2 Corinthians 6:15; What Concord Hath Christ with Belial?
2 Corinthians 6:15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
The word “concord” means “agreement”. Belial literally means “worthless, wicked”, the name of Satan. Christ’s mission is in concord with His Father’s will. Whereas Satan is in rebellion against God. Therefore, there is no common ground for cooperation. When we commit our lives to God in Christ, we are exhorted to be separate from evil, in thought and in deed. This would mean separating from those who are not in Christ for there is no common allegiance.
This was God’s warning to the children of Israel – Deuteronomy 13:6-8 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:
The man who sought to compromise the faith of his brethren by urging them to go awhoring was severely dealt with in Israel.
Deuteronomy 13:10-18 And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.
Such men who entice others to compromise their faith were first called children of Belial, energised by the evil one, these men sought to lead God’s people astray, are to be identified and their influence stopped, to prevent further harm to God’s people.
If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying, Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known; Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you; Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again. And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers; When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.
May the Lord be gracious to protect His people from the children of Belial in this age. Amen.