Come Out From Among Them
“Come Out From Among Them” Separation
“Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye sepa-
rate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will
receive you. ” II Corinthians 6:17
Have you ever noticed how some verses seem to bother
people more than others? Nobody I know of gets uneasy or
defensive with Romans 3:23, but will be very defensive if you
read our text verse, and suggest that they need to be careful of
their friends and acquaintances. Solomon, told his son not to
make friends with an angry man. Why? ” … Lest thou learn his
ways, ” (Pro. 22:25a). Imagine that! I wonder how many
saints lost their testimony because they hung around with the
wrong-spirited person?
I want you to think about something the Lord said to His
people in Jeremiah 10:2a, “Thus saith the LORD, Learn not
the way of the heathen, … ” Just as Solomon warned his son of
the possibility of learning an improper spirit from an angry
man, so the Lord is warning His people NOT to learn the way
of the heathen. Perhaps that includes their language, their
dress, their music, their manners, their acceptance of the
worldly philosophies. It might well include their definition of
marriage, gender, worship and on it goes.
We’re not supposed to be like them; we’re supposed to be
like Christ. I’m afraid we’ve taken the easy route, and that is to
“learn to adapt to their ways.” God help us, saints! I
Corinthians 1:2b says, ” … to them that are sanctified in Christ
Jesus, called to be saints ,… ” Think about it! -P.H.
Prepared by Roger Fulk, from the “Baptist Bread” July 25th, 2022 devotional by author Paul Heaton, Pastor, Bible Baptist Church, Lupton, MI. with permission from Tim Green, editor Baptist Bread.
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