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A Teaching Exhortation by Dr. Ahimbisibwe Gad Rugaju Based on 2 Corinthians 6:17
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WHAT “COME OUT FROM THEM” REALLY MEANS
The Command: God’s Voice, Not Man’s Opinion
“Therefore, ‘Come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.’” 2 Corinthians 6:17
This is not a suggestion. It is a command from the Lord Himself. Paul quotes Isaiah 52:11, where God told Israel to leave Babylon’s idolatry. To the Corinthians, it meant: _Stop worshiping in pagan temples. Stop joining hands with unbelief. Stop calling sin normal.
Sin is disobedience to God’s guidelines and guidance. 1 John 3:4 “Sin is lawlessness.” When God says “come out,” He is saying: “Stop obeying Babylon. Start obeying Me.”
The Context: Why Paul Said It
Corinth was rich, sexualized, and corrupt. Believers were:
Marrying unbelievers who pulled them into idol feasts, 2 Cor 6:14.
Doing business with fraudsters and saying “it’s just commerce.”
Attending temple prostitutes then coming to communion on Sunday.
Paul’s rebuke: You cannot mix light with darkness, 2 Cor 6:14. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons, 1 Cor 10:21. Separation is not hatred of people. It is hatred of sin.
The Promise: What Happens When You Obey
“…and I will receive you. I will be a Father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.” 2 Corinthians 6:17-18
God doesn’t call you out to punish you. He calls you out to adopt you. Egypt had onions and garlic, but Canaan had milk and honey. Babylon had parties, but Zion had presence. You lose the world, but you gain the Father.
HOW TO “COME OUT” IN KANUNGU, 2026
“Action without philosophical reflection leads to mindless activism.” Socrates. So, let’s reflect deeply.
Separation Is Moral, Not Physical
Jesus prayed in John 17:15 “I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.” _ You can work at Bwindi Community Hospital, teach in Kihihi, trade in Kanungu — but you cannot bow to their idols.
False Separation True Biblical Separation
Run to the mountains, judge everyone Stay in your office but refuse the bribe,
Quit your job because boss is heathen, no, Work with excellence but don’t sign false invoices, Col 3:23
Hate your neighbor who drinks Love him, buy him tea, but don’t join his drunkenness, 1 Pet 4:3-4
The 6 Areas Where Kanungu Must “Come Out” Today
From Corruption: Exodus 23:8 “A bribe blinds the clear-sighted.” _ Coming out means returning the envelope. It means OC CID refusing to kill a file. “Policy without wisdom is noise.” Dr. Ahimbisibwe Gad Rugaju.
From Sexual Compromise: 1 Corinthians 6:18 — “Flee sexual immorality.” Coming out means Joseph running from Potiphar’s wife, Gen 39:12. It means our daughters saying no to “sponsors” and our sons saying no to lodge visits. Prostitution is selling glory for coins.
From Divorce Culture: Malachi 2:16 “I hate divorce.” Coming out means counseling before court. It means “Do not let corn flour stop your car.” Dr. Ahimbisibwe Gad Rugaju. Don’t let small offenses stop your covenant.
From Envy and Witchcraft: Proverbs 14:30 “Envy makes the bones rot.” Coming out means clapping when your neighbor buys a boda. Kanungu cannot rise if we bewitch success.
From Failed Leadership: Ezekiel 34:2 — “Woe to shepherds who feed themselves.” Coming out means LCI Chairpersons stop selling family land illegally. It means DHO stopping medical waste incineration near homes.
From “Lady Young” Laziness: Proverbs 14:23 “In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.” Coming out means waking up at 6am to dig, study, serve. Your life will change when your decisions change. Dr. Ahimbisibwe Gad Rugaju.
The Cost and The Reward
Coming out will cost you: friends, deals, popularity. Lot’s wife looked back and became salt, Gen 19:26. But staying in costs more: your marriage, your health, your soul. Mark 8:36 “What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?”
God has never changed. As He was, so He is, and so He shall ever be. The same God who received Abraham when he left Ur, Gen 12:1, will receive you when you leave compromise.
THE CROSSROADS FOR THIS GENERATION
“You are the total sum of the decisions you make every day.” Dr. Ahimbisibwe Gad Rugaju. Today, Kanungu stands at the same crossroads Israel faced in Joshua 24:15 “Choose this day whom you will serve.”
If We Refuse to Come Out
Then we are heading where Rome went: collapse from inside. Our hospitals will burn waste near children. Our land offices will sell widows’ plots. Our marriages will be 6-month contracts. Our youth will be “Lady Young men and women” — educated but empty, busy on phones but bankrupt in character. Proverbs 14:34 “Sin is a reproach to any people.” A nation that will not separate from sin will be separated from blessing.
If We Obey and Come Out
Then 2 Chronicles 7:14 becomes our testimony “If my people… turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and heal their land.” Imagine Kanungu where:
DHO enforces clean incineration = tourists return.
LCI protects family land = widows rejoice.
Youth choose work over “soft life” = poverty flees.
Families choose forgiveness over divorce = children thrive.
Revelation 18:4 “Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins.” God is not calling you to a monastery. He is calling you to the marketplace with clean hands. To the office with a clean conscience. To the marriage with a clean heart.
The Final Call
The altar is before you. Elijah said in 1 Kings 18:21 “How long will you go limping between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him.”
So, I ask Kanungu, I ask Uganda, I ask you: Will you come out?
Come out of corruption before it buries you.
Come out of envy before it rots your bones.
Come out of prostitution before it sells your destiny.
Come out of divorce before it orphans your children.
Come out of laziness before it orphans your future.
Hebrews 13:8 “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” The same Jesus who told the woman at the well “Go and sin no more,” John 8:11, is telling you today: “Come out. I will receive you.”
For God, For Holiness, For Country.
The above message was written by Dr. Ahimbisibwe Gad Rugaju (PhD, DCM) Honoris Causa
(Deputy Resident District Commissioner -Kanungu District)
“Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.” — Psalm 33:12
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