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“Let every one who names the name of the Lord withdraw from iniquity” (2 Timothy 2:19 JND).
Several days ago, we read the first part of this verse, which told us that “the Lord knoweth them that are His.” Now today we have the second part, which is also important. We can be very thankful that the Lord never forgets a true Christian, but our responsibility is to live our lives in such a way that others know we belong to Christ. According to our verse for today, we are to “withdraw from iniquity.” What does that mean?
The word “iniquity” in the New Testament often means simply what is wrong, or unjust. It covers a wide variety of bad behavior, for it means anything that is morally wrong. We are to keep away from things like that.
There are many temptations in this world, but the Lord has left us here to be real witnesses for Him. It is a privilege to be left here in this world to shine as lights for the Lord.
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