Do Not Be Yoked With Unbelievers
14Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? 15What harmony is there between Christ and Belial[b]? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people."[c]17"Therefore come out from them
and be separate, says the Lord.
Touch no unclean thing,
and I will receive you."[d]
18"I will be a Father to you,
and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."[e]
2 Corinthians 7
1Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.
If you can honestly say that your friends or your partner is not helping to lift you to a higher level in Christ...you may not be equally yoked. If you tend to compromise who you are in God and you put your ministry on the line when associating with certain people...then you may have attached yourself to people that you are not equally yoked with.
Oft times we grow apart from certain people and certain crowds. This does not mean you turn your face from them in disgrace because you have moved up the "relationship with God ladder"...no you find opportunities to minister...but please TAKE HEED unless YE Fall!
In this scripture Paul admits YES it is hard to be around those who are unbelievers but it is our job to be a light and not a hinderance. If you claim to be sold out for Christ don't do things that will confuse the unbeliever or compromise the lifestyle that you should live as a Christians. God also is showing me that when my friends who are believers get caught up and fall behind I must truly seek His face and help pull them out....all the while hoping they will do the same for me if I am ever stuck and can't shake myself LOOSE!
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Dove Sister Valencia Caroline Thurman
Alpha Nu Omega Sorority Inc. President
Lambda Chapter, Howard University
Increasing our F.O.L.D.
Fervor-Obedience-Love-Discernment
"I am ALPHA and OMEGA, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the ALMIGHTY" Revelations 1:8
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Dove Sister Valencia Caroline Thurman
Alpha Nu Omega Sorority Inc. President
Lambda Chapter, Howard University
Increasing our F.O.L.D.
Fervor-Obedience-Love-Discernment
"I am ALPHA and OMEGA, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the ALMIGHTY" Revelations 1:8
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