We must not form relationships with evil people who hate God.

Prophet Jehu rebuked King Jehoshaphat of Judah,

saying, "Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord?"

(2 Chronicles 19:2).

Here, "the wicked" and "those who hate the Lord"

refer to King Ahab of Israel.

Why did King Jehoshaphat love and assist King Ahab?

I believe the reason is found

in 2 Chronicles 18:1 in the Modern Korean Bible:

"Now Jehoshaphat had great riches and honor;

and he allied himself by marriage with Ahab."

In other words, the reason Jehoshaphat,

despite Ahab's wickedness and hatred towards God,

loved and helped him was because he formed

a marital alliance with Ahab's household

when he came into great wealth and honor.

King Jehoshaphat should not have formed an alliance

with the wicked King Ahab, who hated God.

The reason he did so was

because he came into great wealth and honor.

Therefore, when we come into wealth and honor,

we especially need to exercise spiritual discernment

and avoid forming relationships with those who hate God and do evil.

If, inadvertently, we have formed such relationships,

we should quickly sever them.

If we cannot sever them immediately,

then I believe we should gradually distance ourselves

and ultimately cut off those ties.