“Joel is now owned by satan... shun him... turn your back on him... wipe the dust of his existence from your feet... **********but pray for his soul.*************
I have made no such claim to his fate. I do not have that power or right. I do read the Bible and I do know what the Bible tells us to do when men teach against the scripture. CHRIST himself spoke to this. Can you read that last 5 words that I posted? Did I not ask that you pray for his salvation? It is not up to me what happens to this man... it is up to him and GOD.
LLS
I dont think I know how to “shun someone, turn my back on him, wipe the dust of his existence from my feet” and then “pray for his soul”.
I can pray for his soul, but the other things you suggest are the result of twisting scripture. You cant love someone, and treat them like that. That’s not even “tough love”... that’s disdain, contempt. Attempting to pass such treatment off as “spiritual” is Pharisaical.