Paul,
a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto
the gospel of God
(Romans
1:1).
Every
Bible-believing Christian who want to attain abundant Christian life
must be
“… set apart for the gospel of God” (Rom.
1:1).
Another aspect of separation is that, you are to come out from
anything that is contrary to the perfect will of God (2
Cor. 6:17).
To be
separated means to be sanctified (set apart) for salvation and
service. What you must do is to yield yourself to the Lord and to allow Him to work in your life. Here are some biblical truths you must know and cleave into in order for you to attain abundant Christian life:
(1)
The word of God has the power to separate the believer from sin (John
17:17;
Ps.
119:11 OT)
(2)
God the Father has the power to separate the believer to the “…
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1
Thess. 5:23).
(3)
God the Son has the power to separate the believer to righteousness,
“…
having no spot or wrinkle (Eph.
5:24-27).
(4)
God the Holy Spirit has the power to separate the believer unto
salvation and service (2
Thess. 2:13).
Without
being separated, you can have relationship with God; but,
you cannot have fellowship with Him. You may be united to Him in
Calvary, but separated from Him in sin (Is.
59:1-2 OT).
Without separation, you can have influence without power, movement
without achievement; you may try, but not trust; serve, but not
succeed; war, but not win. Without separation to God from sin, your
whole Christian life will be “wood, hay, straw”. The abundant
life is made possible by death, burial, and resurrection of our Lord
and Savior, Jesus Christ, and made a reality by being separated to
Him.
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