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I think most of us are already there. get your hymnal turn to him number 343 revive us again him number 343 revive us again him number 343 revive us again let's sing we praise thee oh god for the son of thy love for jesus who died and is now gone above hallelujah find the glory hallelujah amen hallelujah find the glory revive us again we praise thee oh god for thy spirit of light who has shown us our savior and scattered our night hallelujah find the glory hallelujah amen hallelujah line the glory revive us again all glory and praise to the lamb that was slain who has born all our sins and has cleansed every stain hallelujah find the glory hallelujah amen hallelujah find the glory revive us again on the last re vibe us again fill each heart with thy love may soul be rekindled with fire from above hallelujah find the glory hallelujah amen hallelujah find the glory revive us again amen good singing this evening brother dylan would you open us in a word of prayer amen for our second hymn this evening turn if you would to him number 288 him number 288 i am resolved him 288 i am resolved 288 i'm resolved let's sing i am resolved no longer to linger charmed by the world's delight things that are higher things that are nobler these have aboard my side i will hasten to him hasten so glad and free jesus greatest highest i will come to thee i am resolved to go to the savior leaving my sin and strife he is the true one he is the just one he hath the words of life i will hasten to him hasten so glad and free jesus greatest highest i will come to thee i am resolved to follow the savior faithful and true each day he'd won he say yes do what he will if he is the living way i will hasten to him hasten so glad and free jesus greatest highest i will come to thee amen we are not allowed to sing but let's hand it over to the birthday boy for announcements i can at least do that all right well welcome everyone to steadfast baptist church if you need a bulletin raise your hand nice and high and we can get one of those to you guys we had one salvation out this afternoon so we'll add that to our total so keep up the good work in soul winning next opportunity for soul winning is going to be on saturday this coming saturday at 10 30 a.m and we typically leave here by 11 so if you can make it here any time between 10 30 and 11 we'd enjoy to have you with us we are finishing up our last week of our bible memory chapter second thessalonians chapter number one and so if you can quote this to a non-family member on sunday you will receive a a prize for quoting the entire chapter and of course too remember that this is one stepping stone of a three-part book three-part chapter book of memorizing the entire book of second thessalonians and so i'm really excited about putting in the work to memorize the whole book and so you should be as well and so be working hard to achieve that we've got our list of expecting mothers be in prayer for each one of these ladies throughout your week also just some upcoming events on january 23rd see that'll be not this saturday but next saturday we're going to do a pre-screening of the sodomite deception and so that's a documentary that pastor shelley and and a group of guys there at fort worth have been working on and so i'm really excited about this most of us have all seen the trailer you know there's a a great deal of anticipation waiting to finally see all the hard work come to fruition and i'm also kind of seeed excited to see all the sodomites who are going to be triggered by it and so it's going to be a lot of fun the church is going to provide popcorn and drinks and and all of your movie documentary watching needs so please join us for that january 23rd at 6 p.m a couple uh upcoming events for the fort worth location on january 17th pastor erin thompson is going to be preaching all day there in uh fort worth now we are also going to have pastor david bursons from stronghold baptist church preaching here for us um that sunday as well january 17th so a reason to stick around to see pastor david bursons is that pastor erin thompson is actually going to be coming to visit us and preach for us on april 25th you can see that there at the bottom of the bulletin um so he's planning on being here you're not gonna you'll still have an opportunity to hear him preach uh so if i could you know you go down to fort worth you want to that that would be a lot of fun too so i don't want to pull any any uh direction from that but uh pastor david bursons is going to be here january 17th as well and so i'm looking forward to meeting him and then on january 27th pastor roger humenez from verity baptist church in sacramental california is going to be preaching that wednesday night service in fort worth and so i'm really excited about that as well and so i know that the fort worth location would uh enjoy the visitors so if you have an opportunity to make it down there for either one of those services that would be a blessing um some upcoming soul winning marathons to look forward to a little bit further down the road is on march 6th um is going to be the galveston soul winning marathon that's galveston texas there's about 30 minutes south of houston and so if you wanted to plan a nice vacation you can go down there and do some good soul winning that weekend and then april 3rd is the planned date for the mega marathon now that's always scheduled to change just depending on the circumstances surrounding you know covet and all that stuff so but we've got those dates on the the bulletin for you to jot down and then because pastor shelley was not able to make it here this evening he's actually going to be coming next thursday january 21st and in his place brother dylan aus has uh been asked to step in and preach for us so that's a blessing and uh so if you get a chance if you haven't already let them know that you're thankful for him being here and then pastor shelley's also going to be here again on february 21st which is a sunday he'll be here all day that day and so a lot of great things to look forward to and a lot of exciting things that are going to take place in this year i'm excited for uh all the the future events and with that we'll go to our next song him number 129 rock of ages sing it out him number 129 all right him number 129 rock of ages 129 rock of ages 129 rock of ages let's sing rock of ages cleft for me let me hide myself in thee let the water and the blood from thy wounded side which flowed me of sin the double cure save from wrath and make me pure could my tears forever flow could my zeal no languor no no these for sin could not atone thou must save and thou alone in my hand no price i bring simply to the cross i cling while i draw this fleeting breath when my eyes shall close in death when i rise to worlds unknown and behold the on thy throne rock of ages clap for me let me hide myself in thee amen as the offering plates are being passed around turn if you would to john chapter number 17 john 17 and we will read the whole chapter as is our custom john chapter 17 john chapter 17 the bible reads these words spake jesus and lifted up his eyes and lifted up his eyes to heaven and said father the hour is come glorify thy son that thy son also may glorify thee as thou hast given him power over all flesh that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him and this is life eternal that they may might know the only true god and jesus christ whom thou hast sent i have glorified thee on the earth i have finished the work which thou gavest me to do and now oh father glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which i had with thee before the world was i have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world thine they were and thou gavest them me and they have kept thy word now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee for i have given unto them the words which thou gavest me and they have received them and have known surely that i came out from thee and they have believed that thou didst send me i pray for them i pray not for the world but for them which thou hast given me for they are thine and all mine are thine and thine are mine and i am glorified in them and now i am no more in the world but these are in the world and i come to thee holy father keep through thine own name these whom thou hast given me that they may be one as we are while i was with them in the world i kept them in thy name those that thou gavest me i have kept and none of them is lost but the son of perdition that the scripture might be fulfilled and now come i to thee and these things i speak in the world that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves i have given them thy word and the world hath hated them because they are not of the world even as i am not of the world i pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil they are not of the world even as i am not of the world sanctify them through thy truth thy word is truth as thou hast sent me into the world even so have i also sent them into the world and for their sakes i sanctify myself that they also might be sanctified through the truth neither pray i for these alone but for them also which shall believe on me through their word that they all may be one as thou father are in me and i and thee that they also may be one in us that the world may believe that thou hast sent me and the glory which thou gavest me i have given them that they may be one even as we are one i and them and thou and me that they may be made perfect and one and that the world may know that thou hast sent me and has loved them as thou hast loved me father i will that they also whom thou has given me be with me where i am that they may behold my glory which thou has given me for thou lovest me before the foundation of the world oh righteous father the world hath not known thee but i have known thee and these have known that thou hast sent me and i have declared unto them thy name and will declare it that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them and i and them let's pray generally father lord thank you for um allowing us to come and gather in your name amen all right well so great to be back here again thank you as always pastor shelly for giving me the opportunity this honor privilege to be here and we're here in john chapter 17 the title of my sermon tonight is principles for separation principles for separation i want to give you two principles for biblical separation and then make some application to our lives but we're here in john chapter 17 and john chapter 17 is a great chapter it's a very beautiful and intimate chapter in the bible where we get to see the lord jesus christ praying to the father we really get to see inside of the lord jesus christ's heart and i just want to get right into it here let's go to verse number 14 verse number 14 the bible says i have given them thy word remember this is jesus praying to god the father and the world hath hated them because they are not of the world even as i am not of the world i pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil they are not of the world even as i am not of the world sanctify them through thy truth thy word is truth so my first point tonight is that god wants us to be in the world but not of the world god wants us to be in this world notice he says in verse 15 i pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil skip down to verse 17 sanctify them through thy truth to through thy truth thy word is truth what does it mean to be sanctified it just means to be set apart it just means to be different so god does want us to be different today he does want us to be a peculiar people he does want us to be living a separated life but not so separate that we're out of the world okay he doesn't want us to be like the amish where we're going out and building our own communities and getting outside of the world no he does want us to be in the world today he just doesn't want us to be of the world i'll read for you first john chapter 2 first john 2 15 says love not the world neither the things that are in the world if any man love the world the love of the father is not in him for all that is in the world the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life is not of the father but is of the world and the world passeth away and the lust thereof but he that doeth the will of god abideth forever so it's very clear god does not want us to be of this world in the sense that he does not want us to love the world he does not want us to love the things that are in this world that would cause us to lust right now here's the only problem with that our flesh really does love the world and our flesh really does love to lust after the things of the world that's why it has to be a conscious decision and that's why jesus christ is even praying this for us it does not come automatically this is a decision that we have to make to be separated as christians go to titus chapter number two titus chapter number two and i'll read for you john 15 19 jesus said if you were of the world the world would love his own but because you're not of the world i have chosen you out of the world therefore the world hateth you so when he says that i've chosen you out of the world he's not saying i've chosen you for to be out of the world he's saying that within the world i have chosen you for a purpose i have chosen you to do something with your life to have a mission for your life and what is that well titus chapter two spells it out for us pretty clearly look at verse number 11 for the grace of god that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men teaching us that what denying ungodliness and worldly lusts we should live soberly righteously and godly in this present world in this present world so he has chosen us out of the world meaning not that we should go out of communities and live on our own and do all these you know weird cult like things but rather that within the world we should live soberly righteously godly in this present world that's what he has chosen for us to do is to be a separated and peculiar people look at verse number 13 looking for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing of the great god and our savior jesus christ who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from from all iniquity and purify unto himself a peculiar people zealous of good works these things speak and exhort and rebuke with all authority let no man despise thee go back to john 17 so he's chosen us to be a peculiar people for what purpose to be zealous of good works to be zealous to do the work of god and i'm telling you you're not going to be doing the work of god if you're living out in the mountains by yourself you're not going to be doing the work of god you know we knock on doors sometimes and it's funny hey do you go to church anywhere oh i'm always in church no you're not are you always with your pastor are you always with the brethren are you singing hymns is there a structure are you going out and preaching the gospel to the lost you're not always in church and if you're out living on your own if you're trying to escape the world you're not going to be a peculiar people zealous of good works you're just not it's not going to happen go back to john chapter 17 verse number 18 the bible says as thou has sent me into the world even so have i sent them into the world and for their sakes i sanctify myself that they also might be sanctified through the truth neither pray i for these alone but for them also which shall believe on me through their word and that's that's a really just amazing verse to think about not only was lord jesus christ praying for his disciples that were physically there with him but he's saying i'm praying even for those that will come after these men and who believe because of their testimony and who believe because of their testimony and who believe because of their testimony all the way down to us today who still believe the record that god gave of his son who still believe in the lord jesus christ he was praying for us too and he says that i sanctify myself so that they can also be sanctified so that they can be set apart so that they can be a separated people look at verse 21 that they all may be one as thou father art in me and i envy that they also may be one in us why that the world may believe that thou has sent me so think about this we're getting an in-depth look at the heart of the lord jesus christ he's praying an intimate prayer to god the father and what is on his mind people believing in him you know that tells me that god's heart that jesus's heart is for soul winning that is what is on the lord jesus christ heart and he's saying hey i want these people to be sanctified i want these people to be set apart why so that the world will believe in me because guess what that's the work that he's called us to do to carry the gospel out to the world he wants a peculiar people zealous of good works in the world he says i send them into the world we're not to go out on our own we're not to forsake this great mission that he's given us and you know it touches my heart to think that jesus christ was praying for me and praying for every single person in this room that you would be a soul winner that's what he's praying for us man that is just humbling that's so humbling to think that the creator of the universe was praying that he would give us an amazing task that he would commit something and give us that trust it truly is humbling but you know what you're not going to commit those great works if you're out living on your own and you know at the end of titus chapter two said these things speak and exhort and rebuke with all authority let no man despise he you know why because people need to be reminded of this that we're not to leave this world and especially during times right now where the world's falling apart you're gonna hear voices you're gonna hear christian voices telling you all right let's go buy the bunker in alaska let's go hunker down let's get out of dodge hey let's go hide somewhere on a compound and wait this out garbage jesus sent us into the world he is not trying he's not wanting us to leave the world today why because his heart is on souls and you know how many souls there are to win in the in the wilderness of alaska zero there's some bears there's some moose but that's not what preaching the gospel to every creature means my friend it means people it means human beings that's who god cares about not stupid animals and you know what it's a total waste of your life to go out and just waste it like that what is what is the message that god has for us go to matthew chapter 28 matthew chapter 28 you got to realize people that the gospel is not going to preach itself the bible is not going to preach itself it's not going to stand up and start preaching itself i know you know i know that the liberals think that guns kill people and guns just like are these inanimate objects that have free will and they could just you know stand up and start killing people you know i wish that bibles were like that you know i wish that was the reality but it's not this right here just the ink and the page is an inanimate object that is what this is right here now obviously the words of god is the lord jesus christ it's eternal but this physical object right here is an inanimate object i got news for you and guess what we have to preach it the bible says that that the righteousness of god is revealed from faith to faith you know paul said that hey i'm not ashamed of the gospel of christ for it is the power of god unto salvation to everyone that believe it to the jew first and also to the greek and you say okay well the bible says that the power of god is is in the gospel yeah that's why paul said so i'm ready to preach the gospel to you that are rome also paul knew that hey this is not going to get done on its own the gospel is not going to get preached on its own he had to be preaching it to others and that's this is what jesus christ left us to do matthew chapter 28 verse 18 and jesus came and spake unto them saying all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth go ye therefore and teach all nations baptizing them in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy ghost teaching them to observe all things whatsoever i have commanded you and lo i am with you always even unto the end of the world all power was given to lord jesus christ and he delegated that power to us to preach the gospel and he said that he would be with us to the ends of the earth why is he going to be with us why is he enabling us to preach the gospel he's not enabling us so that we can go hide somewhere out in the wilderness because we think hard times are coming he's enabled us so that we can endure the hard times and he's saying hey i'll be with you even unto the ends of the world he's saying no matter what you go through no matter where you live i will be with you and enable you to to do this task jesus christ is not just leaving us high and dry no he was praying to god the father that we would be sanctified that we would be set apart that we would be in the world so that the world would believe that is what jesus cares about go to proverbs chapter number 27 because i'm telling you our country and christians in our country need this reminder right now because people are just doing nothing but tuning into the media they're not reading their bibles they're not remembering what jesus christ the instructions that they're giving them all they're worried about is you know alex jones instructions which i'll admit he's very entertaining okay but he's not who i'm getting my instructions from i'm getting it from the lord jesus christ and i know that he's instructed me and he's instructed this church to preach the gospel to every creature now here's the thing this does need to be balanced proverbs 27 you're there in proverbs 27 verse 12 the bible says a prudent man foreseeeth the evil and hideth himself but the simple pass on and are punished so i'm not getting up here and being stupid and saying that you know you should only have enough food in your house for 24 hours worth of living and you should only have enough money in your bank account for 24 hours worth of living no you know what you should be a prudent man you should foresee the evil and you know what if i'm living in portland oregon and i see antifa's outside of my house it's time to foresee the evil and load the ar-15 okay it's time to foresee the evil and and put out the blackout shades okay and there's nothing wrong with with a moderate amount of prepping but it's when people make a religion out of it it's when people start trusting in their preparations instead of trusting in the lord right and when they want to be out of the world instead of being in the world but just not of the world okay go to proverbs chapter 21 verse 31 proverbs 21 verse 31 the bible says the horse is prepared against the day of battle but safety is of the lord so guess what there's nothing wrong with preparing okay we're supposed to prepare the horse for battle but at the end of the day safety is of the lord and i do believe that it's smart to prepare for spiritual and physical battles if you're a man if you're a husband if you're a father hey it's your job to protect your family it is your job to keep them safe and you know you should take the the physical safety of your family very seriously but how much more seriously should people take the spiritual safety of their family and making sure that they're providing spiritually for their family and here's the thing the horse is prepared for the day of battle right so we're preparing for a battle but do you know that we're not preparing for every battle that exists in this world you know that us as christians we have a very specific battle that we've been given and it's a spiritual battle okay you're people that are are out there preparing for nuclear war explain to me how you're going to prepare to survive nuclear war i hate to burst you know your bubble here in this very red state but guess what no you're not going to prepare for a nuclear war go to first timothy chapter six and think about what a waste it is we're preparing for a battle you know if you're spending more time preparing for the physical fight than for the spiritual you have a big problem you have a very big problem first timothy chapter six verse 10 the bible says for the love of money is the root of all evil which while some coveted after they have erred from the faith and pierce themselves through with many sorrows you know what this these prepper types a lot of them what they really obsess over is money because they're so afraid of losing all their money and losing all their assets so they want to store up all this mammon on earth because they're afraid of losing their money but the bible says the love of money is the root of all evil which while some men coveted after they've erred from the faith so a lot of people are erring from the battle that jesus christ was praying that we would be in they're erring from the battle he's saying hey i want these people in the world i want them sanctified so that people will believe on me and they're going to go fight this physical battle so that they can keep their money what a waste what a waste of your life verse 11 but thou oh man of god flee these things and follow after righteousness godliness faith love patience meekness he's saying flee the the wanting and loving of money but rather follow after what biblical separation being sanctified following god's commandments being a godly person that's what we should follow after that's the fight that we should be worried about verse go to second timothy chapter number four or i'm sorry one more verse there in verse 12 sorry about that verse 12 fight the good fight of faith lay hold on eternal life where unto thou art also called and has professed a good profession before many witnesses so notice he's exhorting timothy hey i want you to fight but i want you to fight the good fight because there's a good fight and there's a bad fight go fight the good fight what is the good fight now go to second timothy chapter four second timothy chapter four look at verse number one this is paul exhorting timothy i charge thee therefore before god and the lord jesus christ who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom preach the word the instant in season out of season reprove rebuke exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine for the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine but after their own lusts how shall they heap to themselves teachers having itching ears and they shall turn away their ears from the truth and shall be turned unto fables but watch thou in all things flee afflictions oh i'm sorry it says endure afflictions it says endure afflictions do the work of an evangelist make full proof of thy ministry for i am now ready to be offered and the time of my departure is at hand i have fought a good fight i have finished my course i have kept the faith so when you want to ask hey what is the good fight that we're supposed to be fighting paul said i fought that good fight what was it preaching the word being instant in season out of season preaching the full counsel of god not holding anything back whether it's popular or not preaching exactly what the bible says hey that's a good fight right there well he said hey endure the infliction afflictions that means when paul's being persecuted he's still preaching the gospel that means yeah sometimes when they persecute you in this city flee to another right and he does that often in his ministry but you know what he didn't flee the work of god he just fled that city and some people today in this prepper movement they just want to flee the work of god altogether you know there's nothing wrong hey if oklahoma city today was being invaded by the chinese or something please flee to another city but don't flee the work of god don't flee preaching the gospel don't quit fighting the good fight that jesus christ has called us to do because that's what a lot of preppers are going to do and we will see we will see when times get tough when these things do start to come upon us the beginning of sorrows or even the great tribulation if we see it in our lifetime hey we will see a lot of these people that you think are rock solid in the faith and that are steadfast in the faith you will see a lot of people hey and none of us are above it you know we got to check our hearts and make sure that that we're being steadfast because any of us can fall but i'm telling you a lot of these christians especially these prepper types they will fall they will stop serving god because they are fighting the wrong fight today people that are obsessed with the politics people are obsessed with the things of this world hey jesus wants us in this world but not of the world okay and if you need to flee flee but do not flee the work of god he says i have fought a good fight paul went through a lot of afflictions paul went through a lot of time he was stoned he was shipwrecked he was in perils of false brethren and of the heathen he was they were stoning him constantly trying to kill him he went through a lot of bad things but you know what he never did he never stopped preaching the gospel and didn't jesus christ say i'll be with you even unto the ends of the earth and that's what happened to paul right he went through the worst persecution that we read about basically in the bible but jesus christ was with him the lord stood by him and enabled him to do that work and we have to have that same faith that hey jesus christ was praying for me he was praying for this church that we would be sanctified through him why so that the world can believe through us so that people can get saved by us that's what jesus christ wants for us we need to fight the good fight today by preaching the gospel planning churches preaching the word of god go to psalm chapter 64 this is a very interesting verse i came across i believe it's last night or the night before and it just it's like reading a newspaper it's like okay january what is it 14 2021 let's open the newspaper psalms chapter 64 look at verse 2 hide me from the secret council of the wicked from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity boy if that's not like reading a newspaper today that's exactly what's happening in our country today a literal insurrection you know literal coup of going on of wicked people of people that hate god of communists that's what i believe is what's going on anyways but here's the thing a lot of christians understand this point right here a lot of christians understand conspiring and that there's evil people doing these things and you know what a lot of people allow that to get them to freak out be fearful and quit serving god but i love the end of this chapter look at verse number 10 the righteous shall be glad in the lord and shall trust in him and all the upright in heart shall glory hey we just need to glory in the lord we just need to trust in the lord and keep doing what we know we've been called to do and all things are going to work out for good for us we know that hey we know they're conspiring this chapter i love it because you have the idiots that don't think that there's any conspiring going on and just the most naive people ever that think that nothing's going on but then you also have the christians who understand it and are fearful you know what both are wrong we know what's going on we're not afraid of it we know that jesus christ is praying for us we know that he gave us a very special mission and that he's given us the power to do it we know that he wants us to be in the world today just not of the world just not you know fulfilling our hearts with all the lusts of the flesh and the lusts of the eyes and the pride of life we need to be spiritually focused spiritually minded on doing the work of god on preaching the gospel that's what we should worry about today go to matthew chapter number six matthew chapter number six matthew six and while you're there i'll read for you romans 8 28 and we know that all things work together for good to them that love god to them who are the called according to his purpose hey there's a reason god wants us to live a separated life there's a reason he wants us to obey all of his commandments because if we do it shows that we love god and then all things work together for good for us you know so we can know about all the conspiring we can know about all the things that are going on in this world and know that we're still going to be on the winning side no matter what happens and that's a great comfort that is a great comfort for me for me matthew chapter six look at verse 25 therefore i say unto you take no thought for your life what you shall eat or what you shall drink nor yet for your body what you shall put on is not the life more than meat and the body more than raiment that's what i want to ask these preppers that that plan on just quitting serving god hey is not your life more than meat is not your life more than stored food is not your life more than clothing hey if you survive a very difficult time in our nation but you do nothing for god does it profit you anything whatsoever no absolutely not you're not going to stand before jesus at the judgment seat of christ and be like lord my preparations my physical preparations that's garbage you're not going to get any rewards for that hey i would rather live one day more on this earth and get someone saved than live 30 years 40 years 50 years in a mount in a mountain somewhere and never get anyone saved i'd rather get one more person saved and live one more day because guess what the one person saved is the only thing i could take to heaven with me that's the only thing that's going to be eternal that's the only thing that jesus christ is going to care about what i did with my life is hey when you read john chapter 17 and you saw that i was praying for you think about this god is going to look you in the eyes and you're and you already read in john 17 that he was praying for you that he had a mission for you to be in this world to get people saved but did you waste it in the mountains of alaska in a bunker making all these stupid preparations like i said there is a balance here but i don't want to caveat this too much because people are going the wrong direction most of the time on this doctrine we need to realize we need to be in the world verse 26 behold the fowls of the air for they sow not neither do they reap nor gather into barns wow that's some hard preaching jesus because that sounds exactly like what preppers do right jesus is a hard preacher yet your heavenly father feedeth them are you not much better than they which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature and why take he thought for raiment consider the lilies of the field how they grow they toil not neither do they spin and yet i say unto you that even solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these wherefore if god so clothed the grass of the field which today is and tomorrow is cast into the oven shall he not much more clothe you oh ye of little faith and that's that's really the heart of the issue here is people that are just wanting to prep and are planning on just forsaking the work of god it's because they have little faith that's because they're not trusting in god to clothe them to feed them to take them through perilous times hey guess what if you love god all things are going to work together for good for you if you're if your mindset is focused on the gospel and focused on doing on serving god and doing spiritual things that's the biggest safety net you could possibly have being spiritual is the biggest safety net you could possibly have get out of church that that's that spiritual safety net is gone if you stop going to church you're going to stop preaching the gospel your bible reading is probably going to go down your prayer life is probably going to go down and that safety net in your life is going to go away and a lot of times we don't realize how much god is protecting us from just by being in his will well guess what get out of church and you'll find out real quick because in hebrews chapter 10 bible talks about how you have the fiery indignation coming for you when you forsake the assembling of yourselves together it talks about how it's a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living god in context of leaving church so explain to me how you're gonna have church in your bunker yeah explain to me how that's going to happen no you know what you're probably going to be the first person that the chinese communists wipe out if they were to invade our country or something stupid like that whatever you're afraid of whatever your doomsday situation is god may just let that happen to you if you forsake god's commandments verse 32 for all these things do the gentiles seek for your heavenly father knoweth that you have need of all these things but seek ye first the kingdom of god and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you there's your safety net right there seek the kingdom of god first and all these things will be added unto you we know what our mission is we know that we're to be in this world but just not of this world he does not want us to leave the work of god by going off into the mountains stay in the world stay where the people are keep preaching the gospel to people that's your real safety net it's not your ar-15 it's not your storeable food it's not any of those things so number one obviously we need to be in the world but not of the world number two principle for separation separation is a fixed standard on god's word not a relative distance from the world separation is a fixed standard on god's word not a relative distance from the world go to second corinthians chapter number six second corinthians chapter number six let's start reading in verse number 14 the bible says be not unequally yoked together with unbelievers for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness and what communion hath light with darkness and what concord hath christ with belial or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel and what agreement hath the temple of god with idols for ye are the temple of the living god as god hath said i will dwell in them and walk in them and i will be their god and they shall be my people wherefore come out from among them and be ye separate saith the lord and touch not the unclean thing and i will receive you so he's saying hey what do you have in common with belial what is what do you as a a believer have in common with an unbeliever nothing obviously he says come out from among them and touch not the unclean thing notice he does not say touch not the less clean thing the thing that's just a little not as bad no he just says don't touch any unclean thing just don't touch the unclean thing because here's what happens here's what mainstream christianity does here's what the republican party does is you have god's standard here and you have wicked reprobates here and basically christianity will just stay a fixed distance away from whatever they say is good so they have a standard the bible's here they just stay a certain distance away as the world gets worse and worse christians just follow and they just are a little not as bad that's what happens and i'm going to give you some examples of that but go to uh proverbs 22 before we do that just to lay down this foundation while you're turning to proverbs 22 i'll read hebrews 13 8 the bible says jesus christ the same yesterday and today and forever the nature of our god does not change his opinions do not change his statutes do not change forever oh lord thy word is settled in heaven jesus christ is the same yesterday today and forever and moreover in proverbs 22 verse 28 the bible says remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers have said what is a landmark it's something that just like delineates property here's here's the end of my property here's where it begins well you know what the landmark that god set up is his commandments he's saying here's where i stand don't cross them don't remove the ancient landmark don't move my commandments but like i said what republicans do and what mainstream christianity does is they just stay a little bit behind what the wicked say a good a good example of this is abortion abortion because we have the left today the liberals today they just say it's good they say shout your abortion make a video and just say i'm proud to have an abortion there's people running around the capital saying i love killing my babies literally there's literally video of people saying stuff like that they say it's great they say it's liberating for women's rights they say it's super good you know what christ what mainstream christianity and what the republican party says they will say well abortion's only okay if you were raped they'll say van abortion is okay or in the case of incest so god standard says it's murder god standards just says it's murder playing out but they just say well here's my exception so you got the bible you got the wicked and then christianity just stays with them it used to be it used to be that you know the liberals thought contraceptives was okay and the republicans said whoa contraceptives wicked right but now now it's gone to okay abortion's okay just as long as it's not just every child only the one only the mother that's been raped or incest or something stupid like that what does the bible say about this go to exodus chapter number 21 exodus chapter 21 if we're going to be separated christians we have to take our stands on what the bible says not on what the republican party platform says not on what any pastor or church says it has to be on what the bible says exodus 21 look at verse 22 if men strive and hurt a woman with child so she's pregnant but the bible says she's with child so that her fruit depart from her so the child dies and yet no mischief follow he shall surely be punished according as the woman's husband will lay upon him and he shall pay as the judges determine so if two men are fighting and maybe a woman tries to break it up or something like that and her fruit departs from her the baby dies but there's no mischief meaning that none of the men were intentionally trying to harm her they were not intentionally trying to kill that baby they still will be punished but they're not going to be put to death they'll still be punished because a life was just lost here when her fruit departed from her that was a child that died the bible says that she was with child verse 23 and if any mischief follow then shalt thou give life for life eye for eye tooth for tooth hand for hand foot for foot burning for burning wound for wound stripe for stripe so when you when mischief does follow when you did purposely try to hurt her or it was first degree murder the bible says you give life for life and you know what that tells me that tells me if we're going to be separated christians we need to make our stance on exodus chapter number 21 when it comes to abortion that hey it's life for life and anytime any abortion doctor commits an abortion they should be put to death and any woman that gets an abortion should be put to death hey that's a hard thing but you know what it's what the bible says and you know what i understand that maybe there's some women that did this ignorantly and and they were fooled by by just liberal brainwashing but you know what that does not change what the bible says and the bible says that it should be life for life and so if our country wanted to be a godly country today these republicans would not get up and grandstand about how oh well i'm so pro-life oh unless the the baby is a result of rape it's stupid you're not pro-life at all that's wicked as hell to say something like that what why is it the baby's fault that some reprobate raped its mother why is it the baby's fault if if some reprobate had incest or something like that why do we have to punish the baby why can't we just punish the rapist why can't we just put the rapist to death but you know what the world hates it when we actually stand on what the bible says and that's what jesus also said in john chapter 17 but that's what we need to do if we're going to be strong christians that are separated we need to make our principles based off what the bible says not just a distance from what the world says we need to go with what the bible says go to psalm chapter 106 and we'll see how god feels about abortion psalm chapter 106 let's look at verse 34 they did not destroy the nations concerning whom the lord commanded them but were mingled among the heathen and learned their works this ties in great with separation because in first christian six we learn we're supposed to come out from among them and be separate say the lord but here they're mingled with the heathen they're learning their ways and what happens in verse 35 but they were mingled with the heathen and learn their works and they served their idols which were a snare unto them yea they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils and shed innocent blood even the blood of their sons and of their daughters whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan and the land was polluted with blood thus were they defiled with their own works and went to whoring with their own inventions therefore the wrath of the lord was kindled against his people insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance these people failed the separation test they were not separated they were mingled with the heathen they learned their ways and you know what it caused them to do it caused them to literally sacrifice their sons and their daughters to devils and you say oh you would people would never do that yeah it happens every single day in america happens every single day when a woman gets an abortion they're sacrificing their children they're sacrificing their children because they're selfish because they just want to have more money and they don't want to lose their time that's why people get abortions today you know it made god so angry that he abhorred his own inheritance what does abhor mean it means to hate it means he hated them god looked down from heaven seeing them sacrifice their children and he said i hate these people why because guess what it was their inventions god never thought of something so so disgusting so sick as murdering a precious child i would never enter god's heart it was so disgusting to him that he abhorred his own inheritance imagine what god thinks about america today where where they say supposedly that that 3 000 plus babies a day are murdered in this country imagine what god feels about this country and then people you know are freaking out that our country's finally being judged by god we haven't seen anything yet you you have not seen one iota of god's wrath on this country but you will you will because god hated his own inheritance here and he will pour out his fury and wrath on the united states of america and you know all these conspiracy theories going around about how america might be going into civil war how we might be losing power how we might be having food shortage supplies hey we deserve it all and guess what i hope it happens i hope that america is judged i hope that america is recompensed for the wickedness of killing children today because maybe when america is judged they'll humble themselves before a mighty god hey and maybe if we're separated vessels of christ maybe we could go out and reach those people and get them saved and turn the tide in this country and not just let this country be taken over by people sacrificing their children to devils because that's what's happening that is what's happening in our country today and guess what you need to take preaching the gospel serious you need to take living a separated life serious because when god's wrath comes down in this country you're going to want to be on his good side you're going to want to have his blessing behind your life don't get caught up with all this prepping crap get caught up with the ministry of jesus christ that's what you should be caught up in go to numbers chapter 35 numbers chapter 35 i believe it should be a very strong warning to the united states numbers chapter 35 verse 33 numbers 35 33 the bible says so you shall not pollute the land wherein you are for blood it defileth the land and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein but by the blood of him that shed it defile not therefore the land which he shall inhabit wherein i dwell for i the lord dwell among the children of israel hey we shouldn't have polluted our land so much with blood because guess what the bible says the only way that the polluted blood is going to be purified in our land is by more shed blood and so you know what god may just shed some blood in our country again hey he's done it before eight house eight hundred thousand plus people died in the civil war before in this nation the judgment of god but america's so proud they don't think it could happen again hey it can happen again and it should happen again we're we're we're just blessed that we're not consumed by god every single day because we all deserve it we all deserve to just die and go to hell right now you know what we have the grace of god and us as saved people we have his mercy you know what the unsaved does not the unsaved has the wrath of god on them and this nation has the wrath of god on it because of the innocent blood that it's shed so you know what let's take our stands today on what the bible says let's not just stay a little bit behind the democrats the reprobates oh i'm such a great christian i believe a little bit better than what reprobates believe it doesn't make you a great christian at all it's garbage here's another example how about sodomy let's kick this dog since the sodomite documentary is coming out we need to kick this dog too you know the world says that sodomites are great that they're special that they're born that way that they're great people hey they even call them gay happy right and so what what do most mainstream christians and republicans say they'll at best say it's a sin or they'll just say oh just exist with them coexist with them no problem but after you see the sodomite documentary you'll realize that democrats republicans most people of any any creed used to believe at least maybe not they didn't all believe their reprobates but they at least believe that sodomites were dangerous that they were predators that they were worthy of death that we needed them out of our society and you'll see in the sodomite documentary we show that the laws of our nation had upheld that for a very long time you know i personally know a police officer who he's probably only in his 50s and in his career as a police officer in idaho he has arrested people in his lifetime for the crime of sodomy in his lifetime okay this was not that long ago that people believed right on this but you know what christians just stay a little bit behind what the world says instead of basing what they believe on the bible this guy has been preached against a lot but he needs to be preached against again john getch who is the vice president of west coast baptist college this is what he said he said this lifestyle talking about faggots is a part of the culture we live in there's no place for a crude or vile attitude towards those living in this thing no place no place sorry it's so scattered every person on this planet regardless of their sexual orientation deserves respect and dignity so imagine this an independent fundamental baptist preacher says people that live in this lifestyle they're a part of our culture now you know it's funny i've never heard a baptist preacher use it's part of our culture as a justification to preach something i thought that baptists believed the bible it's like well it's part of our culture great we better just accept it now it's like hey did you guys know that uh drinking alcohol is part of our culture too hey did you know that committing adultery is part of our culture too did you know that smoking marijuana is part of our culture too well it's part of our culture so we better not have a vile attitude about sin no you idiot you false prophet devil vice president of a baptist bible college a baptist i wouldn't expect this from a methodist it's just like well it's part of a culture oh pedophilia is part of our culture what the hell i mean this guy should be put to death this guy's wicked let's see what the bible says go to second peter chapter two because remember separation is a fixed standard on the word of god not a relative distance from what the world says and john getch he's just at a relative distance of what the world says the world just says they're great and wonderful and he just says don't have a vile attitude towards them accept them let them in the church you're turning to second peter chapter two and i'm gonna rattle off some verses for you genesis 13 13 says but the men of sodom were wicked and sinners before the lord exceedingly so you know we're all sinners but not all of us are sinners and wicked before the lord exceedingly the bible elsewhere says that sodomites are filled with all unrighteousness so whereas some of us you know we struggle in certain areas of our life we don't struggle with all sin at all time but that's what sodomites do they're full of all unrighteousness they have eyes full of adultery that cannot cease from sin i'll read for you leviticus 18 22 the bible says thou shall not lie with mankind as with womankind it is abomination so if we're going to take this principle hey separation is believing what the bible says not just staying a certain distance from the world we would understand that the bible says sodomy is an abomination hey john getch you know if he's a real baptist preacher what do you think about sodomy it's an abomination why because it's what the bible says that's what baptists should be doing that's what christians who are actually separated should be doing it's just saying i don't care about my opinions i don't care what i think about things i care about what god thinks about things i care about what the bible says about topics leviticus 18 25 says and the land is defiled therefore i do visit the iniquity thereof upon it and the land itself vomited out her inhabitants so john gets the fag hag john gets the queer bait says don't even have a vile attitude towards the sodomites when the land has a vile attitude towards the sodomites the land is throwing up because of them the land is disgusted by them and john getch isn't what's wrong with you are you a faggot yourself that's what it sounds like what kind of normal person is not disgusted by sodomites when the land is disgusted by sodomites you have to be brainwashed to not be disgusted by sodomites that's why police officers in our lifetime were arresting them it's a new thing it's a change in our culture everyone used to hate the sodomites everyone used to think they're pedophiles and of course we all know this first leviticus 20 13 if a man also lived with mankind as he lied with a woman both of them have committed an abomination they shall surely be put to death their blood shall be upon them so hey if you want to ask me what i believe about the sodomites those are the verses that i'm going to show you i'm not going to give you a stupid answer like john getch did i told you to turn to second peter chapter 2 look at verse 6 and turning the cities of sodom and gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow making them an ensemble unto those that after should live ungodly and delivered just lot vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked so even lot backslidden lot who had kids with his own kids he was so wicked just horrible situation living in sodom he was vexed with a filthy conversation of the sodomites how much more wicked than lot do you have to be to where you're not vexed apparently john getch's level apparently you have to be as wicked as john getch more wicked than lot because at least lot was saved this guy's a false prophet this guy teaches a hardcore works repent of your sins gospel he's a devil so lots a lot more righteous than him because lots at least in heaven right now but this guy's gonna go straight to hell when he dies and you got to think about the anger of god of how he feels for sodomy when you think how he condemned them with an overthrow the bible says how how they were overthrown and you got to remember you got to think about the story of sodom gomorrah how there was literally just fire from heaven coming down you know you'll see when you see the sodomite documentary the intro is epic and it's it's like a cartoon version of the scene of sodom being destroyed and you just hear just imagine this actually happened a whole city was burnt alive could you imagine the screams the sounds of just of just brimstone hitting the earth and just shaking the earth of god's wrath that's how god feels about sodomites and in the new testament the bible says hey here's your example of how i feel about it condemn them with an overthrow imagine just seeing a city just torched by god just fiery rocks from heaven being torched on them that's what god thinks about them so us as christians we need to always have our our standards on what the bible says i don't care about how far of a distance away i am from the republicans or from anyone else we need to go off what the bible says how about dress standards go to deuteronomy chapter 22 deuteronomy 22 deuteronomy 22 verse 5 the bible says the woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man neither shall a man put on a woman's garment for all that do so are abomination unto the lord thy god so again let's think about you know the principle we've been talking about hardcore liberal freak reprobates they think it's just okay to be naked in portland and san francisco and seattle they just have full-on just nude parades just disgusting sick okay and then your average just republican or your average mainstream christian you know they just believe to wear normal clothes according to the world standards you'll see you know if you go to mega church you'll see girls wearing short shorts you'll see girls wearing skimpy dresses you'll see the guys wearing the skinny jeans and just dressing really effeminate you know so they're not as bad as the worst people on earth but what does the bible say where is the standard that we should draw as christians it should be on what the bible says the bible says that a woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man you know what that means us as christians we don't believe it's okay for a woman to wear pants ever because the bible says that they're an abomination when they do that in the same way if a man was wearing a dress it would be an abomination well it's like oh well it's not as bad of a dress as this type of a dress it's like i don't care what kind of dress you're wearing as a man it's sick if you're like oh culottes it's women's pants i don't care what kind of pants you're wearing if it's pants it's an abomination to god and that's the standard that we should be taking as christians oh well i'm not as bad i'm not wearing the yoga pants oh i'm not as bad i'm not wearing short shorts well where do you measure up according to god's word because if we're going to be separated we make our stances on what the bible says not just a relative distance from what the world believes and what from the worst people believe how about this one fornication go to first grandeans chapter number six first grandeans chapter number six first grandeans chapter number six i hope you're starting to see that this is how the world makes their decisions this is how conservatives make their decisions they just see what do the worst people do and they say let's just not let's just not do that let's just do a little bit less than that but that's not how we should be as christians we should follow what the bible says first grandeans chapter six verse 15 know you not that your bodies are the members of christ shall i then take the members of christ make them members of an harlot god forbid what no you not that he which is joined to inharl it is one body for two sayeth he shall be one flesh but he that is joined unto the lord is one spirit flee fornication every sin that a man do it excuse me is without the body but he that committed fornication sinneth against his own body so where does the bible stand on this topic the bible says flee fornication the bible says that you know it's a sin against your own body that you're defiling the temple of the holy ghost and we should flee fornication completely the bible teaches very clearly that you leave and cleave with your wife you don't go sleep around you don't go be a whoremonger you know the bible says that whoremongers and adulterers god shall judge okay so the bible is very clear on this but the farthest left people they'll say it's great you know i even had teachers in high school that said that it's wise to live with multiple different partners before you get married they said they did not only were just like okay with fornication they say no no it's wise to have multiple different partners before you get married that's what they said which is funny because if you believe that divorce is okay then who cares you know like these liberals they believe divorce is totally okay but they're like make sure you sleep with lots of different people before you get married because you never know it's like i thought you believe divorce is okay like what's the what's the big deal if you believe that then you can just leave it's stupid they don't know you know what they believe but and then here's what conservatives say and here's what a lot of um just new evangelical types say is they also say things like well if you love each other and not most christians most christians believe for sure that fornication is wrong but there are christians that will twist the scriptures and try to just make it be like well you have to love them or oh there's just certain things that are considered fornication people ask you does this count as fornication uh yeah if it's before marriage it counts as fornication let's just leave it at that okay that it's just very clear but here's the thing we got to make sure we're always basing what we believe on the bible don't just be a little bit better than the worst scum don't just make your standards a little bit better than reprobate and democrats which are two of the same things by the way i'll get on them on another sermon first uh first john five three i'll read for you for this is the love of god that we keep his commandments and his commandments are not grievous god gave us his commandments and guess what they're not grievous to us he gives us his commandments for a reason and they're to help our lives they're to make our lives better you are not going to have a worse life by living a separated christian life you are going to have a better life the closer that you stick to exactly what the bible says god is perfect everything in his law is perfect and that is what's going to make you the best possible version of you you could be is by following what the bible says not giving into any of the world's propaganda so we've learned some principles for separation let's apply these to our lives real quickly and then we'll end the sermon tonight so a good application for this number one living an unseparated life will cause people to blaspheme god and christianity so what should compel us to want to be separated besides what we've already talked about how about the fact that if you don't it causes people to blaspheme god it causes people to blaspheme christianity i'll prove that to you go to romans chapter number two romans chapter two and start reading verse number 17 behold thou art called a jew who's obviously addressing the jews here and rest is in the law and makest thy boast of god and knowest his will and approves the things that are more excellent being instructed out of the law and are confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind a light of them which are in darkness an instructor of foolish of the foolish a teacher of babes which has the form of knowledge and of the truth and the law so so far he's talking to people that call themselves jews which are obviously the unbelieving jews of their day and he's saying hey you make your boast of the law you're confident that you're a teacher of the blind you're confident that you just know so much scripture but let's see what he says here in verse 21 thou therefore which teaches another teaches thou not thyself thou that preaches a man should not steal dost thou steal thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery dost thou commit adultery thou that abhorrest idols dost thou commit sacrilege thou that makest thy boast of the law through breaking the law dishonorous thou god for the name of god is blasphemed among the gentiles through you as it is written so what's going on these people are claiming to be men of god they're claiming to be teachers of the foolish they're just light to the blind they're all these great things but they're preaching all these things that people should be doing but they're not doing it themselves so they're not separated which of course they're not separated because they're not even saved okay but he's just pointing out something about this fact that they're unseparated what does it cause it causes the name of god to be blasphemed through them because they're seeing if i'm just an unsaved person i'm like okay this person's a man of god okay he's stealing okay he's blaspheming okay he's committing adultery wow god it just must be uh what kind of god is this like oh all religion's fake this is this is garbage wouldn't it cause people to blaspheme god i'll give you a really good example i was flying to boisi idaho a couple days before christmas and i see this jewish rabbi sit right in front of me in the airplane and i'm already pissed because it's christmas and this guy who hates my savior is sitting in front of me and breathing god's air and i'm already upset okay so i'm just like i'm upset and i'm like reading bible verses like really loud to my wife i'm like yeah you know jesus said oh you know jesus said whatever and i'm just watching this guy and i'm like what i wonder what he's doing he's on his phone like i wonder what jews do on their phone like what do these rabbis do on their phone well you know what he starts doing on his phone he starts watching pornography on the airplane with kids around with families around in public why because this guy's a reprobate like the bible says why because like jesus said you appear outwardly righteous unto men but within are full of hypocrisy and iniquity right because that's what they really are these rabbis these reprobate haters of god sick freaks what kind of a freak dog is just so untemperate to do that in public like that i just wanted to like rip this guy's head off because i'm just there's families around i'm upset i was i restrained myself but i was thinking about this this verse right here how the name of god is blast theme through these people because people are coming to these people for spiritual advice they think they're a man of god and this is what they're really like i understand that there's no temptation which is taking you but such as is common to man i'm not saying you're a reprobate if you lust after women obviously okay obviously but if you're such a dog where you're in public on an airplane it just shows that you are a reprobate it just shows that you have a depraved mind that you have eyes full of adultery which cannot cease from sin so obviously this guy was blaspheming god's name through his lifestyle but after the plane i had kind of calmed down a little bit and i confronted this guy and he got out of the plane like really really fast because i think he's heard all the bible verses that i was saying but i walk up to him and i was like hey rabbi are you a man of god he's like yeah so you want to tell me why a man of god is watching pornography on an airplane his eyes just like he just darts into the closest bathroom and never comes out and i was just like i was so upset but you know what if you live an extremely hypocritical life and you're not separated it will cause the name of god to be blasphemed and obviously that guy's a devil and i knew that so obviously i know i'm saved it's not going to cause me to blaspheme god by seeing a demonic dog do what dogs do obviously but if i had no knowledge of religion if i had no knowledge of god if i just want to be saved i'm just like seeking the truth and and i go to a baptist church and a baptist preacher is all these same things it could cause someone to blaspheme god's name so it's very important that we live separated lives so that the the name of god is not blasphemed let's go to titus chapter number two titus chapter number two titus chapter number two look at verse number three the aged women likewise that they be in behavior as become of holiness not false accusers not given to much wine teachers of good things that they may teach the young women to be sober to love their husbands to love their children to be discreet chased keepers at home good obedient to their own husbands that the word of god be not blasphemed so you know what happens if a woman is not in her proper role she's not living a separated life because she's not following god's commandments she's not discreet she's not chased she's not keeping at home she's not obeying her husband she's not teaching her children all these things that the bible lists you know what the bible says happens it causes the word of god to be blasphemed it's what the bible says you know so every single person in here needs to take that seriously including just your average stay-at-home mom because guess what you have an impact on people's opinion too of god you are an ambassador of god just as much as i am an ambassador of god and every single person in here the ladies in here are also ambassadors of christ and how you live your life how you treat your husband how you treat your children that also could blaspheme god if you do it poorly and so even the ladies need to take it very seriously how they live a separated life as well let's go to verse number nine exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters and to please them well in all things not answering again not purloining but showing all good fidelity that they may adorn the doctrine of god our savior in all things so also servants men if you're at work the bible says not to be you know purloining or talking back or being lazy make sure to obey your boss at all times why so that it adorns the doctrine of god what does it mean to adorn it means to make it look good to dress it up hey we want christianity to look good to people we want to we want to make getting saved look really good to people we want to make being an independent fundamental baptist look really good to people what's a great way for us to do that men be the best workers on the job be the hardest workers on the job you know i've worked multiple different jobs in my life where i've had saved people as co-workers and sometimes those people were the worst workers on the job and it made me so mad sometimes those people were getting outworked by joe's witnesses by mormons and i'm just thinking wow this is not adorning the doctrine of god right here this is making things look bad when you're lazy at work hey if you're a bad worker you're a bad christian if you're a bad wife you're a bad christian if you're a bad husband you're a bad christian because these are things that the world can see us do and that is a direct reflection of our lord and savior so when we think about these things hey living a separated life isn't just for us it's not just for our benefit and our blessings that we will receive for god but it's also just that people don't blaspheme him i would hate for god to be blasphemed because of my life and obviously all of us are sinners all of us will sin until the day we die but you know what we have to try our absolute best to be perfect and to be holy as god is holy amen and i have i have some more here but for sake of time the last application i want to make here is that living a separated life will result in being a more effective christian go to second timothy chapter number two back a few pages second timothy chapter number two second timothy chapter two let's start reading verse number 19 verse number 19 nevertheless the foundation of god standeth sure having this seal the lord know at them that are his and let everyone that nameth the name of christ depart from iniquity but in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver but also of wood and of earth and some to honor and some to dishonor if a man purged himself from these he shall be a vessel unto honor sanctified and meet for the master's use and prepared unto every good work so the most effective you could be as a christian is when you are sanctified when you've purged yourself from the sin in your life that's when your meat for the master's use meaning you're fit for it now he's able to use your you more you're going to be that gold and silver christian where god's could say okay this person's purged himself he's a ready vessel for me and now i can use him or her to do great things for me so the thing is no matter how wicked of a life a saved person lives if you are saved you can go out and preach the gospel and get people saved the word of god has power the gospel does have power but let me tell you something god is going to use a person who is sanctified way more than he would use someone who's not that's just a fact you know god god can have great plans for you and it doesn't matter if you're a woman a child or a man god can use you to do infinite amount of things the power of god is not limited on your life but by how you limit it through sanctification and through separation hebrews 12 flip over a couple pages to hebrews chapter number 12 hebrews chapter number 12 look at verse 1 wherefore seeing we are also compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses let us lay aside every weight and the sin which doth so easily beset us and let us run with patience the race that is set before us so the author here is equating the christian life to a race that we're running so he says hey we need to set aside the weight and the sin that besets you so that you can run that race imagine you're running a physical race sometimes i used to run a lot i haven't in months i need to get back on it but sometimes you know if you run a lot sometimes you like to wear like a weighted vest for a run just to like get more stamina but you know what that's for like the half mile run you wear the weighted vest for like the mile run tops you don't wear the weighted vest for the 10 mile run for the 30 mile run okay that's when you want to set aside the weight that besets you okay so if you want to be the christian that's in the in serving god for 10 20 30 years for the rest of your life okay you need to set aside the weight and the sin that besets you because anyone who's saved can preach the gospel but you know what the christian life is measured in decades the christian life is measured in decades if you want to be in it for the long haul you got to separate yourself james chapter 5 flip over james chapter 5 remember we're talking about how separation makes you a more effective christian james chapter 5 verse number 16 confess your faults one to another and pray one for another that you may be healed the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much hey i want my prayers to be heard and i want my prayers to be very effective i want i want things to get done when i pray how's that done it's through a righteous man fervently praying right and obviously we're all righteous to an extent we're at the baseline of salvation we have the righteousness of christ but there is righteousness above that and it's by following god's commandments and it's by being a separated christian the last verse i'll read for you you can say there i'll just read for you psalm 66 verse 18 the bible says if i regard iniquity in my heart the lord will not hear me that should be a terrifying verse for any christian if you want your prayers to just hit the ceiling and god not to hear you just keep regarding iniquity in your heart keep not getting to things right that you know god wants you to get right in your life if you're not soul winning let me just let me just help you if you're not soul winning you're regarding iniquity in your heart let me just tell you hey if you're if you're treating your spouse horribly if you're disobeying your husband you are regarding iniquity in your heart if you are not loving your wives you are regarding iniquity in your heart if you are not reading the bible you are regarding iniquity in your heart so your prayers are just hitting the ceiling okay if you want to be an effective christian you must be separated so i think this can help all of us you know myself included we all need to constantly be working on ourselves we have the flesh it's a hard battle that we fight it's not a physical battle it is a battle of of the will of our spirit and our flesh we got to work on ourselves every single day i just pray that this would be a blessing to you guys let's end in a word of prayer lord thank you so much for this day and thank you for your word that can give us guidance and instruction through our life i pray that you would bless us all help us just to fix the areas in all of our lives that we all need to help with lord and you know the areas and i pray that you just fill us with the holy spirit and keep us safe as we go tonight in jesus name we pray amen all right for our last hymn or last song rather this evening turn if you would in your white hand out to psalm 150 psalm 150 or alternatively your bible you can turn in that too psalm 150 in your white handout or in your bibles all right psalm number 150 let's sing praise ye the lord praise god in his sanctuary praise him in the firmament of his power praise him for his mighty acts praise him according to his excellent greatness praise him with the sound of the trumpet praise him with the the sultry and harp praise him with the timbrel and dance praise him with stringed instruments and organs praise him upon the loud cymbals praise him upon the high sounding cymbals let everything that have breath praise the lord praise ye the lord praise god the father praise god the son praise god the holy ghost praise god in three persons amen and with that you are dismissed god bless you hmm great yeah they're great