Don't get entangled

2 Corinthians 6: 17 (ESV)

17 Therefore, “Come out from them and be separate, says the Lord.
Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”

This verse quoted by Paul, was actually from Isaiah 52: 11

It was a challenge to God’s people, not to get entangled in the pagan culture.

Most of the people I counsel these days, are folks who got too close to something they shouldn’t have.

This command says to touch, “NO”, unclean thing. “Maybe if I just touch an unclean thing once in a while”?

Sorry, it doesn’t work that way.

Why is it that most people are provoked to touch things they shouldn’t?

The list is almost endless of the things we shouldn’t touch.

Would people see you as separating yourself from the entanglement of the world?

When an off colored joke is told, do you walk away, or do you stay for the punch line?

When a porn pop-up scrolls across your computer screen, do you separate yourself from it?

I think it’s amazing that God says we can get as close to Him as we want to.

(James 4: 8)

If we touch no unclean thing, God will receive us, and draw near to us.

If we keep getting close to the things God says we shouldn’t, then it’s no wonder why people can’t sense His presence…