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So this hasn't happened to me personally, since I was saved when I was a child...
However, I work for a Christian family who hires a mixture of people - saved and unsaved. One day I overheard a conversation between two workers about our employers' lives before they were Christians. The one guy knew them years ago before they were saved and was telling this younger employee about how they used to go out drinking and partying and breaking the law in subtle ways. The younger employee listened to this with satisfaction - obviously it convinced him that our employers were no different than anyone else in the world because they used to live that way. That "Christian" was just a title they gave themselves when they entered the professional world and gave that lifestyle up.
It was frustrating to me to listen to, because I believe that this family truly did meet Jesus (at least some of them) and they are different now because that was real. It wasn't just to look like respectable people for the sake of money...
How should we respond to unbelievers judging us for our former lives before meeting Jesus? When they ignore the life changes or brush them off as only surface deep?
However, I work for a Christian family who hires a mixture of people - saved and unsaved. One day I overheard a conversation between two workers about our employers' lives before they were Christians. The one guy knew them years ago before they were saved and was telling this younger employee about how they used to go out drinking and partying and breaking the law in subtle ways. The younger employee listened to this with satisfaction - obviously it convinced him that our employers were no different than anyone else in the world because they used to live that way. That "Christian" was just a title they gave themselves when they entered the professional world and gave that lifestyle up.
It was frustrating to me to listen to, because I believe that this family truly did meet Jesus (at least some of them) and they are different now because that was real. It wasn't just to look like respectable people for the sake of money...
How should we respond to unbelievers judging us for our former lives before meeting Jesus? When they ignore the life changes or brush them off as only surface deep?