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I. A Separate Family Noah – Gen. 6 ~ Flood separated Abraham- Gen.12 “get out of your country” Home and loved ones Friends Way of life
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“Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,” 2 Cor.6:17
To set off by boundaryLimit, exclude
Divide
PatriarchalPatriarchal MosaicalMosaical ChristianChristianInternational Religion
National Religion
Family Religion
God has always required that His God has always required that His people be a separate people.people be a separate people.
I. A Separate FamilyI. A Separate Family
Noah – Gen. 6 ~ Flood separated
Abraham-Gen.12 “get out of your country”
Home and loved ones
Friends
Way of life
II. A Separate NationII. A Separate Nation
Called Israelites out of Egypt
Ex. 8:20
A separate nation at Sinai -1Kings 8:53
Holiness was to be maintained
Taken into captivity – Judah returned
III. A Separate ChurchIII. A Separate Church
What is the Church ?What is the Church ?
“Called out” - 1 Cor. 1:2
“Royal priesthood” – 1 Pet.2:5
“Holy Nation” – 2 Tim. 1:9
“Peculiar people” – Tit. 2:14
III. A Separate ChurchIII. A Separate Church
God demands us to be separate in..God demands us to be separate in..Speech
1 Pet.4:11 “oracles of God”
Titus 2:8 “sound speech” - wholesome
“Language of Ashdod” Neh. 13:23-24
III. A Separate ChurchIII. A Separate Church
God demands us to be separate in..God demands us to be separate in..In Doctrine
2 Tim. 1:13 = sound words
2 Tim. 4:2-4
Jude 3 = contend earnestly for the faith
III. A Separate ChurchIII. A Separate Church
God demands us to be separate in..God demands us to be separate in..In Worship
Matt. 15:8-9 “In vain”
No instrument
Lord’s Supper
III. A Separate ChurchIII. A Separate Church
God demands us to be separate in..God demands us to be separate in..In Life
Rom. 12:1-2 “living sacrifice”
Jas. 4:4 – friend of world, enemy of God
We do not fashion our life like the world
III. A Separate ChurchIII. A Separate Church
Some people have just enough religion to make themselves miserable.
~Too much to go all the way into the world
~Not enough to be wholly for the Lord
No Half way in religion !!!No Half way in religion !!!“No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”
Matt. 6:24
“Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,” 2 Cor.6:17
If we are not separate in this lifeIf we are not separate in this lifeThen we will be separated by God !!Then we will be separated by God !!
Sermon by Arthur Pigman
Evans Church of Christ
515 Gibbs Road
Evans, Ga. 30809
706-855-1249
www.evansgachurchofchrist.orgwww.evansgachurchofchrist.org
Sunday Evening June 10, 2007
