Today's Scripture
TODAY’S READING SCHEDULE: Psalms 120 -122; 2 Corinthians 6
our relationship with God – 2 Corinthians 6:11-18
11 Corinthians, we have spoken openly to you, and our hearts are wide open.12 There are no limits to the affection that we feel for you. You are the ones who placed boundaries on your affection for us. 13 But as a fair trade—I’m talking to you like you are children—open your hearts wide too.
14 Don’t be tied up as equal partners with people who don’t believe. What does righteousness share with that which is outside the Law? What relationship does light have with darkness? 15 What harmony does Christ have with Satan?[b] What does a believer have in common with someone who doesn’t believe? 16 What agreement can there be between God’s temple and idols? Because we are the temple of the living God. Just as God said, I live with them, and I will move among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.[c] 17 Therefore, come out from among them and be separated, says the Lord. Don’t touch what is unclean. Then I will welcome you.[d] 18 I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.[e]
What does this passage mean to me/us?
We can easily misunderstand what Paul is saying. Paul doesn’t mean we should completely separate ourselves from unbelievers. ‘tied up as equal partners’ means that we shouldn’t live like people who don’t follow God.
Paul is saying that we should live our lives worthy of the call, whom God promised to live in our lives. When we know and acknowledge that God is living in us, wouldn’t our ways of life change? When our lives change, in the way of our Lord’s will, wouldn’t people in the world see the light and want to be included in this fellowship? Isn’t that the hope we should present to this world?
Prayer
Lord, help us to be captivated by your love. In Christ name we pray, Amen.
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