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[1] {come out from among them}
Separation, Summary: (1) Separation in Scripture is twofold: "from"
whatever is contrary to the mind of God; and "unto" God Himself. The
underlying principle is that in a moral universe it is impossible for
God to fully bless and use His children who are in compromise or
complicity with evil. The unequal yoke is anything which unites a
child of God and an unbeliever in a common purpose
# De 22:10
(2) Separation from evil implies (a) separation in desire, motive, and
act, from the world, in the ethically bad sense of this present
world-system
» See Note "Re 13:8"
and (b) separation from believers, especially false teachers, who are
"vessels unto dishonour"
# 2Ti 2:20,21 2Jo 1:9-11
(3) Separation is not from contact with evil in the world or the
church, but from complicity with and conformity to
# Joh 17:15 2Co 6:14-18 Ga 6:1
(4) The reward of separation is the full manifestation of the divine
fatherhood
# 2Co 6:17,18
unhindered communion and worship
# Heb 13:13-15
and fruitful service
# 2Ti 2:21
as world-conformity involves the loss of these, though not of
salvation. Here, as in all else, Christ is the model.
He was "holy, harmless, undefiled, and separate from sinners"
# Heb 7:26
and yet in such contact with them for their salvation that the
Pharisees, who illustrate the mechanical and ascetic conception of
separation
» See Note "Mt 3:7"
judged Him as having lost His Nazarite character.
# Lu 7:39
Cf
# 1Co 9:19-23 10:27
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[1] {Moreover}
In
# 2Co 8:9
the apostle sums up the Christian doctrine of giving. It may be thus
summarized: (1) It is a "grace," i.e. a disposition created by the
Spirit
# 2Co 8:7
(2) In contrast with the law, which imposed giving as a divine
requirement, Christian giving is voluntary, and a test of sincerity
and love
# 2Co 8:8-12 9:1,2,5,7
(3) The privilege is universal, belonging, according to ability, to
rich and poor
# 2Co 8:1-3,12-15 1Co 16:1,2
(4) Giving is to be proportioned to income
# 2Co 8:12-14 1Co 16:2
The O.T. proportion was the tithe, a proportion which antedates the
law
# Ge 14:20
(5) The rewards of Christian giving are (a) joy
# 2Co 8:2
(b) increased ability to give in proportion to that which has been
already given
# 2Co 9:7-11
(c) increased thankfulness to God
# 2Co 9:12
(d) God and the Gospel glorified
# 2Co 9:13,14