No it isn’t a pestilence, it is simple acceding to the truth of what God tells us.
If you’re a friend of the world, you are an enemy of God... ZING!
Can’t get any straighter than that.
Christians have long known that discretion and God-orchestrated opportunity is needed when sharing gospel. You don’t just cram the whole ball in the world’s face any which way in the power of the arm of flesh, and then scream bloody murder when the inevitable results.
?? I said a pestilence will be visited upon us, and a flood.
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If you’re a friend of the world, you are an enemy of God
Yes, keep yourself set apart.