We are commanded to treat some people as unbelievers if they refuse to repent of sinful
behaviour. Treating a believer in Christ as a deceiver, evil, satanic, leading people to hell,
and going to hell themselves is enough to isolate them in all good conscience before the Lord.
We stand before the Lord in all things, and such behaviour comes from a heart that has little
sensitivity or ability to see how wrong this is, in a real eternal perspective.
But once this divide is understood, things are fine. They will continue in their previous
behaviour because for them nothing has changed. God bless you.
One has to ask the question.
If some are belivers and they refuse to repent then we need to consider whether they are belivers.
We cannot consider that until we come alongside.
Now if we address the situation with them, using Romans 5-6 and they reject it and say something like "I can sin all I want and still be saved"
Then shake the dust off our feet.
Yet if they hate what they do then let's walk with them.
I'm fed up with people who say "Well just stop it"
When people seek help to tell them that will have the affect of being condemned.
After all if they could just stop it then they would not be seeking help.
If there is an affect there will always be cause.
Are we willing to be used by Jesus to to reveal the affect of just to add to the cause.
When people are willing to be used by Jesus to be used for those who genuinely want release then let's go for it.
If not shake the dust off our feet and walk away.