Exposing the Dark
(Stock photo) “Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them” (Ephesians 5:11). The author, Paul the apostle, uses the contrast of light and darkness to help illustrate his point that Christians (light) are not to have fellowship with non-Christians (dark). What does this mean exactly? Elsewhere, Paul wrote to the church in Corinth: I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people – not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world Here, Paul recognizes that we cannot disassociate ourselves from the world completely. The only way to do that is to leave this world and go to Jesus, which is not up to us. So, are we to associate or disassociate? Are we to have fellowship or not with the world?