I really want to express my heart for the church to be separated. We are called to be separate from this world, that means that anything ungodly or any hint of living in the world ought to be away from us.
God's call to us is simple 2Cr 6:17 Therefore "Come out from among them And be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you."
We are to "come out" and be separate. That's radical!
"Do not touch what is unclean"
What is unclean? the things of this world, the pagan traditions (Ironically today is earth day) the world of TV the movies, the godless activity of the weekend, drinking, sex, etc. Frankly I'm sad to see churches today not obeying the call to be separate, we are using the excuse "we need to become all things to all men" dude! thats a stupid excuse. I understand Paul said that but he also told the church to not be part of the world. Paul would not have gotten involved in a pagan colony just to become all things to all men. And if the church today does use this excuse we are abusing the liberty of Christ Jesus(Gal 5:1).
We are not supposed to be part of the world in hopes of reaching the world. What happens when you start hanging out people who talk bad? you start talking bad.
ok we have established the need and the call for separation basically the intro to this topic. next we shall see the love of separation.
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