Contending For The Faith

But I also told Him I love Him, and I am willing to preach whatever will please Him.

Today I will be preaching on BIBLICAL SEPARATION.

This is a sermon that you will not hear in the liberal churches across this nation.

And when preachers like me and others preach on BIBLICAL SEPARATION they are often accused of preaching on legalism that we are save by works.

Let me makes something very clear before I get into this sermon on BIBLICAL SEPARATION.

There is not a preacher ANYWHERE that believes in salvation by GRACE ANYMORE THAN I DO.

I not only believe in SALVATION BY GRACE I believed we are KEPT BY GRACE.

Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

If it was not for the GRACE OF God, I could not SAVE MYSELF FROM SIN nor could I KEEP MYSELF MY SELF FROM SIN.

Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.

There is not ONE THING we can do to earn our Salvation.

Illus: On Calvary He did everything that needed to be done for our salvation. And on that cross when died for our sins He said, IT IS FINISHED!!!

Because of the GRACE OF GOD SAVES US we no longer live a life of sin but NOW we live a SEPARATED LIFE FROM THIS UNGODLY WORLD IN WHICH WE LIVE BY THE GRACE OF GOD.

Liberal churches use Biblical Separation as for a reason for them not to PREACH on Biblical Separation.

Why?

Because they have filled their churches with people with water down gospel and they know if they were to preach on BIBLICAL SEPARATION it would empty their churches.

But nevertheless, the Bible teaches Biblical Separation.

Let me read some scriptures and you judge for yourself if the word of God does not teach BIBLICAL SEPARATION to those who have been saved by the grace of God.

• 2 Corinthians 6:17-18 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.

• 1 Peter 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.

• 1 Cor. 15:33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

• John 15:19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

• 1 Corinthians 5:11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one no not to eat.

I could go on and on giving you scriptures about Biblical Separation in the Old Testament and the New Testament.

I believe I have shared with you enough scripture to lay the foundation for this sermon that the Bible teaches from cover-to-cover BIBLICAL SEPARATION from this evil world in which we live AFTER WE HAVE BEEN SAVED BY THE GRACE OF GOD.

Without apology we at the First Baptist Church are different from these liberal churches that do not preach on BIBLICAL SEPARATION.

If you have come to hear a COTTON CANDY SEROMON that these liberal preachers preach you have come to the wrong church.

Why are we different from these liberal churches?

Because of…

I. THE IMPORTANCE WE PLACE ON THE SCRIPTURES

We as Bible believing Christians know the Word of God is not one of the most important things in the church, IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE CHURCH.

DOES EVERY CHURCH BELIEVE THAT?

N0!

Some think that music and singing is the MOST IMPORTANT THING IN A CHURCH SERVICE.

Don’t get me wrong I love good music in a church service, and I thank the Lord for our music director (Bro. Kenny) but music is not the most important thing in a church service, and he agrees with me.

Illus: A secretary for one of these liberal churches stated she did the church bulletin each week for them.

She was told after about forty-five minutes of singing and so on she was to put in the program 10 to 15 minutes for a sermon.

The most important thing in a church service is the preaching of God’s Word.

But liberal churches do not believe that.

Illus: For example, have you ever heard some who attended one of these emotional Pentecostal services state, WE HAD A GREAT CHURCH SERVICE LAST NIGHT people were shouting and singing.