How about this:VNVnation said:Think of it this way - If there is a non-christian neighbor to the couple living together and he has been on the fence and seriously coming to God, and then he sees a couple of Christians living in what appears to be a sinful way. Then that neighbors thinks to themselves "I thought they were Christians and supposed not to do things like that! If being a Christian means you can just keep acting however you want then what's the point?" and hardens his heart against God.
Wouldn't that dismay you to know that you and your apparent actions were the thing that drove someone away from God? if you some day stood before God in Heaven while that neighbor was enduring an eternity of torment in Hell what would you say to Him?
A non-Christian neighbor who was brought up in a fundamentalist Christian environment is seriously considering reconciling, but he sees me in my backyard drinking beer with friends and thinks, "Christians aren't supposed to do that! If being a Christian means you can just keep acting however you want, then what's the point?" and hardens his heart against God.
Am I not allowed to drink beer because of potential "scandal"?
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