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Who do you hang out with?
April 12, 2013 - 2 Chronicles 21
Dear Saints,
Today we prayerfully, continue to Feast in 2 Chronicles 21. Today we see the wicked reign
of Jehoram. Jehoram’s end was miserable.
He didn’t follow after the ways of his
father. “19 In the course of time, at the
end of two years, his bowels came out because of the disease, and he died in
great agony. His people made no fire in his honor, like the fires made for
his fathers. 20 He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he departed with no one's regret. They
buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.” 2 Chronicles 21:19-20 English Standard
Version (ESV). The question might be why didn’t he cling to God? These verses tell us because; “he walked in
the way of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for the
daughter of Ahab was his wife…’ ( see 2 Chronicles 21:6} So he shouldn’t marry her because of her
father? Her farther Ahab did evil in
the sight of the Lord, more than all who were before him. (see 1 Kings 16). Just
as a twig is bent so shall it grow. If
she would have departed from the ways of her father and turned to God then
things would have turned out different.
That’s why God’s Word made reference to her and her father. “[Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus] And he said to all, “If anyone
would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and
follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses
his life for my sake will save it.” Luke 9:23-24 ESV. We
think people will change if we give them a chance. Jesus tells us a couple of things here that
may truly give us pause for thought. The
first is;“15 Do you
not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the
members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! 16 Or do you
not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her?
For, as it is written, “The two will become one flesh.” 17 But he who is
joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him.” 1 Corinthians 6:15-17 ESV. So what I see is if she had turned from her
sin and accepted Jesus as her savior she would no longer be a
prostitute. I that case you would be
marrying a believer not a prostitute. The second thing God’s Word tells us
when considering a partner is; ‘[The Temple of the Living God] Do not be unequally yoked with
unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what
fellowship has light with darkness?” 2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV. Don’t put a yolk on a
colt and a horse. You can’t change anything once you are yoked. The person must be a child of God when you
partner up with them. Now I’ve only
been married 45 years, and already I know that you can’t have self-satisfaction
unless your mate is satisfied. Be careful
with whom and where you hang out, if you hang out at the barber shop long
enough you will get a haircut. You
know it always feels better when you hang out with people who think like you. Thank Jesus and let your light shine for
the comfort of those around you.
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God Bless you,
Brother Mike
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Who do you hang out with?
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