If we are a Christian and we are around those who say they are Christians but they do not rejoice in the revelations we share that are from God, we are yoking ourselves to a person who is really not of the Spirit of God.
Our relationship with that other person is "one sided", with us doing all the talking while that person sits silently, trying not to show his real feelings on the matter.
This reminds me of a golf joke: Two men were playing golf. On the second tee, one man dropped dead. When the other man returned to the club house, they asked how his game went that day. He replied, "Well, it was a little difficult. Joe dropped dead on the second tee and I had to hit my ball and drag Joe around the rest of the course."
When we yoke ourselves to a person who is like a flat tire, dead, it is a difficult yoke to keep trying to pull them around the course.
Many who say they are Christians today are like dead people:
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God says:
II Corinthians 6
14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
(unequal yoke: one sided ... like trying to drive car with one tire completely flat.)
15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
16 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.
17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean; and I will receive you.
18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be MY sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
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Comments by Joan Boney ... We must not try to keep associating with church goers who reject scripture. We must not keep trying to teach them.
We must do the following scripture:
10 A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;
11 Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.
No visiting with them, no phone calls, no emails, no dinners, no letters ... just leave them alone. And certainly no more teachings to them. And we must not allow them to cast their cares on us for that makes us into their "god." They must cast their cares upon God.
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