091. Line, God's, of Separation

091. Line, God’s, of Separation

91 GOD’S LINE OF SEPARATION 2 Corinthians 6:17

INTRODUCTION Nothing new in this; an old message for a new age.

I. ITS IMPORTANCE 1. God teaches it.

(a) This gives importance to it.

(b) We should learn it.

2. We need to discriminate at this time.

(a) Between good and evil, right and wrong.

(b) Between God ’s work and man’s way, truth and error.

3. Line of demarkation between church and world.

(a) God has always insisted on a separation between his people and the world.

(b) Man has always had the privilege to choose between the two. (Deuteronomy 30:15-19.) (c) Cannot live right on the wrong side of the line.

II. EXAMPLES OF GOD’S PRINCIPLES OF SEPARATION 1. Adam and Eve-God laid down law of separation from forbidden fruit.

2. Cain separated from the other people.

3. Noah separated by the flood from wicked world.

4. Abraham , from kinspeople. (Genesis 12:1-3.) 5. Israel separated from Egypt.

6. Israel in Canaan separated from other nations.

Ill. CHRISTIAN LIFE ONE OF SEPARATION 1. Christ an example; the world had no claim on him. (Hebrews 7:26.) 2. Christ passed the principle on to his followers-Christians.

(a) We are new creatures in Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:17.) (b) Old thing s have passed away, separated from them . (c) We are an elect race. (1 Peter 2:9.) 3. The church separated from all divisive things.

(a) May be Christians in denominations but God calls for them to come out. (2 Corinthians 6:17 .) (b) God has always required his people to be different from others.

IV. THERE YET REMAINS A FINAL SEPARATION 1. Wheat and d1aff to be separated. (Matthew 3:12 .) 2. View of the judgment. (Matthew 25:31-32; Matthew 25:46.)