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I recall Decimus instructing me while at work that wrong friends will make my heart yearn for sin more than it usually does. Compromises will be easier and wisdom will be replaced with folly. I just figured that they didn__ know him, and therefore were judging him. Plus, I told them that Erebus _was interested in becoming a Christian, and that was the basis of our friendship. My biggest mistake was when I told John that Jesus spent time with sinners far worse than Erebus. __h foolishness, you forget I was with Jesus when he was in the homes and company of sinners,_ John chided. __esus did not come to make friends, but to call sinners to repent. Do that long enough and let__ see how many friends you pick up_His visits were hardly a social call_He did not save any lost soul by living like that lost soul_until Erebus sees Christ in you, you are guilty of leading him astray as I__ afraid he is leading you astray...As I see it, friendships are grown when you are all going in the same direction, and can help, encourage and protect all involved. Friendships are not to be reckless, but constructive and purposeful where you are building each other up and improving each other__ character. If this isn__ that inner, guiding principle of all the friends you hold, then in what direction is it actually going, and what good will be derived from it? If friends are not making each other better, then they__e fulfilling the role of our spiritual enemy by tearing down what is good and ruining what had potential_
