OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-FRIDAY-15/07/2016-A PARTAKER OF OTHER PEOPLE’S SINS-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
A PARTAKER OF OTHER PEOPLE’S SINS?
Memorise
Lay
hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins; keep thyself
pure. 1st Timothy 5:22
Read
2nd Chronicles 18:28-34
28 So
the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
29 And
the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and will go
to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised
himself; and they went to the battle.
30 Now
the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with
him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with the king of
Israel.
31 And
it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they
said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight:
but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped
him; and God moved them to depart from him.
32 For
it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was
not the king of Israel, they turned back again from pursuing him.
33 And a
certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the
joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand,
that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
34 And
the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in
his chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about the time of the sun
going down he died.
KJV
MESSAGE
There is an error now rampant among the
children of God, which must be avoided if we will make it to Heaven. That error
is partaking in other people’s sins, particularly the unbelievers! The reason
for this development is connected with the unwillingness to take our stand in
the midst of opposition and antagonism from the unbelieving people of this age.
Children of God now conform a lot with the evil in our society because we do
not want to be blacklisted, whereas, this is the nature of our calling. Jesus
Christ said concerning the experience of His disciplines in this world:
“And ye shall be hated
of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
Matthew 10:22
It is unfortunate that those who indulge in
aiding and abetting sinful ways do not know that they will also be partakers of
the punishment:
“And even as they did
not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate
mind, to do those things which are not convenient. Being filled with all
unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of
envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers… Who knowing the judgement
of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the
same, but have pleasure in them that do them.”
Romans 1:28, 32
In the Bible reading for today, we read
about how Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah partook in the sin of his friend, the
king of Israel and was almost killed but for divine intervention. He agreed to
disguise to be the king of Israel, not knowing that it was the king of Israel
that was being sought for destruction. In the same vein, many children of God
make friends with ungodly people of the world only to discover that they share
the punishment with the ungodly. This should not be so because the Bible says:
“As the mountains are
round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth
even for ever. For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the
righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.”
Psalms 125:2-3
Unless children of God cease from being
partakers of the sins of the unbelievers, we may continue to suffer just
because of our alliance with the wicked people of this world. For example, when
a child of God enters into a business partnership with an unbeliever who
refuses to pay his tithe, the business may collapse for this reason and the
ignorant child of God suffers together with the unbeliever. May God have mercy
on His children.
Action Point
Break all alliances with
unbelievers and pray that the Almighty have mercy on you for previous
alliances.
Bible in one year
1st Corinthians
11:17-14:25, Psalms 10:1-11
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