Friends Dating

Question:



Can I get your opinion on something my best friend ben is dating this girl who is not a Christian but he is a Christian and I am concerned because she is older then him and more experienced if you know what I mean by that and I really don’t want her leading him down a bad path at my school we have a prayer group that meets every morning before school to pray and the other day instead of going to it he stood with her and I am a bit concerned I want to know your opinion should I talk to him or should I just let it go also I use to like him and he liked me too and I don’t want him or her to think I am trying to take him because that is not my intention I only want to make sure he doesn’t make any choices he will regret oh and to top it all off his mom does not know anything and his parents don’t allow him to date!



Answer:



He's heading down the wrong path from the start. It's never a good thing to step outside your parent's authority and make your own decisions. Even if he disagrees with his parents' decision for him not to date, he needs to respect that because they are his parents. That alone makes it out of line. But the fact that he's dating someone who is not a believer makes it wrong from an authority standpoint and from his walk with Christ. It's clear in God's Word that an unbeliever and a believer just can't go together, they are going in two completely different directions (2 Cor. 6:14). Your friend is setting himself up for trouble. I would do what I could to warn him of the trouble he's getting himself into. More than likely he's not going to want to listen, but that is his choice. By all means pray that God would work on his heart and that he would see the danger of what he's doing.

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