2 Corinthians 6:14-16 Be you not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship has righteousness with unrighteousness?… I. THERE IS AN ESSENTIAL SPIRITUAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE WHO ARE CONVERTED AND THOSE WHO ARE NOT. The line of demarcation is broad and conspicuous. It is between — 1. "Righteousness and unrighteousness." 2. "Light and darkness." 3. Christ and Satan. 4. Faith and infidelity. 5. The "temple of God" and the "temple of idols." II. NOTWITHSTANDING THIS DIFFERENCE THE CONVERTED ARE IN DANGER OF BEING ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNCONVERTED. Alas, we find such association in almost every department of life. III. FROM SUCH AN ASSOCIATION IT IS THE DUTY OF THE CONVERTED TO EXTRICATE THEMSELVES. 1. The nature of the separation. "Come out from among them." It must be — (1) Voluntary. Not to be driven out, but you must break away from all ties that bind you. (2) Entire. "Touch not the unclean thing." Sin is an unclean thing, unclean in its essence, its phases and its influences. 2. The encouragement to the separation. "I will receive you," etc. As a Father, what does God do for His children? (1) He loves them. (2) He educates them. He educates the whole soul, not for temporal purposes, but for ends spiritual and everlasting. (3) He guards them. (4) He provides for them. "He is able to do exceedingly abundantly," etc. (D. Thomas, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? |
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