“Opposites That Should NOT Be
Together”
Do not be
yoked together with unbelievers. For
what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with
darkness? What harmony is there between
Christ and Belial? Or what agreement is
there between the temple of God and idols?
For we are the temple of the Living God. 2 Corinthians 6:14-16
The Apostle
Paul writes to the Corinthian believers, about LIVING for Christ. And in this part of his letter to them, he
warns them about being connected with UNBELIEVERS. Paul says:
“Do NOT be yoked together with UNBELIEVERS.” It seems that the Corinthian BELIEVERS were
MARRYING and having BUSINESS connections with those that were NOT TRUE
BELIEVERS of the ONE and ONLY HOLY, RIGHTEOUS GOD nor His ONLY BEGOTTEN
SON. They may have been FALSE TEACHERS,
and could be a THREAT to the RIGHTEOUS RELATIONSHIP of the TRUE BELIEVER and
the Almighty God.
The Apostle
Paul, asks them a series of contrasting questions: “What do RIGHTEOUSNESS and WICKEDNESS have in
common? Or what FELLOWSHIP can LIGHT
have with DARKNESS? What HARMONY is
there between CHRIST and BELIAL? (the Old Testament name for Satan) Or what
AGREEMENT is there between the Temple of GOD and IDOLS? For WE are the Temple of the Living God. What Paul was getting at was that there MUST
be a SEPARATION between the TRUE BELIEVER and the WORLD and its SINS. We are NOT to ISOLATE ourselves from the
world, but it DOES MEAN that we KEEP OURSELVES FROM THE DEFILEMENT of the WORLD
and its SINS.
We MUST NOT
be CONNECTED to those who are OPPOSITE from us in our BELIEFS and our
LIFESTYLES. YET, we SHOULD be a WITNESS
for JESUS to this world and those who are LIVING a LIFE that is DESTINED for an
ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL of its HORRORS.
We MUST be the LIGHT in their DARKNESS, yet NOT participating in their
acts of SIN. Remembering ALWAYS, that we
are the TEMPLE of the LIVING GOD. We are
the ABODE of the HOLY SPIRIT, therefore, we MUST STRIVE to LIVE in the SPIRIT
and NOT in the FLESH.
If you have
NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God, you are living in the SINS of the WORLD,
and are DESTINED for an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL of its HORRORS, and NO WAY
of ESCAPE. However, God has PROVIDED a
WAY for you to ESCAPE HELL and to GAIN HEAVEN.
You MUST TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE, and TURN TO GOD, with a
TRUE REPENTANT HEART, CONFESSING your sins to Him and asking Him for His
FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS died for YOU, and is
ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God. Then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION and LIVE a
LIFE, SEPARATED from WICKEDNESS and DARKNESS.
Be a LIGHT for others to COME to.
DON’T BE YOKED TOGETHER WITH UNBELIEVERS. Do this NOW, while you still can. He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!
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