No Dinner with the Devils! 1 Corinthians 10: 18-33

W.F Kumuyi

Yesterday, I gave someone a something and well it became something else! Even Jesus ate with Judas and David said thou preparest a table before in the presence of my enemies.

6 If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known, 7 gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, from one end of the land to the other), 8 do not yield to them or listen to them. 
Show them no pity. Do not spare them or shield them. 9 You must certainly put them to death. Your hand must be the first in putting them to death, and then the hands of all the people. 10 Stone them to death, because they tried to turn you away from the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 11 Then all Israel will hear and be afraid, and no one among you will do such an evil thing again. Deuteronomy 13: 6-1

I just am starting to think that God is using my life as an experiment to turn someone back to him. However, I am just in the thick for a decision to made and let me get on with my life.

1 [a]If a prophet, or one who foretells by dreams, appears among you and announces to you a sign or wonder, 2 and if the sign or wonder spoken of takes place, and the prophet says, “Let us follow other gods” (gods you have not known) “and let us worship them,” 3 you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. The Lord your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul. Deuteronomy 13: 12

The attempt to create an alternative object of worship drives human beings into idol worship. Most people, even so – called Christians, do not know when and where to draw the line in their relationship with friends and relatives who have signed up to this repugnant way of life.

Because they seek to be nice (which I was) and remain in the good books of everyone, they allow their friends and neighbors to draw them into idol worship. They lack the knowledge and courage to avoid relationships and friendships that will lead them to the dine with devils.

While Christians are not expected to be detached completely from the communities where they live and are to freely interact and associate with others. Apostles Paul by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit here sets a limit to the extent of such relationships. In this passage, Christians are thus admonished to apply wisdom in order to avoid cultural influences and traditional practices that have the undertone of idol worship. They should be knowledgeable enough and courageous to shun idolatrous festivities and sacrifices. Taking part in these feasts amount to having fellowship with devils.

1 Corinthians 10: 20 'But I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils'.

Although we must support religious tolerance for peaceful co-existence, that does not warrant the believer to support idolatrous and satanic worship. We are not to sanction and approve their practices nor give any form of support, whether monetary or technical to them.

When we refuse to participate in their worship, it also helps the light of Christ in us to shine more brightly and lead them to find the true path to the worship of the living God mediated through Jesus Christ, the Way, the Truth and the Life!

Getting involved with idolatrous practices contaminates our fellowship with God.

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