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position. He is paradox. He repre-.
sents the constructive and destructive
agency. He is a city set upon q hill
that cannot be hid. A city from which
there comes n glorious effulgence. He
is light in darkness and the darkness
comprehendeth il not. Despite all of
this. the Christian is enjoined to cone
out from among them and to touch rot
the unclean thing. and he is as urcd'
that III he lives up to the conditions
he will be welcomed by our God
PERSECUTION AND SUFFERING.
We are considering in the text.
Christian Isolation" Come out from
among them and touch not the uncleah
thing and l will receive YOU In this
particular passage, the Apostle Paul
was considering the persecution ami
suffering to which he had been sub
Jected. He was appealing to the Corin
thians telling them of being unevenly
yoked, of being identified with the w,
believers He declares. "Ye are the
temple of the Living God. will live
within you. shall walk within you
In this life. there will frequently arise
occasions wherein other than religious
affairs, 1t will be necessary for one to
become isolated from among those
with whom he is affiliated or associat
ed.
BAD COMPREHENSIVE.
These are times when a man may
find it necessary to come out from 90
tabits, his old thoughts, his old affil
iations. There are people, who viii
lind it impossible to make any prog
ress for the reason that habit has go,.
ten control of them. Come out from.
those old habits, those old associates.
Ihele are men in the penitentiary 10.
day, who are there for the reason that
they dld not have the strength. tn
courage to come out from among their
Old companions their old associates.
But you must come out from among
your old associates, come out IRON.
those, who hold you down. You must
come out into Coils sunlight.
THE EXAMPLE OF JESUS.
Jesus was in a section and at thu,
time. he strove to do mighty works,
but he could not do it among His own
people. They said Is He not the son
OF Joseph, so He had to go elsewhere
Some times it is necessary for us to
come out from among our own family
Come out from among those things.
1t is for you to decide fo!'
yourselves. Some of you are
under the shadow Of dependency.
While the general truth from
the text is applicable to all conditions
OF life the text has a distinctive religi
Gus condition. 1t applies first of all
to the child of Gcd. Come out in your
manner of life. 1t means something 70
be child Of God. 1t means something
more than to have your dungeons
shake and your chains fall off. 1t
means that you must live an exemplary
life, to live out those principles anu
teachings in His life, as is set forth in
His teachings and His preaching.
.SS;GL.EE TOGETHER
The wheat and the teres are so
mingled and intermingled that you
cannot tell the sheep from the goats.
Come out from among them. Live sc
that you will be unspotted in tn /,
world. Money will not do it. Your spot
less life must be separated from sin
so that men will look upon you just rs
they did upon Peter and Paul. Their
life showed that they had lived with
Jesus. Abraham lived in wicked
era where they committed all mag
ner of sins, but Abraham stood out 10.
God. The city was wicked, but God
spared Lot and called on them to come
out from among .hem.
THE SISTER AND THE MONEY.
Joshua walked out trusting the
eternal promises of God. Come OFT
from among them and be we separate
Come out from among them in morals.
Have Christian homes. Men sometimes
resort to the undetermined trickery as
men OF the WORLD. You cannot be a
good Christian unless you pay your
honest debts. Just like sister, who
went to church and thought she would
get the $500 sister owed her When
she whispered to her about the none,
the sister got happy over the sermon
and fell out. Come out from among
them and touch not the unclean thing.
THAT WHISKEY AMENDMENT.
l do not know what there is in tn,
constitutional Amendments 1 am not
going to touch the 18th Amendment.
Some people have no taste for liquor.
1t may mean though something IN
your life. You know there are som,
Christians weak and powerless for the
eason that they are guilty. They are
co-conspirators with others. We cannot
nave revivals in our churches becaus,:
some OF our members are in ieagu,
with sinners in handling the unclean
thing.
a BRILLIANT CONCLUSION.
We have in this text an epitome of
the whole gospel If we have renounc-
ed the world. if we have separated our
selves from the wickedness of the
world, not until then will we he q ,ceDt