“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

arthurpigman@cybrtyme.com

www.evansgachurchofchrist.orgwww.evansgachurchofchrist.org

Sunday Evening June 10, 2007