August 30th, 2016

Separate Yourself from Worldliness

2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1

14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?15 What accord has Christ with Belial?[a] Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said,
“I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them,
    and I will be their God,
    and they shall be my people.
17 Therefore go out from their midst,
    and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch no unclean thing;
    then I will welcome you,
18 and I will be a father to you,
    and you shall be sons and daughters to me,
says the Lord Almighty.”
7 Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body[b] and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.
​1) Separate ourselves from worldliness because God, in His holiness, separates holiness from worldliness (v. 14-16a).  
2) Separate ourselves from worldliness because God, in His holiness, dwells with us (16b-17).
3) Separate ourselves from worldliness because, God, in His holiness,
became our Father.