~Be Ye Separate~

God said from the very beginning of time and our walk with Him that we are to BE YE SEPERATE. What does He mean by that? You're watching world and U.S. events unravel every day. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see the world is getting dimmer and dimmer, and our lives are getting harder and harder. Not as hard as they are going to get, I promise you. And if you falter now...you're not going to make it. This post is for the Born Again Christian.

2 Corinthians 6:17 (King James Version)

17Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.

Why do you think God and Christ commanded this? What does it mean?

There are 48 places in the Bible, Old Testament and New, where God commands us to separate ourselves from the unbelieving world all around us. One of the reasons, is for our own protection. We are commanded to separate ourselves from the unbelieving world. I was watching a sermon this past Sunday from Dr. Charles Stanley, head of the Southern Baptist Convention, and the now LARGEST Christian Ministries worldwide. A man of some sixty plus years of accurate and God based Biblical wisdom. Dr. Stanley was speaking on how unprotected the children of our world are..especially in America. And why and how it is so important to 'train a..or your children up in the way they should go.' He spoke of taking a small child of six and introducing them into an American PAGAN school system. One where God is removed from it. How is a child to believe or think if before they enter that schoolroom door for the first time, they have not the instruction, love and wisdom of our Holy God? He stated ..and I quote..."We are sending them into the lions den." How true that really IS.

God calls us to separate ourselves from the unbelieving world for more than one reason. One to protect us. Two so that we may be his witnesses, to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Three, so that we aren't ensnared by what the world has so comely to offer. God doesn't want us maimed, confused, hurting, defeated, sick, or dying...bodily, emotionally or especially spiritually.

Brother, sister...The day you committed your life to Christ, your life became HIS to do with as He so wills. You life is no longer your own. When he commanded and commands BE YE SEPERATE, do you really have a choice. And if you don't, and become enmeshed in your daily and own little world problems, how will you affect the world around you? You cannot. You must come out among them..the world, the United States, your community, your own home, and BE YE SEPARATE.

He doesn't call us for this purpose to make life hard on us, although it surely shall.

So how's your faith in Christ? Are any of you sick? What does he say? Call the Elders of the Church to come lay hands on you. The faith of two or three believers can drive sickness and disease, chronic sicknesses, from your life. Are you enslaved to something or someone you know you should not be? Then what must you do? Separate yourself. We are not living in a time for meek, luke warm, when I feel like it Christians. They will fall by the wayside. And many are doing that just at this moment. You see it all around you. In your personal friendships and relationships. Are you next? Will you allow yourself to be by your apathy? Apathy in Christ. That's not possible. God and Christ separate. Was Christ separated? Absolutely more than any other soul ever was or will be. Alone. He walked alone, with only the Father all the days of his life.

Concerned about what other's will think? Right NOW...you better get over that and yourself brother or sister. God didn't call the timid or those living daily in fear or anxiety. He didn't call those who would continually conform to this worlds standards. He called those, imperfect, you and I because he didn't give us a spirit of timidity and fear, but a spirit to be bold in this life and in this world. Not...OF this world.

Your personal challenge this year is to separate yourself from every person, thing, possession, bad habit, lust, need you feel you have. Your call this year is........

To come out from and among them.

To consecrate yourself and your life. To BECOME a holy believer. One pleasant and pleasing to God Almighty. This is your quest and mission which God has spoken for me to give you. Only you know what must change. The Holy Spirit has been and will continue to be speaking to you about it. Sink or swim brother or sister. And when you think you can't go on and you will surely sink or die, try allowing Christ to carry you.

Come OUT among them and BE YE SEPARATE.

Some scriptures below to help you in your quest this year. And remember, you belong to Christ. Your life is no longer your own and for your good pleasure. It is for God's good pleasure and purpose.

Love in Christ ~

Lee

Ezra 10:11 (New Living Translation)

11 So now confess your sin to the Lord, the God of your ancestors, and do what he demands. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from these pagan women.”

Nehemiah 9:2 (New Living Translation)

2 Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all foreigners as they confessed their own sins and the sins of their ancestors.

Nehemiah 10:28 (New Living Translation)

The Vow of the People

28 Then the rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, Temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the pagan people of the land in order to obey the Law of God, together with their wives, sons, daughters, and all who were old enough to understand—

Esther 3:8

Then Haman approached King Xerxes and said, “There is a certain race of people scattered through all the provinces of your empire who keep themselves separate from everyone else. Their laws are different from those of any other people, and they refuse to obey the laws of the king. So it is not in the king’s interest to let them live.

Ezekiel 42:20

So the area was 875 feet on each side with a wall all around it to separate what was holy from what was common.

Matthew 25:32

All the nations will be gathered in his presence, and he will separate the people as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

2 Corinthians 6:17 (New Living Translation)


17 Therefore, come out from among unbelievers,

and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord.

Don't touch their filthy things,

and I will welcome you.


(King James Version)

17Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.