The Line In The Sand

“The Line in the Sand”

By

Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr.

OPENING: - Do you remember the challenge when you draw a line in the dirt and dare someone to cross it. If they crossed the line the outcome would often lead to a fight, but what it also established was separation distinguishing between those that were too scared or chicken to fight and those that would fight.

Today I want to bring this concept into this lesson and show you how God has drawn a line in the sand and He is looking and waiting for those to cross it to separate the true believer from those that just have a form of godliness.

PRAYER

SCRIPTURES: Genesis 1:3-4, 2 Timothy 3:1-5, Matthew 10:34-36, 2 Corinthians 6:14-17, Matthew 5:14-16, 1 John 1:5-7, Matthew 13:24-30, 37-40, 1 Peter 1:6-7, Revelation 18:4.

INTRO: - A Diven God Principle is immutable foundational guidelines that reflect the character, justice, and sovereignty of God. They establish God’s Kingdom while showing an amazing connection between the natural and the spiritual. If I were to pick just ONE DIVINE GOD PRINCIPLE as an example it would be John 8:32 “And you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free” that verse summarizes the immutability, foundational guidelines, justice, and sovereignty of God in such a way that even a young child is able to understand it.

There is a God principle that in essences establishes separation not of those who will fight from those who will not but will distinguish true from fake, light from darkness, wheat from tares, sheep from goats and saints from sinners. This God Principle is called the Principle of Separation, and it runs through the entire Bible from Genesis to Revelation. As a matter of fact, before the mountains were formed from the sea, before the green grass started to grow, before there was the first signs of breath when all there was was a place without form and void and darkness was upon the face of the deep God spoke this principle into existence establishing His Divine Principle for all eternity. In Genesis 1:3-4 God said “Let there be light and there was light. And God saw the light and it was good and God Divided the light from the dark”. Understand that was not just a principle of illumination of creative separation but a Spiritual Principle as well because light and darkness cannot inhabit the same place period. When light enters darkness can’t fight against it, it can’t protest or debate its position it simply vanishes because the God Principle has been established when God said, therefore it is so and cannot be changed.

TEXT: - 2 Timothy 3:1-5 says, “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away”. This is the time we are living in right now actually it is the last of the last days because the last days started at Calvary and go until Christ returns the Day of the Lord.

The principle of separation has been established but there is also the pattern of separation that needs to be understood. The pattern of separation always proceeds the move of God. Before God delivers, before God judges, before the return of Yeshua HaMashiach there must be separation.

EXAMPLES: - Noah and his family before the flood came. Noah preached for 120 years begging and pleading for the people to repent only for them to mock him and fail to repent. When it was time for judgment, when God finally said enough is enough, His spirit no long strived with mankind He separated Noah and his family having them go into the Ark then God closed the door and brought judgment upon earth and all its inhabitants.

Lot and his family before God sent fire down from heaven to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, He sent 2 angels to go and Rapture/Separate Lot and his family out of the city by taking them by the hand and rushing them out before judgment fell. Although his wife turned and looked back, they had first been separated, the line had been drawn.

Then there is the EXODUS from Egypt before the Children of Israel left Egypt there was a separation that took place. The Children of Israel had to take the blood of the Lamb and spread it on the door post and the mantel of the door all those separated by the blood were spared and safe but those the Egyptians that were not covered/separated by the blood experienced the judgment of God the death of the 1st born and there went out a great cry in Egypt Exodus 11:6.