READ: 2 CORINTHIANS
6:14-18
In Genesis 12:1-3 when
the Lord called Abraham, He gave him three conditions for him to receive seven
blessings. The conditions were: Come out of your country, come out from among
your kindred and come out of your father’s house. Why did God ask Abraham to
leave his father’s house? It was because Abraham was living amongst and
fellowshipping with idol worshippers; and God is not going to share his
blessings among those who hate Him. This is the same reason god forbids
believers from unequally yoke with unbelievers, be it in marriage and business.
“Wherefore come out from among them, and be you separate, said the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you” (2 Corinthians 6:17). To belong to Jesus, you must first separate yourself from the world. Some Christians believe they can marry anyone irrespective of their faith and afterward convert the fellow. If you are wise, you will never try it. Quite a number of those who tried it – particularly women, are now in bondage of a life time. Some church- going women who married liberal Muslims are today regretting their step especially after they received Christ. Many become workers but to save their homes, end up unable to serve God, while the family is divided into different faiths.
“And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good” (Genesis 1:25). If you take a cue from the beginning, everything God created had to mix with their kind. Every animal has its kind: that is why a dog does not mate with a goat. A goat goes with a goat, sheep with sheep. And the result is good. A church goer is a kind, a born again Christian is another kind. If a born again marries a church-goer, he has broken the divine rule of follow your kind. It is a taboo for a believer to marry an unbeliever or somebody from another faith. The result will be terrible! Are you courting an unbeliever or ordinary church-goer? You are breaking ranks and violating the law of kinds. Repent and return to the Lord now.
“Wherefore come out from among them, and be you separate, said the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you” (2 Corinthians 6:17). To belong to Jesus, you must first separate yourself from the world. Some Christians believe they can marry anyone irrespective of their faith and afterward convert the fellow. If you are wise, you will never try it. Quite a number of those who tried it – particularly women, are now in bondage of a life time. Some church- going women who married liberal Muslims are today regretting their step especially after they received Christ. Many become workers but to save their homes, end up unable to serve God, while the family is divided into different faiths.
“And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good” (Genesis 1:25). If you take a cue from the beginning, everything God created had to mix with their kind. Every animal has its kind: that is why a dog does not mate with a goat. A goat goes with a goat, sheep with sheep. And the result is good. A church goer is a kind, a born again Christian is another kind. If a born again marries a church-goer, he has broken the divine rule of follow your kind. It is a taboo for a believer to marry an unbeliever or somebody from another faith. The result will be terrible! Are you courting an unbeliever or ordinary church-goer? You are breaking ranks and violating the law of kinds. Repent and return to the Lord now.
MEMORIZE: 2
CORINTHIANS 6:16 –And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you
are the temple of the living God; as God has said, I will dwell in them, and
walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
