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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

So what did the Holy Spirit intend by His command not to be bound together with unbelievers? Bound together translates a participial form of the verb heterozugeo, which means, “to be unequally yoked.” Paul drew his analogy from Deuteronomy 22:10, where the Mosaic Law commanded the Israelites, “You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together.” Those two animals do not have the same nature, gait, or strength. Therefore it would be impossible for such a mismatched pair to plow together effectively. Nothing in the context would lead to the idea that he is referring to earthy issues of human endeavors. In Paul’s analogy, believers and unbelievers are two different breeds and cannot work together in the spiritual realm. He called for separation in matters of the work of God, since such cooperation for spiritual benefit is impossible. The false teachers were eager to blend the people of God with the pagan worshipers, because that hinders the gospel. That is what this text forbids.
John MacArthur

Communication requires courage for the very simple reason that, if your convictions mean anything at all, someone will oppose you. If opposition to your ideas and beliefs offends you, do not attempt to lead. Every leader knows the experience of rejection and opposition. You must prepare for it, expect it, and deal with it when it happens.
Albert Mohler

    • Bible Reading: MAR15: Judges 10-12

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    MARCH 15

    Chapter 10 covers two more judges of Israel–Tola and Jair.
    No record of achievement is given for Tola, and very little for
    Jair. Tola judged Israel for 23 years and Jair judged for 22 years.
    Jair had thirty sons, heads of thirty villages, called Havoth-Jair,
    which means, “the tent villages of Jair.” Their riding on ass colts
    (verse 4) indicated their high social status.

    Verses 6-18 record the children of Israel departing again
    from the Lord. As a result, God sold them into the hands of the
    Philistines and Ammonites. We see Israel’s cry of distress unto the
    Lord, their repentance, and their continual chastening.

    In chapters 11 and 12 we read of Jephthah, the ninth Judge.
    He was a man of great valor, but of blemished birth, in that he was
    the son of a harlot. He was of Mizpeh, in Gilead. The Ammonites,
    whose power had been broken by Ehud, one of the earlier judges, had
    again become strong, and were plundering Israel. God gave Jephthah a
    great victory over the Ammonites and delivered Israel. The pitiful
    thing in the story of Jephthah is the sacrifice of his daughter.

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