Don't touch their filthy things!
(You will find it helpful toLISTEN to the Audio, as you READ the text below.)
"Therefore, come out from them and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord. Don't touch their filthy things, and I will welcome you." 2 Corinthians 6:17
As a Christian, I am to be separated from the sinful world around me. Separated in actual character and conduct, by the work of the Holy Spirit in my heart and life. I have come out from them, for my lot is no longer with them.
I cannot walk in their paths.
I cannot pursue their objects.
I cannot partake of their pleasures.
While they reject the gospel--my heart thankfully embraces it.
While they live without Christ--it is my desire and delight to live for Him and with Him.
While they are earthly in all their plans and objects--I am to seek the things which are above. There is my treasure, and there my heart must be also.
Their opinions, and maxims, and plans are of no consequence to me. I cannot yield . . .
to their judgments,
nor to their examples,
nor to their authority.
I cannot find my pleasures in this wilderness world!
I must not run out for the trifling vanities of the world around me.
I must not form a part of its foolish passing pageant.
"Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." Romans 12:2
"Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things." Colossians 3:1-2
"You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God." James 4:4
"Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in them. For everything in the world--the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life--comes not from the Father but from the world." 1 John 2:15-17
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We have posted Don Fortner's uplifting hymn, "Dear Savior, My Adoring Praise".