© 20 Colin Melbourne
The Holy Ghost Commands…
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
2 Cor. 6:14-18 KJV
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No Unity With Darkness
Almighty God forbids New Covenant believers from uniting with unbelievers.
It is one of the most forceful of His written commands given to those who by grace are in Christ Jesus.
Consider carefully how this applies in your walk with The LORD Jesus Christ.
Freedom to Obey
God has set you free to enjoy liberty from; unrighteousness, sin, sickness, and all the works of Satan, and we are not to compromise our freedom by disobeying Our Saviour, Teacher, and Heavenly Father.
This divine injunction applies at every level; from personal physical union (sexual intimacy) to marriage, business partnerships, and worship.
Hating even the garment spotted by the flesh
We live in the world, reaching out to the lost, continuing His ministry, representing The LORD of Glory to condemned and perishing humanity.
We are to befriend and love enemies as Father loves us, but we are not to unite with them as brothers and sisters, husbands, wives, business partners, or join in their idolatry.
To do so is sin and plain rebellion against The Living God.
From Blessed to Rejected
The Jews, under the Old Covenant were forbidden from intimacy, marriage, business ventures, and worship with non-Jews. It was spelled out clearly line by line in the their Law.
Read the book of Leviticus to see how precise and strict Our Heavenly Father is.
He hasn’t changed at all. Halleluia!
The Jews continually ignored God’s commands and brought Judgment on themselves because of their stiff-necked rebellion.
Eventually after centuries of abusing God’s grace, they were cut off from the true vine, and their place taken by Gentiles.
Gentiles are thrilled about that, because if those Jews had not been so stubborn, and wilful, we would not have had the opportunity to know Almighty God at all.
Sin’s Consequences
Jewish apostasy and idolatry brought calamity and disasters upon Israel; they were overcome by enemies, dragged off as slaves, exiled in distant nations, even forfeiting their homeland to Arab Semites until 1947.
All because they refused to be governed by the Word of God in spirit and in truth.
Their ultimate sin was rejecting Christ: God manifest in the Flesh, and coercing Roman invaders to crucify Him. Mtt. 27:24-25 KJV;
When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
And so it is to this day. Which explains the constant persecution of Jews, and anti-semitism witnessed ever since.
The Jews crucified their Messiah: The Lamb of God.
The Redeemer and Redemption
In yielding up His sinless life for the sins of mankind, God’s Lamb redeemed whosoever will repent and believe on Him.
Engrafted by Grace
Gentiles are now being grafted into the True Vine, until the Jews repent of their idolatry, and receive Christ as the Messiah. A handful will, but millions of Jews continue to perish in their apostasy.
No Unity With Sin
Under the New Covenant in God’s Blood Christians are also prohibited from uniting with heathens, unbelievers, or participating in idolatry, which inevitably leads to apostasy.
Believers are made righteous by The Faith of Christ, and here the Spirit declares that righteousness cannot have communion with unrighteousness, that light cannot share with darkness; Christ can have no concord with Satan (Belial), nor can he that believes have any unity with an infidel.
These ineluctable facts are self-evident; so how dare a Christian pretend to be under Christ’s Lordship when associated with unrighteousness, having communion with darkness, accord with Satan, and worship with idolaters?
What agreement is there between God’s Temple and idolatry? No God-fearing Jew would tolerate an idol in the Temple: That is abomination.
The point being; under the New Covenant, there can be no agreement between a Christian and an idolater; the worship of idols is sin.
Flee Idolatry
An idolater never worships the true God; a genuine Christian never worships an idol.
If a person joins in idolatrous rites, such as the Catholic Mass, Hindu or Buddhist worship they are not Christian.
Read again what God has written for us;
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
God lives in the heart of a believer, their body becomes His Temple, how much more an abomination to allow an idol into the heart of a person claiming to be a Christian.
He will not permit such hypocrisy, nor will he share His home with an idol.
You must take Christ as your LORD of all, or He will not be your Lord at all
Christ is not asking for a place in your heart and life: He wants all your heart, only then will He give you all His Life.
Settle that Gospel basic today, end your struggle and confusion: You will know on the inside the precious Divine Witness that you are His and He is yours.
Separate yourself from the world and unite with Almightiness
Receive Christ as your LORD and Saviour
© 20 Colin Melbourne
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