“Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing: and I will receive you” (2 Cor. 6:17).
God is calling His Church to be separate. That means He wants you to be set apart, to be disunited from your old ways of living. When He saved you, you were set apart for His use. After all, you are no longer your own. You were bought with a price (1 Cor. 6:19-20).
According to 1 Corinthians 1:2, those who are set apart are called saints. “No, not me, Gloria. I’m not a saint.” Yes, you are, if you’re born again. The verse says, “Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints….”
In other words, to them that are made holy, set apart or separated unto God in Christ Jesus, called saints. So you’re a saint! A Bible saint is one who’s born of God.
What does it mean to be set apart for His use? It means that whatever He wants you to do, you should do. If He asks you to go to your neighbors and tell them the good news, or if He asks you to go to another land, or if He asks you to go into the ministry, or become a teacher or a nurse, then you do it!
Why is that? Because you’ve been redeemed.
When you put something in a pawnshop, you later go back and redeem it. You buy it back. In the same way, as a born-again believer, you’ve been bought back from darkness. You are no longer your own. You have been paid for by the precious blood of Jesus. You now belong to God.
And if you intend to let God be God in your life, and you plan to walk in the reverence and fear of the Lord to honor Him, then you will do whatever He tells you to do.
If He calls you to a particular occupation, then that’s what you should do. That’s obedience. That’s being separated unto God. And it’s not just being separated in your job, but in your lifestyle, in your conduct.
He reveals His will to us “as we go.” He may say one day, “This thing is holding you back.” Make a change. Maybe it’s not a sin. Maybe it is. What matters is that you obey and get rid of it. That’s separating yourself.
So, whatever it is that He’s been speaking to you about, acknowledge it. Make that change. Go where He’s saying to go. Do what He’s been saying to do.
Separate yourself!
Speak the Word: I come out and separate myself from among the world so that the Lord may receive me. (2 Cor. 6:17)
For Further Study: Ephesians 5:1-17
Daily Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 7-8; Psalm 65
Eagle Mountain International Church, Inc.
aka: Kenneth Copeland Ministries
For the last 50 years Kenneth and Gloria Copeland have been passionately teaching Christians all over the world how to apply the principles of faith found in God's WORD to their lives.
They have seven ministry offices around the world: United States, Canada, Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Ukraine and Latin America. Their God-given directive is to preach and teach the uncompromised WORD of God on every available voice, which is being accomplished through a variety of channels, including our Believer's Voice of Victory TV and radio broadcasts, podcast and magazine; Believers' Conventions, Victory Campaigns and Living Victory meetings; published books, website, and social media channels, to name a few.
With the expansion of technology, they have more work to do now than ever. They are determined to let the world know Jesus is LORD, and they are not slowing down anytime soon!
Website: https://www.kcm.org