{"id":486,"date":"2007-07-28T16:14:54","date_gmt":"2007-07-28T21:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=486"},"modified":"2017-04-17T22:05:55","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T02:05:55","slug":"making-room-for-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/making-room-for-christ\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Room For Christ","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"372\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-images\/MH-Statue-of-Our-Lady-of-Combermere.jpg\" \/><br \/>   <font size=\"2\"><em>Our Lady of Combermere<\/em>, Ontario, Canada<\/font> <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Courier New\">Tell me what agreement there is <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Courier New\">between the temple of God and idols. <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Courier New\">You are the temple of the living God, <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Courier New\">just as God has said:<\/font><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more--><font size=\"2\" face=\"Courier New\"> <\/font>  <\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><font size=\"2\" face=\"Courier New\">&quot;I will dwell with them and walk among them. <\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Courier New\">I will be their God and they shall be my people. <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Courier New\">Therefore, <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Courier New\">&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=485\">Come out from among them<\/a> and <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Courier New\">separate yourselves from them,&#8217; <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Courier New\">says the Lord <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Courier New\">&#8216;and touch nothing unclean. <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Courier New\">I will welcome you and be a father to you <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Courier New\">and you will be my sons and daughters,&#8217; <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Courier New\">says the Lord Almighty.&quot;<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Courier New\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Courier New\">Since we have these promises, beloved, <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Courier New\">let us purify ourselves from every defilement <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Courier New\">of flesh and spirit, <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Courier New\">and in the fear of God strive to <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Courier New\">fulfill our consecration <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Courier New\">perfectly.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Courier New\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Courier New\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=470\">Make room&#8230;<\/a>&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Courier New\">&nbsp;<br \/>   (2 Corinthians 6:16-7:2)<\/font> <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Lady of Combermere, Ontario, Canada &nbsp; Tell me what agreement there is between the temple of God and idols. 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