Countering Challenges to Christian Platonic Cross-Sex Friendships: Challenge 4

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Well, we've made it to the fourth and final post in this series. In this post, we will cover the fourth and last challenge to Christian platonic cross-sex friendships listed in Wikipedia's "Cross-sex friendship" article (which, again, I accessed on November 24-25, 2025). And, as a reference for the final time, here is the screenshotted picture of the article as it was when I accessed it:

Now, the last challenge is: "The challenge of public relationships — presenting the relationship as authentic to relevant audiences." In other words, the final challenge is Christians in platonic cross-sex friendships showing those who know them that their relationships are truly platonic. My answer is this: while I will concede that personal practices of proving to others that your platonic friendships with Christians of the opposite sex are indeed platonic, as long as they are FULLY consistent with Divine commands and moral principles in the Word, may be helpful, I think the best thing to do is simply be faithful to what God commands in Scripture concerning your friendships. Because, first of all, then the fact of the matter will be that you are doing what is right, and the reality of the situation is more important than anything else. Second, God Himself will know you both are faultless. Third, and related to the previous point, God has an infinite number of ways of proving the reality of your friendship to those who are slandering you and your friend as using friendship as a pretext for sin (and the fact that God works all things for the good of those who love Him is an encouragement that He will, one way or another, make the truth come out at the right time if you're being slandered). All this, in sum, is my answer to the fourth and final challenge to Christian platonic cross-sex friendships. I pray it will be a blessing to you!