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PADKOS – 16 March

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WE ARE TO BE SEPARATE

 

2 Corinthians 6:16-18

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.” Wherefore “come out from among them, and be ye separate,” saith the Lord “and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,” And “will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be My sons and daughters,” saith the Lord Almighty. KJV

What 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.” Therefore, “Come out from them and be separate,” says the Lord. “Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.” And, “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters,” says the Lord Almighty. NIV

Our portion of Scripture today shows us in no uncertain terms that there can never be peace between God and idols or between a believer and an unbeliever, and to even attempt to try and join the two would be treachery and a betrayal against God.

Idols have no place whatsoever in the temple of God, and it would be worth mentioning that idols do not only have to take the form of carved images and/or portraits, but any object that comes between our soul and the worship of our Saviour. This includes money, pleasure and fame or even position and possessions. Once we accept Jesus as our Lord and Saviour, we become the temple of the living God and it is up to us to keep that temple spotless and not soiled with what the world has to offer.

We are commanded to come out from among them and be separate and not to even touch any unclean thing. We are not to stay in the midst of evil under any circumstances. There is much evil in this world, and we are to have nothing to do with it.

  • Separation is the foundation stone of the building since sin entered the Garden of Eden.
  • Separation is the basis for our reception by God.
  • Separation is found right at the beginning of earth’s creation.
  • Separation is found three times in the first book of the Bible.

THE SEPARATION OF OPPOSITES

Genesis 1:3-4

And God said, “Let there be light:” and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God separated the light from the darkness. KJV

And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. NIV

THE SEPARATION OF SIMILARS

Genesis 1:6

And God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters”. KJV

And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” NIV

THE SEPARATION OF DISSIMILARS

Genesis 1:9

And God said, “Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear:” and it was so. KJV

And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. NIV

There is no doubt that once we accept Christ as our Saviour, we have to make a clean break with our past and separate ourselves from it, because we will never grow spiritually if we don’t. The wonderful news is that God goes on to say in our main verse that if we separate ourselves (note we have to do this ourselves) He will receive us. Not only that, He will be a Father to us. And not only that, we shall be His sons and daughters!

There is great reward for those who stand with Christ outside the camp of evil, not the least of which is to have fellowship with our Saviour! We are to grow in likeness of Jesus until we see Him face to face.

May our Father help us to live lives that are pleasing to Him.

PADKOS – 17 January

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THINK ON THESE THINGS

Isaiah 55:6-8

Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him. “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways”, saith the Lord. KJV

Seek the Lord while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and He will have mercy on them, and to our God, for He will freely pardon. “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord. NIV

The destruction Israel knew in A.D.70 will be repeated before the Lord returns in Glory. In one of the great ironies of history: The Man of Sin will seek to destroy the people who sought to destroy The Man of Sorrows.

They will cry out for their Messiah to come and save them; and He will appear with the marks they gave Him. The marks in His hands and His feet, and they will realise that all their miseries were brought on them by their own evil hearts, and the whole nation will mourn and wail together.

What has happened, is happening and will happen to Israel is a picture of what is happening to all of mankind. Our miseries are self-inflicted, because we would rather ignore the King of Kings and go our own way. We have turned our backs on the Saviour. Our sins nailed Him to a cross of shame, and we have walked away and left Him.

And yet He still calls us! Seek Me while you can.

Because there is coming a day when this call will be no more.

Luke 19:41-44

And when He was come near, He beheld the city and wept over it, Saying, “If thou hadst known even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.” KJV

As He approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side. They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming to you.” NIV

The Lord visited that city offering Salvation and they chose to reject Him, because they did not want Him. There was another who would visit the city in the form of a Roman General, who would give them no choice at all!

There is a secret of His tears and we would do well to sit at His feet until we learn it! Calamity awaits those who have no room for Him in their scheme of things.