READ:
HEBREWS 9:11-28
There is a very
wide gap between the company of the ungodly and that of the godly. Evil and
good do not mix. If you keep the company of the blind you will become blind
sooner or later. Therefore, you must not veer into the camp of the ungodly.
Those whose love God and are ready to keep His commandments generally have
great peace. If you are obedient to God you will have peace like a river
(Isaiah 48:18). You will have overflowing peace. For the ungodly the reverse is
the case. The Bible says in 2 Corinthians 4:3-4, “But even if our gospel is veiled,
it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the god of this age has
blinded, who do not believed, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of
Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.” The minds of unbelievers
have been blinded. Their conscience is dead. A man with a dead conscience can
do any havoc. Steer clear from any man whose conscience is dead. Anybody who is
not a believer is lustful. When an unbeliever says he loves you, what he is
saying is that he wants to defile you. The Bible says, “Do you not know that the unrighteous
will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators,
nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor
covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the
kingdom of God.” (1 Corinthians 6:9-10). All the above titles belong to
unbelievers. They are fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, thieves, covetous,
drunkards and cheats. How can you befriend such people? How can you go ahead
and marry such a fellow? How can you enter into business partnership with such
a fellow? It is dangerous thing to team up with the devil. The Bible says an
unbeliever is an enemy of God. This is in Romans 8:7-8, “Because the carnal mind is enmity
against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. So
then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.” How can you team
up with the child of the enemy of your only Friend? If you do this, your only
Friend will become your enemy too and you will be in trouble. I am ready to
fight the whole world, provided Jesus Christ is behind me. If Jesus turns
against anyone, I wonder who will ever deliver the fellow. An unbeliever is a
child of wrath. How can you befriend somebody whom God is angry with? What
happens when the anger of God comes? Therefore, you must avoid the company of
those who are strangers to the commonwealth of the redeemed.
MEMORIZE:
LUKE 13:30 –And indeed there are last who will be first, and there are first
who will be last.
