REVIEW 2 CORINTHIANS 6:11-18. THEN WRITE A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE MEANING OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING PHRASES AS WELL AS AN EXAMPLE FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS:
“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers.”
“...for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness?...” Paul is telling the people of Corinth to not be yoked with those of other faiths. This isn’t to say that we can’t be friends with non members, that’s missionary work at it’s best. It’s to say that we aren’t to be held back or moved forward by those of unbelievers, they will usually move you off the path. I see this a lot in the high school years with students. You might be on the football team with nonmembers but it doesn’t mean you need to go to all the parties and crazy stuff.
“Come out from among them, and be ye separate.”
I feel like this passage of scripture is giving reference to us being a strange and peculiar people. We will stand out of the world with our values and principles, making us completely separate from the worlds principles and values. One can stand up for your beliefs and principles when encountered with conflicting principles, walking out on a inappropriate movie, saying no to an alcoholic drink when everyone else is drinking...etc.
“Touch not the unclean thing”
Pretty simple, don’t touch the unclean thing. Avoid contact with sin, avoid the appearance of sin. DON’T TOUCH IT! I remember as a kid, there was a penny candy store, and they sold gum cigarettes. A cylinder of gum with a piece of paper wrapped around it, with powered sugar in between them both. Before you chewed the gum you would pretend to smoke, or puff the cigarette blowing the powered sugar out from your mouth. Well, others saw me do this, and my mother got calls about me smoking. Big misunderstanding but it was the appearance of evil that got me in potential trouble.
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