DCLM HIGHER EVERYDAY 23 April 2022 — Avoid unequal yoke
DCLM Higher Everyday 23 April 2022 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Avoid unequal yoke
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TOPIC: AVOID UNEQUAL YOKE
TEXT: 2 CORINTHIANS 6:14-18
14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
16 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.
17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
MEMORY VERSE: “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?” (2 CORINTHIANS 6:14).
MESSAGE
Our text today admonishes believers not to be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. “Paul means first, that we should not associate with believers who do not actually live for Jesus, and second, that engaging in any intimate relationship or partnership with someone who does not let Jesus be the centre of their lives will ultimately lead to our destruction. We must cut ties with whatever or whomever leads us to darkness,” said a Christian writer.
You should not allow your relationship lead you into darkness. Get rid of or separate from your old way of living and fully grasp the ways of Christ.
Most often, unbelievers exhibit negative lifestyles and engage in all kinds of social vices which include – stealing, drug abuse, cheating, examination malpractices, immorality, violent attacks, bullying, lying, keeping malice, smoking, drinking, love for worldly music and movies.
Henry G. Bosch declared, “The Lord wants His people to keep themselves separated from the filth of this world at all cost.” Be separate and disentangle yourself from worldly associations.
QUOTE: Be separate.
CHALLENGE: Disentangle yourself from worldly associations.
PRAYER: O God, help me to avoid unequal yoke.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
