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  IN NOT OF
  by Mary Wilder Tileston
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Summary: Christ teaches us to be separated from the world by living
loyally under Him, obeying His will, and witnessing for Him.

Topics: "Christian Living", "Obedience To God"
Scripture References: John 17:15, Romans 12:2, 2 Corinthians 6:17, James 4:4, 1 John 2:15

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Mary Wilder Tileston, through the words of James Montgomery, emphasizes
the importance of Jesus interceding for believers in times of trial to
prevent them from denying Him. She delves into the concept of Christians
being in the world but not of it, called to live under Christ's rule
amidst a society that rejects Him, and to boldly obey righteousness in
the face of prevailing desires. Tileston stresses the significance of
Christians living as soldiers and servants of Christ, bearing witness to
Him through their actions and words by obediently following His will,
thus glorifying God.

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I pray not that Thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that Thou
shouldest keep them from the evil.

JOHN 17:15

IN the hour of trial,

Jesu, plead for me;

Lest by base denial

I depart from Thee.

JAMES MONTGOMERY

OUR Lord would have His people to be in the world, and yet to be
separate from it. He would have them be separated, not by isolation from
it, but by living loyally under Him as their King, where His claims are
denied and His rule is rejected; by courageously living in obedience to
righteousness where desire is too generally the impelling and formative
power. To live in the world as Christ's soldiers and servants; to
witness for Him by word and deed as we live in obedience to His will--
this is the separation which Christ teaches, this is the separation that
gives glory to God. Woe be to us if we fail in expressing by loyal
obedience here our loyalty to Christ as our King! To fail here is to
bear stamped on us the brand of a traitor's moral cowardice, and a brand
of greater shame than it no mortal brow can bear.

GEORGE BODY

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/mary-wilder-tileston/in-not-of/
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