UNATTACHED

UNATTACHED
Recently I read a devotional article in ODB based on (2 Tim 2:1-7), where Paul warns us about becoming attached to worldly things or activities. This is certainly more of a danger now in the 21st century than it was in the time Paul wrote this letter to his young associate Timothy. There are so many attractive things in our world now that we can become entangled with. Things that are not necessarily sinful, but simply take up a lot of our time and attention that might be better spent pursuing spiritual progress on the "Agape Road". This is the title of a book by Bob Mumford, and a DVD series of teaching by Bob based on this book. It is an excellent teaching that lays a sound Biblical foundation for a life that pleases Father, I highly recommend it. Every new believer in Jesus should be exposed to solid scriptural teaching like this, before they are indoctrinated with some church doctrines that are not based on God's Word, but instead on some man's theories. These can become a distraction from the truth that Jesus taught, and be very difficult to break free from, once they are firmly set in our mind.

Paul talks a lot about this danger in his second letter to Timothy mentioned above. In verse 4 he states "Soldiers don't get tied up in the affairs of civilized life, for then they cannot please the officer who enlisted them". (NLT) Jesus enlists us as followers of Him, the moment we are "born again", and become "new creatures in Christ". (2 Cor 5:17) We are then part of His "army", and no longer part of this world system. John also has something to say about this same thing in his first letter (1 John 2:15-17). This is a very important thing for a believer to understand, that we can not serve 2 masters!
We cannot possibly still be in the world, and be involved in activities that non believers are involved in, if we expect to please our heavenly Father. The choice is always left up to us; we can make a right choice or a wrong one. In the OT in a chapter written by Moses (Deut 30:19), we read "Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings or curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, that you and your descendants would live". (NLT). This is a very important choice that we all must make, that will affect where we spend eternity! So my advice to all who happen to read this article, if you are a follower of Jesus, be sure to become "unattached" to the world before it's too late!! And if are not yet a follower of Jesus, why not become one today?
Sincerely submitted.
Dave Jamer