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SEPARATED FOR GOD
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The phrase is not Constitutional at all!
It has been wrenched out of context from a private letter written in 1802, 11 years after the First Amendment was ratified.
There was a widespread rumor going around at the time that one particular denomination was to become the official national religion.
This concerned the other denominations a great deal since some had fled religious persecution by the official church of England.
President Thomas Jefferson wrote to the concerned Danbury Baptist Association of Connecticut assuring them that under the Constitution the federal government would not, and indeed could not, establish a national Christian denomination.
In other words, the United States Congress could not legislate that all Americans had to be Lutherans, or Episcopalians, or Baptists, or Pentecostal or Catholic or whatever.
It is clear from Thomas Jefferson’s letter that the “wall of separation” he spoke of was to be one-directional.
This wall was to keep government interference out of the church and out of believers’ lives.
It was never meant to keep the church, or believers in Jesus Christ, out of the federal government, states, municipalities or schools.
It certainly was never intended to mean that believers could not speak of their faith openly, or pray openly in Jesus’ Name at public events.
The historical record clearly shows the Founding Fathers of our country truly had freedom of religion in mind when they framed our Constitution.
Introduction
Regeneration is a form of segregation—Christians are in the world, but not a part of the world …
john 17:12-16
SEPARATED FOR GOD
The words of our text are words of admonition to Christians and an invitation to non-Christians …
CHRISTIANS OUGHT TO BE A SEPARATED PEOPLE
Brown, J. D. (2001).
Fifty Sermon Outlines on the Way of Salvation (p.
46).
Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books.
1. Christians should not be bound to non-Christians …
(a) In marriage …
(a) In marriage …
(b) In organizations …
(c) In business …
(d) Even in religious endeavor …
2. In these verses are listed five synonymous questions which, when answered, will show why Christians ought to be a separated people …
3. “Ye are the temple of the living God”
1 Cor.
16:
SEPARATED FOR GOD
THERE IS GREAT DANGER IN INTEGRATION (not separated).
1. Evil usually contaminates good …
(a) Bad onion in a basket …
(b) A drop of poison in a glass of water …
(c) Oil mixed with water destroys the usefulness of both …
2. Illustrated by the union of Christian and Communist …
1. Evil usually contaminates good …
(a) Bad onion in a basket …
(b) A drop of poison in a glass of water …
(c) Oil mixed with water destroys the usefulness of both …
2. Illustrated by the union of Christian and Communist …
1. Evil usually contaminates good …
(a) Bad onion in a basket …
(b) A drop of poison in a glass of water …
(c) Oil mixed with water destroys the usefulness of both …
2. Illustrated by the union of Christian and Communist …
COMMAND CONCERNING SEPARATION
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2.
Not drive them away from …
(a) Separate yourselves …
(b) Although thrown together live separated lives …
Even in marriage Christians should live separate lives … This vital issue should be carefully considered before marriage …
3.
Not force others to meet your standards, but you are to meet God’s standards …
(a) You must account only for you …
SEPARATED FOR GOD
INCENTIVE AND ENCOURAGEMENT FOR SEPARATION—verse 18 …
1.
A father loves his children …
2.
He educates them …
(a) By teaching them …
(b) By providing for further education …
3.
He guards them …
4.
He provides for them …
Closing Illustration
SEPARATE: STAYING IN RANKS
The word "separate" is a military term, and it means to "stay in ranks."
My son Jason just graduated from an intensive 9-week school for Drill Sergeants (we Brownworths never seem to finish going to school!).
He will now be responsible for training as many as 240 "raw" recruits in each cycle what it means to form and stay in ranks.
More importantly he will help them know that in battle keeping in ranks may just save lives.
Rank and file is not just about marching in parades on holidays – order, discipline and tactical symmetry are the strength of ranks; it is how battles are won or lost.
Soldiers need to stay in their ranks; Christian believers are also in ranks (local churches) as parts of the Body of Christ.
We must not only stay in ranks, there is also the need to keep those ranks strong and alert for signs of the enemy.
Paul put it this way – what possible relationship can light (Christ) have with Belial (Lucifer, Satan)?
What happens when you mix darkness and light?
One of them has to die!
Conclusion
“Come out from among them”—and claim the promises of God.
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Brown, J. D. (2001).
Fifty Sermon Outlines on the Way of Salvation (p.
46).
Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books.
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