Sue J Love
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2 Corinthians 6:11-18 NKJV
“11O Corinthians! We have spoken openly to you, our heart is wide open. 12You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections. 13Now in return for the same (I speak as to children), you also be open.
“14Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? 15And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? 16And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said:
“I will dwell in them
And walk among them.
I will be their God,
And they shall be My people.”
17Therefore “Come out from among them
And be separate, says the Lord.
Do not touch what is unclean,
And I will receive you.”
18“I will be a Father to you,
And you shall be My sons and daughters,
Says the Lord Almighty.”
The Unbelievers
How do the Scriptures define “unbelievers”? They are not just all who make no professions of faith in Jesus Christ. But they are many who profess to be in relationship with our Lord but who deny him by their words and by their actions. For the Word teaches us that faith in Jesus Christ requires that we deny self, die to sin, and obey God in practice. Faith = obedience. And disobedience = unbelief. So, if sin is what we practice, and not obedience to our Lord and to his commands, we are not people of faith in Jesus Christ.
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]
Unequally Yoked
So, what does that mean? It means to be partnered, joined with, united with those who are of this world and who are not genuine followers of Jesus Christ. So this can include people who profess faith in Jesus but who have not died to sin and who are not obeying God as a matter of life practice, but who are still walking in the ways of the flesh and of the world. So this is like the church incorporated (merged, unified) under the state and with the world who are marketing “the church” to the world, which God forbids.
[Matthew 21:12-13; John 2:13-17; Acts 5:27-32; 1 Corinthians 1:10-13; 1 Corinthians 3:1-9; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18; Philippians 3:18-19; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22; Revelation 13:5-8; Revelation 18:1-5]
And God is calling his people to come out from among her and to be separate and to not touch what is unclean. And what is unclean in the eyes of the Lord? Anything that contradicts God and his righteousness and holiness, and that promotes sin, and approves of and accepts addiction to sin as the norm for Christians, and that which compromises the gospel message in order to attract the ungodly to “church” gatherings. If it teaches we don’t have to obey God and that we can keep sinning, it is “unclean.”
Come Out
What are we being commanded to come out from? This is not telling us to have nothing to do with the ungodly at all, or how else will we be able to show them love, compassion, mercy, and kindness? How else will we be able to minister to them and to share with them the good news of the Gospel? We need to be “in” the world but not “of” the world. We are not to partner with the world in unity with them which is opposed to God. We are not to be like the world, doing the kinds of things that the ungodly do in practice.
We are not to be supporting and giving our agreement and our financial support to what is contrary to the teachings of the Scriptures on the subject of what (who) “the church” is, and how she is to operate as the body of Christ, and on the subject of what the gospel of Christ teaches it means to be “in Christ,” and on the subject of what it means to be the children of God and heirs of the promise. We need to be Christ followers and not be followers of human beings, many of whom are leading the people wrongly.
Then God will receive us, and he will be a Father to us, and we will be his sons and daughters. For, to be “in Christ,” we must deny self, die to sin, and follow our Lord in obedience to his commands, in life practice, not necessarily in absolute sinless perfection (1 John 2:1-2). And he commands that we not join in with and partner with and merge with what is not of God, and which is against God and his commands, to where we are in agreement with and supportive of what is sinful, immoral, wicked, and antichrist.
Only in Him
Based off Isaiah 30
An Original Work / February 19, 2014
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Woe to those who look to man’s help;
Who turn away from Jesus Christ;
Forming an alliance not in step with God;
Making their own plans, and praying not.
Willing not to listen to truth,
They close their ears to what is right.
Pleasing words are all that they’ll hear;
Feel good messages that bring cheer.
Trust in your Lord; turn from your sin.
Put your faith now ONLY IN HIM.
Do not turn to idols. They’ll not satisfy.
Jesus will save you. That’s why He died.
Your Lord will be gracious to you.
He cares all about you, ‘tis true.
He forgives you all of your sin
When you give your life up to Him.
Oh, how truly gracious He’ll be
When you bow to Him on your knees;
Turning now from your sin; walking in his ways.
He’ll lead and guide you all of your days.
Now you will sing praises to Him.
He delivered you from your sin.
You’ll tell others now of His grace,
So they may see Christ face-to-face.
Come Out From Among Them
An Original Work / June 18, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
“11O Corinthians! We have spoken openly to you, our heart is wide open. 12You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections. 13Now in return for the same (I speak as to children), you also be open.
“14Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? 15And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? 16And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said:
“I will dwell in them
And walk among them.
I will be their God,
And they shall be My people.”
17Therefore “Come out from among them
And be separate, says the Lord.
Do not touch what is unclean,
And I will receive you.”
18“I will be a Father to you,
And you shall be My sons and daughters,
Says the Lord Almighty.”
The Unbelievers
How do the Scriptures define “unbelievers”? They are not just all who make no professions of faith in Jesus Christ. But they are many who profess to be in relationship with our Lord but who deny him by their words and by their actions. For the Word teaches us that faith in Jesus Christ requires that we deny self, die to sin, and obey God in practice. Faith = obedience. And disobedience = unbelief. So, if sin is what we practice, and not obedience to our Lord and to his commands, we are not people of faith in Jesus Christ.
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]
Unequally Yoked
So, what does that mean? It means to be partnered, joined with, united with those who are of this world and who are not genuine followers of Jesus Christ. So this can include people who profess faith in Jesus but who have not died to sin and who are not obeying God as a matter of life practice, but who are still walking in the ways of the flesh and of the world. So this is like the church incorporated (merged, unified) under the state and with the world who are marketing “the church” to the world, which God forbids.
[Matthew 21:12-13; John 2:13-17; Acts 5:27-32; 1 Corinthians 1:10-13; 1 Corinthians 3:1-9; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18; Philippians 3:18-19; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22; Revelation 13:5-8; Revelation 18:1-5]
And God is calling his people to come out from among her and to be separate and to not touch what is unclean. And what is unclean in the eyes of the Lord? Anything that contradicts God and his righteousness and holiness, and that promotes sin, and approves of and accepts addiction to sin as the norm for Christians, and that which compromises the gospel message in order to attract the ungodly to “church” gatherings. If it teaches we don’t have to obey God and that we can keep sinning, it is “unclean.”
Come Out
What are we being commanded to come out from? This is not telling us to have nothing to do with the ungodly at all, or how else will we be able to show them love, compassion, mercy, and kindness? How else will we be able to minister to them and to share with them the good news of the Gospel? We need to be “in” the world but not “of” the world. We are not to partner with the world in unity with them which is opposed to God. We are not to be like the world, doing the kinds of things that the ungodly do in practice.
We are not to be supporting and giving our agreement and our financial support to what is contrary to the teachings of the Scriptures on the subject of what (who) “the church” is, and how she is to operate as the body of Christ, and on the subject of what the gospel of Christ teaches it means to be “in Christ,” and on the subject of what it means to be the children of God and heirs of the promise. We need to be Christ followers and not be followers of human beings, many of whom are leading the people wrongly.
Then God will receive us, and he will be a Father to us, and we will be his sons and daughters. For, to be “in Christ,” we must deny self, die to sin, and follow our Lord in obedience to his commands, in life practice, not necessarily in absolute sinless perfection (1 John 2:1-2). And he commands that we not join in with and partner with and merge with what is not of God, and which is against God and his commands, to where we are in agreement with and supportive of what is sinful, immoral, wicked, and antichrist.
Only in Him
Based off Isaiah 30
An Original Work / February 19, 2014
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Woe to those who look to man’s help;
Who turn away from Jesus Christ;
Forming an alliance not in step with God;
Making their own plans, and praying not.
Willing not to listen to truth,
They close their ears to what is right.
Pleasing words are all that they’ll hear;
Feel good messages that bring cheer.
Trust in your Lord; turn from your sin.
Put your faith now ONLY IN HIM.
Do not turn to idols. They’ll not satisfy.
Jesus will save you. That’s why He died.
Your Lord will be gracious to you.
He cares all about you, ‘tis true.
He forgives you all of your sin
When you give your life up to Him.
Oh, how truly gracious He’ll be
When you bow to Him on your knees;
Turning now from your sin; walking in his ways.
He’ll lead and guide you all of your days.
Now you will sing praises to Him.
He delivered you from your sin.
You’ll tell others now of His grace,
So they may see Christ face-to-face.
Come Out From Among Them
An Original Work / June 18, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
