God Commands Us to be Separate From the World

Hebrews 11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

All throughout the New Testimate, God commands us to be separate from the world.  We are in the world, but never of the world.  The word “world” in this context means society.  The affairs, problems, issues, and cares of our society is what God commands us to be seperated from.

Hebrews 11:13

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

Brothers and sisters; until one has grasped this understanding, one is always in danger of seeing the events around them as those that matter. We see so many caught up in the government of this world and losing sight of the government laid upon the back of Christ who is our Lord, our King.

Isaiah 9:6

For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Many of God’s children have yet to come out of this world

2 Corinthians 6:17-18

Therefore “Come out from among them And be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you. I will be a Father to you, And you shall be My sons and daughters, Says the Lord Almighty.”

James 4:4

Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

God will correct and chasten those that He loves

My brothers and sisters God says come out. We are to be separate, touch not the unclean thing and He will receive you and be a Father to you and you will be His children. Many have yet to do such and for this, many will not know God as a Father for you will not be His children.

Hebrews 12:8

But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. We hear spoken of “a hard saying” and “hard to understand”

Revelation 3:19

 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent.

John 6:60

Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying; who can understand it?”

The higher level of understanding we gain through studying, reflecting, and praying, the more wisdom will be revealed to us

2 Peter 3:16

…and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation–as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.

Being that they are hard to accept and understand makes them no less the truth. The harder things that are taught in the scriptures are references as “meat” or “solid food”.

1 Corinthians 3:2

I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able.

Many sealed and separated saints are unable still today to bear meat. They still desire to abide in man’s doctrine, traditions, and commandments. Saints we are without excuse. We have been given God’s ways and thoughts, we have been given the mind of Christ.

1 Corinthians 2:16

For “who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

I end this today with the words of  the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

If you receive My word and keep it you shall be loved by Father and Me.
If you receive my word and keep it you shall be loved by My Father and Me.
If you receive and keep not My word you do not love Me.

It is simple and clear, there are no more excuse of ignorance.
For the wicked knows not the ways and thoughts of the Father
but as sealed and separated saints you know
and if you know and abide then the Christ knows you.

It is time to move to perfection or you will not be allowed entrance into the everlasting kingdom.

2 Peter 1

As always; God’s grace and blessings to all those that hear and receive.