Saturday 6, July 2013
TEXT: 2 CORINTHIANS 6:11-18
KEY VERSE: “Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you” (2 Corinthians 6:17).
In the early years of the twentieth century, there was a bank robber in the West called Black Bart. He was so successful that he threatened to bankrupt the Wells-Fargo Company. The problem was solved when the company gave Black Bart a pension on condition that he must retire and stay off the highways. But we cannot forge such compromises in our own lives with the devil.
It is perfectly clear from our text that a believer’s business in the world is to be conducted in the name of the Lord Jesus, and to the glory of God. He ought to “buy” and “sell” to the glory of God. There is danger in compromising with unbelievers: it ends up dragging down the believer from the faith.
The idea of compromise and unequal yoke comes from a farming analogy wherein two animals of differing kinds and strength are coupled together in order to plough a field, a practice which was forbidden to the Jews under the Old Testament law (Deuteronomy 22:10). The yoke is a harness which joins two animals side by side. Obviously, if a stronger, more dominant animal is joined with a weaker one, both animals will suffer, and in particular, the weaker animal is going to be chaffed and damaged by the pull of the stronger. The idea is that the Christian is not to enter into any binding partnership with those who do not share his faith.
The place from which we can exert the strongest influence for good is not from within, but from without. Lot lost all influence of his life in Sodom; but Abraham, from the heights of Mamre, was able to exert a mighty influence on its history. Do not touch compromise with a ten-feet pole!
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Do not dine with Satan, even with a long spoon.
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