Beloved, are you of the world?
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"They are not of the world—even as I am not of it!" John 17:16
The world and the church are essentially distinct, and must remain so. Believers and unbelievers can have no real fellowship.
They differ in nature: the one is spiritual—the other is carnal.
They differ in the motives which rule their conduct: the one is influenced by the love of Christ—the other by the love of SELF.
They differ in the grand object of pursuit: the one seeks God's glory—the other seeks the gratification of his lusts.
Christians are chosen out of the world;
they are redeemed from among men;
they are translated into the kingdom of God's dear Son;
they are consecrated to be the temples of the Holy Spirit,
they are brought into vital union with the Lord Jesus Christ.
They are not of the world—and therefore they come out and are separate from it. They must not expect to be loved by the world!
Beloved, are you of the world?
Do you love the world? If so, the love of the Father is not in you.
If you are of the world—then you must share the world's doom!
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