ìAnd have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge
after the image of him that created him: Where there is neither
Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian,
Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.î
Colossians 3:10-11
Separation is not a Four-Letter Word
Many that follow Christ in our day consider separation to be unloving, or even
worse, unchristian. This is because the same spirit of ecumenism that gained a
foothold during the time of Constantine has continued since those days and
gathered momentum in the Church in these Last Days.
The name church means ìcalled out onesî, and even in Old Testament times,
Godís people were called to separation.
ìFor wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have
found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? So
shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that
are upon the face of the earth.î Exodus 33:16 (emphasis mine)
They were to be His particular people.ìFor thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the
LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself,
above all the nations that are upon the earth.î
Deuteronomy 14:2
In the Old Testament, God commanded His people Israel not to allow their sons
and daughters to inter marry with those nations around them, nor to make
agreements with them. This was because He knew that the idolatry of the false
gods would worm its way into the hearts of His chosen ones.