Jesus pitied sinners, pleaded with them,
sighed over them, warned them, and wept over them; but He
never sought to amuse them! When the evening shadows of His consecrated
life were deepening into the night of death, He reviewed His holy ministry, and
found comfort and sweet solace in the thought, "I have given them Your Word."
As with the Master, so with His apostles; their teaching is the echo of His. In vain will the epistles be searched to discover any trace of a gospel of amusement. The same call for separation from the world rings in everyone, "But not conformed to this world, but be you transformed," is the word of command in the Romans. "Come out from among them. and be you separate and touch not the unclean thing." It is the trumpet call in the Corinthians. In other words it is come out - keep out - keep clean out - for "what communion has light with darkness, and what concord has Christ with Belial?"
As with the Master, so with His apostles; their teaching is the echo of His. In vain will the epistles be searched to discover any trace of a gospel of amusement. The same call for separation from the world rings in everyone, "But not conformed to this world, but be you transformed," is the word of command in the Romans. "Come out from among them. and be you separate and touch not the unclean thing." It is the trumpet call in the Corinthians. In other words it is come out - keep out - keep clean out - for "what communion has light with darkness, and what concord has Christ with Belial?"
[Archibald Brown]
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Romans 12:2 ... And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
2 Corinthians 6:17 ... Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.
Ephesians 5:11 ... And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.❤
