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I. Biblical Standard
"To remain divided is sinful!
Did not our Lord pray, that they may be one, even as we are one"?
(John 17:22).
A chorus of ecumenical voices keep harping the unity tune.
What they are saying is, "Christians of all doctrinal shades and beliefs must come together in one visible organization, regardless... Unite, unite!"
Such teaching is false, reckless and dangerous.
Truth alone must determine our alignments.
Truth comes before unity.
Unity without truth is hazardous.
Our Lord's prayer in John 17 must be read in its full context.
Look at verse 17: "Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth."
Only those sanctified through the Word can be one in Christ.
To teach otherwise is to betray the Gospel.
Charles H. Spurgeon
The Essence of Separation
A. Surrender v.1
B. Serenity v.2
II.
Personal Story
Take Edwin Thomas, for instance.
Edwin Thomas Booth, that is.
At age fifteen he debuted on the stage playing Tressel to his father's Richard III. Within a few short years he was playing the lead in Shakespearean tragedies throughout the United States and Europe.
He was the Olivier of his time.
He brought a spirit of tragedy that put him in a class by himself.
Edwin had a younger brother, John, who was also an actor.
Although he could not compare with his older brother, he did give a memorable interpretation of Brutus in the 1863 production of Julius Caesar, by the New York Winter Garden Theater.
Two years later, he performed his last role in a theater when he jumped from the box of a bloodied President Lincoln to the stage of Ford's Theater.
John Wilkes Booth met the end he deserved.
But his murderous life placed a stigma over the life of his brother Edwin.
An invisible asterisk now stood beside his name in the minds of the people.
He was no longer Edwin Booth the consummate tragedian, but Edwin Booth the brother of the assassin.
He retired from the stage to ponder the question why?
Edwin Booth's life was a tragic accident simply because of his last name.
The sensationalists wouldn't let him separate himself from the crime.
It is interesting to note that he carried a letter with him that could have vindicated him from the sibling attachment to John Wilkes Booth.
It was a letter from General Adams Budeau, Chief Secretary to General Ulysses S. Grant, thanking him for a singular act of bravery.
It seems that while he was waiting for a train on the platform at Jersey City, a coach he was about to board bolted forward.
He turned in time to see that a young boy had slipped from the edge of the pressing crowd into the path of the oncoming train.
Without thinking, Edwin raced to the edge of the platform and, linking his leg around a railing, grabbed the boy by the collar.
The grateful boy recognized him, but he didn't recognize the boy.
It wasn't until he received the letter of thanks that he learned it was Robert Todd Lincoln, the son of his brother's future victim.
Tim Kimmel
A. Disgrace v.3
B. Grace v.4-5
III.
Power of Salvation
A. Hope v.6
B. Heritage v.7-8
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