BE SEPARATE: Devotion for Wednesday November 11, 2015
Text: 2 Corinthians 6:11 – 18 Memory verse: v 17
What Paul teaches here is the need to avoid idol's temples and never to join idolaters in communion to avoid contamination and persecution. The reason for this is because Christians are holy people separated to the Lord and when we defile ourselves with any unclean thing we cannot be acceptable to God. However, when we separate ourselves from such things that defile, then God will accept us as His sons and daughters.
We shouldn’t join in friendship or associate with wicked men and unbelievers. Though we cannot wholly avoid seeing and hearing, and being with them, yet we should never choose them for friends. We must not defile ourselves by communicating with those who are already defiled with sin. We should hate sin they commit but love their souls which are of God. Some Christians’ understanding of this verse is to have nothing at all to do with them. If we go with this understanding how can we preach to them? This is food for thought for us.
Action: Think and act on the best way you can win the soul of that unbeliever in your neighbourhood, office or place of work.
Prayer: Lord, keep me separate from evil and sin that defiles in Jesus name.
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