Reading:
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what
fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what
communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ
with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the
temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and
walk in them;
and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come
out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch
not the unclean thing;
and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall
be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
Commentary:
God here commands us not to be unequally
yoked together with unbelievers, "for what fellowship hath
righteousness with unrighteousness, and what communion hath light
with darkness." For this reason we do not practice or exercise
church fellowship with the heterodox, who have departed from the
truth of the Word (there are three forms of fellowship: prayer,
pulpit and altar). While some say this passage only means we are not
to worship with unbelievers, God's Word compares righteousness with
unrighteousness, also light and darkness. One false doctrine can
overthrow faith just as easily as two or three or four. If there is
one part of poison on our plate of food, as opposed to two parts,
three, or four, would we assume the one part can't hurt us?
"Wherefore
come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and
touch not the unclean thing;
and I will receive you." Contrary to popular belief, unionism
is what divides churches up so there are many churches with many
doctrines. The only unity it ever achieves is the unity of
compromising God's Word for the sake of a worldly love as opposed to
the love Jesus teaches, "If ye love Me, keep my commandments."
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