2 CORINTHIANS 6
11 We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart is wide open. 12 You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted in your own affections. 13 In return (I speak as to children) widen your hearts also.14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? 15 What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, “I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.17 Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you 18 and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.– 2 Corinthians 6:11-18
2 CORINTHIANS 6 SEPARATE YOURSELF FROM THE WORLD
A poem by ILMA inspired by these verses
When God has elected you to belong to his kingdom
He gave you his word so you can expose what is wrong
The Lord expects you to stay pure and undefiled from the world
Separate yourself from the impurities and all its unrighteousness
Do not have fellowship with those who don’t believe in God
Keep it holy since the Spirit of the Lord dwells inside you.
In this letter, Paul continues to guide the Corinthian believers how to live for Christ. He presents to them the two worlds at war which is God’s kingdom whose principle is righteousness and the world system which is lawlessness. Paul spoke of God as light and Satan as darkness in verse 14-15. He says that they cannot be together in one place. In John 1:5, it says that light covers the darkness. Where there is light, darkness no longer exists. In other words, when we believe in Christ, we are defeating Satan.
Paul also warns the believers that they cannot mix the world system with God’s kingdom. To do so would be defiling the purity and holiness that God has granted those who belong to him. We cannot follow the world’s ways and say we believe in God. It is an oxymoron.
REFLECTION
- Show how Christians can unknowingly mix the world system with truth?
