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  DWELLING SAFELY APART
  by C.H. Spurgeon
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Summary: True safety and blessing come from dwelling alone with God,
separate from the world's influences.

Topics: "Separation from the World", "Safety in God"
Scripture References: Genesis 12:1-4, Genesis 19:15-17, Deuteronomy 33:28, Psalm 91:1, Proverbs 18:10, Isaiah 26:20, John 15:14-15, 2 Corinthians 6:17, James 4:4, 1 John 2:15-17

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C.H. Spurgeon emphasizes the importance of dwelling safely apart from
the world, highlighting that true safety comes from separating ourselves
from sinners and compromising influences. He illustrates that a worldly
Christian is spiritually diseased and that our security lies in our
relationship with God, who is our Best Friend. Spurgeon points out that
despite the challenges and negativity from the world, those who dwell
alone with God will find safety and blessings, as exemplified by Abram's
journey to Canaan. He warns that true safety is not found in the company
of the ungodly, as seen in Lot's experience in Sodom, but in a close
walk with God.

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Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be
upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew,
(Deuteronomy 33:28)

The more we dwell alone, the more safe shall we be. God would have His
people separate from sinners, His call to them is, "Come ye out from
among them."...A worldly Christian is spiritually diseased. Those who
compromise with Christ's enemies may be reckoned with them.

Our safety lies, not in making terms with the enemy, but in dwelling
alone with our Best Friend. If we do this, we shall dwell in safety
despite the sarcasms, the slanders, and the sneers of the world. We
shall be safe from the baleful influence of its unbelief, its pride, its
vanity, its filthiness.

God also will make us dwell in safety alone in that day when sin shall
be visited on the nations by wars and famines. The Lord brought Abram
from Ur of the Chaldees, but Abram stopped halfway. He had no blessing
till, having set out to go to the land of Canaan, to the land of Canaan
he came, He was safe alone even in the midst of foes. Lot was not safe
in Sodom though in a circle of friends. Our safety is in dwelling apart
with God.

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