Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry (1 Corinthians 10:14).

Not, “Look the other way from.”

Not, “Watch ambivalently, but remain detached from.”

Not, “Move away from at a calm and steady pace.”

Flee

As in, “Run for your life.”

Beloved, Corinth was a Greek city. So, the Corinthians were literally surrounded by pagan culture. Most of Paul’s audience had come to Christ out of some form of idolatry, which he warned them to stay away from at all cost.

Beloved, you may not have worshiped Aphrodite

but 

you are surrounded by idols.

(Now that I think of it, maybe you did worship at the altar of Aphrodite. After all, she was the goddess of love, beauty, and sex.)

When the idols beckon, flee.

When your old life comes calling, flee.

When the sin which once held you captive now seems kind of exciting and enticing, flee.

Sometimes we act like a person in an abusive relationship: we cry out for rescue, but then return, again and again, to our abuser.

Don’t look back, Beloved.

Just flee.

Happy Monday