Every day you live, you are getting nearer the time of Christ’s Return.
When he comes, will you be ready to leave the world and go to be forever with Him, like Enoch?
Enoch disappeared one day, and the Bible says it was because God took him. Why did God take him? Because he kept good company. The Bible says that “…Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him” (Genesis 5:24).
It will pay you to examine your situation and make sure you are keeping good company. The apostle gave sound advice when he exhorted the believers to separate themselves from the lawless, the people who walk in spiritual darkness, the people who make idols of earthly things. To those who separate themselves from these people, God says, “..I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people” (2 Corinthians 6:16).
“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? 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.” (2 Corinthians 6:14-16)
Paul posed these questions to the Corinthians but did not answer them, for the answer is self-evident. You may say, “But we have to work together, and live in the same neighborhood. We have to be friendly and cooperative.” Yes, but we don’t have to be intimate.
What Paul is opposing is the yoking together of believers and unbelievers. This would include the marriage yoke, the business yoke, the social yoke-any voluntary binding of oneself together in intimate association with unbelievers. He calls it an unequal yoke. It can be a very galling yoke.
How different is the yoke of Christ! Jesus said, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” (Matthew 11:28-30)
When the Lord comes to catch away his people, it will pay us to be found keeping good company and walking with God, like Enoch.