize!
 
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I'm sure she doesn't intend to hurt you but doing things like playing Christian Rock probably just forces her to think about things that she doesn't believe in. Just like when I say purple elephant. You have to think about it. Only in her case Christian rock likely reminds her of some of the bad things that some Christians do. Focus on the reasons you are friends instead of bringing up the things that you disagree on.

On a side note. I had a roommate that was the best Christian I'd ever met. He was such a good example of what a good Christian is by his generosity, integrity, love for others, kindness, leadership, healthy lifestyle... that it made me long for some of the things that he had in his life.

Sometimes I would pass by his bedroom and he would be knelt at the side of his bed, light blanket around his shoulders as well as around the shoulders of Sherry, one of our roommates. I loved hearing them talk to God about the things they were thankful for and about the people most important to them. It was sweet.

Years later I prayed before meals (at BBQs and such) with my new neighbors. I got to enjoy that time with them as an Atheist because of the good example my old roommates Charlie and Sherry were. My neighbors were also great examples of happy and good people.

They never tried to be a witness to me and smartly so. It would have ended poorly. Your friend would be a heck of a persuader to convince you that God isn't real using science just as you are unlikely to convince her to have faith based on your witnessing.

Focus on the reasons you are friends and enjoy the good that you have. God can reach her without your help if he really wants to. He reached you right?
 
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