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The Biblical doctrine of separation is rooted in the very holiness of God and it is expressed in numerous texts in the Word of God.\u00a0 Peter expressed it in his first epistle, As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: but as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; because it is written, Be ye holy for I am holy (1 Peter 1:14-16).<\/span><\/p>\n

It only makes sense that a God who Himself cannot be compromised in His holy character and desires His sons and daughters to fellowship with Him would require that they become more and more like Him.\u00a0 John wrote, That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.\u00a0 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.\u00a0 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.\u00a0 If we say we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not the truth (1 John 1:3-6).<\/p>\n

The Apostle Paul concluded the great chapter on being unequally yoked together with unbelievers by writing, Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty (2 Cor. 6:17-18).<\/p>\n

In putting the doctrine of separation in its proper perspective, a few preliminary facts should be noted.\u00a0 First, separation belongs to the believer, not the unbeliever.\u00a0 Sanctification is not a means to salvation.\u00a0 A believer must come to Christ and be justified by grace through faith.\u00a0 It does not help the discussion to disparage separation with scriptural verses that teach salvation by faith and not by works.\u00a0 Second, the doctrine of sanctification (of which separation is a part) is vital for the believer\u2019s spiritual life.\u00a0 There is no power nor Holy Spirit assurance in an unsanctified Christian life.\u00a0 Separation from worldliness is a vital part of sanctification.\u00a0 Third, though a believer is eternally secure in Christ, his eternally secure position in Christ does not negate nor override the possibility of carnality and the loss of reward at the Bema Seat of Christ.\u00a0 The doctrine of separation ought to be of intense interest to any believer who understands that he\/she will stand before the Lord and give an account of the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad (2 Cor. 5:10).<\/p>\n

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The problem of definition and degrees<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The purpose of this article is to offer a practical way to apply separation to a believer\u2019s life.\u00a0 I don\u2019t want to be understood, however, as if I\u2019ve made the whole doctrine too simplistic.\u00a0 I believe there are areas of ecclesiastical as well as personal separation (2 Tim. 2:16-21).\u00a0 Good men may disagree as to when a believer ought to leave a church, a movement, or a circle of friends even though there may be unanimous agreement with the fact that it must happen at some point.\u00a0 I believe there are times to separate from nonbelievers (2 Cor. 6:14) and also from believers (2 Thes. 3:6, 14-15).\u00a0 Each man will have to be fully convinced when he has become \u201cunequally yoked\u201d to an unbeliever and also when he must have \u201cno company\u201d with a brother.\u00a0 But the fact is, these concepts are clearly taught in the New Testament Scriptures.<\/p>\n

In my lifetime there has been a lot of discussion over whether there is a \u201csecondary\u201d or \u201csecond degree\u201d of separation from \u201cevery brother that walketh disorderly\u201d (2 Thes. 3:6).\u00a0 I would agree with those who practice separation to this extent but who also object to the unnecessary use of the term \u201csecondary.\u201d\u00a0 When a brother fails to separate himself from unscriptural practices, even from those of another brother, he himself is walking disorderly.\u00a0 The separation is from him as well as from any other disorderliness.\u00a0 \u201cNote that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed\u201d (vs 14).<\/p>\n

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The concept of a threshold<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The problem of when and how to separate has been a life-long school of pass and fail.\u00a0 I have, at times, been caustic and rude in my zeal to separate from obvious error and in so being have forfeited any opportunity to \u201cgain my brother.\u201d\u00a0 I have often walked too far with my disorderly brother out of love or respect and have only made the inevitable separation harder, like waiting to pull a bad tooth until the situation has become unbearable.\u00a0 In seeking both to be genuinely humble and biblically right in these difficult situations, I have found a biblical concept that has become more obvious to me as time has gone by.<\/p>\n

I call this concept \u201cthreshold\u201d separation.\u00a0 This is the simple principle of not crossing the threshold of a room if there is too great a chance that something in that room will be harmful.\u00a0 By shutting the door to the whole room, one may forfeit some things that would have been good, but at the same time eliminate the possibility of harmful things.\u00a0 A little reflection will reveal that we all do or have practiced this at various times in our lives.\u00a0 My children were not allowed to play in the street.\u00a0 A street is actually a great area for children\u2019s play:\u00a0 it\u2019s flat and smooth for little wheels; it is large and almost endless for balls and other projectiles; it even has curbs for boundaries!\u00a0 But a street has an obvious danger to children that overrides all those advantages.\u00a0 It has cars with drivers who are not careful and small children are no match for big cars!\u00a0 A parent\u2019s choice becomes obvious:\u00a0 the street will be off limits to children.\u00a0 The only amazing thing is how we begin to neglect such a sound principle when our children get older.<\/p>\n

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Some biblical examples<\/h3>\n

Paul wrote to the Corinthians (not a group of believers given to sanctification), Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend (1 Cor. 8:13).\u00a0 Paul was absolutely willing to close the door to that room if that room contained the possibility of offending a brother.\u00a0 To the Romans he wrote, It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak (Rom. 14:21).<\/p>\n

At the Jerusalem council in Acts 15, the believers decided to place certain actions off-limits to all the churches because of the danger of offense and hindrance to the gospel.\u00a0 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well (Acts 15:29).\u00a0 Fornication was surely prohibited by other biblical statements, but the others may or may not have been in many New Testament contexts.\u00a0 The appeal, however, was to avoid these things completely.\u00a0 The prohibition to idol meat was still being upheld in the Lord\u2019s letters to the seven churches in 95 AD (Rev. 2:14, 20).<\/p>\n

In 1 Corinthians 10:27-33 Paul advises believers that if a lost person notifies you that the meat you are eating is idol meat (and the man is proud of it, too!), then quit eating the meat altogether.\u00a0 Use it rather as an opportunity to bring conviction to the lost man once he sees your biblical conviction.<\/p>\n

Paul used the threshold principle in refusing to take John Mark on his second missionary journey (Acts 15:36-41).\u00a0 Barnabas was of the opinion that more good than bad could come of Mark\u2019s presence, but Paul would not take the chance of one mistake ruining the whole journey.\u00a0 Therefore he refused to take Mark at all.<\/p>\n

Church discipline itself utilizes the concept of threshold separation.\u00a0 The last step that the Lord gave (Matt. 18:17) is to exclude the brother completely and treat him as you would an unsaved man.\u00a0 In 1 Corinthians 5, Paul commands the church to do this with the fornicator.\u00a0 This step, regardless of how severe it may seem, must be taken when other admonitions have failed.\u00a0 They were not to pick and choose how he may intermingle with the church but rather to close the door completely to fellowship.<\/p>\n

The biblical admonition to believers not to marry non-believers is an obvious use of this principle.\u00a0 Paul\u2019s clear instruction (1 Cor. 7:39, 2 Cor. 6:14) eliminates any possibility of a believer agreeing to marry a known unbeliever.\u00a0 Only a blanket prohibition could possibly work in this matter.<\/p>\n

John\u2019s prohibition to believer\u2019s ever bidding a false prophet \u201cGod speed\u201d (2 John 10) is a blanket policy due to the obvious result:\u00a0 you would become a \u201cpartaker\u201d (koinonei, a fellowshiper, a sharer) in all of his evil deeds.\u00a0 One cannot take a chance with such fellowship by trying to discern before each declaration.<\/p>\n

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Practical results<\/strong><\/h3>\n

First, there is the obvious advantage of safety.\u00a0 When that room contains dangerous things, I know I will not be harmed by them if I never enter the room.\u00a0 Second, it avoids failing to discern questionable things.\u00a0 John said \u201ctry the spirits\u201d not \u201ctry out the spirits.\u201d\u00a0 For young or immature believers this is necessary at least for certain periods of time.\u00a0 Third, we cannot serve two masters.\u00a0 The more we love the one, the more we hate the other.\u00a0 We are commanded NOT to love the world for this very reason.\u00a0 If that room will not bring me closer to God, I don\u2019t want to be in there.\u00a0 Fourth, I brought nothing into this world and I will take nothing out.\u00a0 Godly contentment will not miss whatever else is in that room!\u00a0 I am waiting anxiously to leave this \u201cworldly\u201d existence altogether.\u00a0 Why should leaving some of it now cause me any regret?<\/p>\n

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Possible applications<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Until recently Christians agreed that abstaining from substances that cause us bodily harm is wise.\u00a0 I have never smoked, drunk alcoholic beverages, or used addictive drugs.\u00a0 I can\u2019t imagine a scenario where it would have been any advantage to me as a husband, father or pastor to practice these.\u00a0 Yet smoking and \u201csocial\u201d drinking are coming into Christian circles now in a large way.\u00a0 Christian young people do these things \u201cunderground\u201d without knowledge of parents or church, and many adults are now flaunting their ability to \u201clive large\u201d for Jesus.\u00a0 Sadly, only time will tell what harm this \u201croom\u201d will bring to the cause of Christ and a whole generation of young people.<\/p>\n

Some \u201cplaces\u201d where I may go may be able to be avoided altogether and some may not.\u00a0 I never go to a \u201cbar\u201d to eat or get a cup of coffee, yet I cannot avoid all stores or restaurants that sell liquor.\u00a0 But my blanket refusal of \u201cbars\u201d still stands.\u00a0 My wife and I have never been in a movie theater together nor with our children. This was an easy decision with an easy line to draw.\u00a0 That doesn\u2019t mean we didn\u2019t watch TV or movies on the TV (though nothing above a G rating was brought home!).\u00a0 The line was drawn at the theater and my family was both protected and made stronger because of it.\u00a0 I have advised it for anyone who loves their children and have forced it upon no one.<\/p>\n

We have kept the ministry of our church within the purpose of the gospel and the Scriptures.\u00a0 We do not have social and political entanglements within the church.\u00a0 I believe these are good and noble for Christians to do (as many other things in life), but they are not described, much less prescribed for the local church in the New Testament.\u00a0 This is becoming increasingly difficult for many people to understand in this purpose-driven environment.<\/p>\n

The ecumenical movement has placed pressure upon fundamental churches to \u201ctear down the walls\u201d that divide us.\u00a0 Denominational names and other identifications, however, are a good and proper way of guarding our doctrine.\u00a0 Most churches stay within their own denominational circles because it greatly decreases the chance of exposure to contrary doctrine.\u00a0 Sometimes, however, a description such as \u201cfundamentalist\u201d or \u201cconservative\u201d may bring closer communion than our own denominational name.<\/p>\n

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And so . . . .<\/h3>\n

\u201cThreshold\u201d separation is a biblical concept with obvious practical advantages.\u00a0 In a day when the boundaries of morals, proprieties, and manners are being eroded, it is wise to have a good stopping place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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