{"id":931,"date":"2025-04-30T14:56:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T14:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evb.dyndns.org\/WordPress\/?p=931"},"modified":"2025-04-30T14:56:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T14:56:49","slug":"come-out-and-be-separate-what-god-really-requires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enslin.vanblerk.site\/?p=931","title":{"rendered":"Come Out and Be Separate: What God Really Requires"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a world saturated with compromise and sugar-coated religion, it\u2019s time to return to the only authority that matters\u2014God\u2019s Word.<\/strong> Not opinions. Not feelings. Not traditions. The Bible alone<\/strong> declares what God requires from those who say they belong to Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You Cannot Serve God and the World<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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“No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”<\/em>
\u2014 Matthew 6:24, KJV<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

There is no such thing<\/strong> as a divided heart in the Kingdom of God. You either belong fully to Christ, or you are still bound to the world<\/strong>. Serving two masters is not possible in the eyes of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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God Demands Separation from Sin and Compromise<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?”<\/em>
“Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.”<\/em>
\u2014 2 Corinthians 6:14, 17, KJV<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The Word of God commands<\/strong> believers to separate from sin, unbelief, and anything that defiles. That includes those within the church<\/strong> who profess Christ yet continue in sin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Repentance Is Not a Feeling\u2014It’s a Turning<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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“Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out…”<\/em>
\u2014 Acts 3:19, KJV<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.”<\/em>
\u2014 Ezekiel 18:30, KJV<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

True repentance isn’t just saying “sorry”\u2014it’s a radical turning away from sin<\/strong>. Without it, there is no forgiveness<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Even Family Will Divide Over the Truth<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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“Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.”<\/em>
“And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.”<\/em>
\u2014 Matthew 10:34, 36, KJV<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Christ Himself warned that His truth would divide even families.<\/strong> If you’re holding on to relationships at the cost of holiness, you’re choosing man over God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Human Understanding Will Deceive You<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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“There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.”<\/em>
\u2014 Proverbs 14:12, KJV<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

God is not interested in what seems right to us.<\/strong> His Word is the only path that leads to life. Any deviation leads to destruction\u2014even if it feels right or is popular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You Must Be Holy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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“Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.”<\/em>
\u2014 1 Peter 1:16, KJV<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Holiness is not optional.<\/strong> It\u2019s the standard of every true believer. Not perfection, but a heart fully set apart unto God, constantly turning from sin and walking in the Spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Your Soul Is at Stake<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”<\/em>
\u2014 Mark 8:36, KJV<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Nothing is more valuable than your soul. No friendship. No career. No earthly gain. If you lose your soul, you lose everything.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Final Word: Choose Whom You Will Serve<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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“And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve… but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”<\/em>
\u2014 Joshua 24:15, KJV<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This is not the hour to waver. The time for lukewarm religion is over. God is holy. He is just. He is not mocked.<\/strong> You must choose: serve Him fully, or keep serving the world and face the consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Let this not be a message you merely read\u2014let it be the call to action for your life<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.”<\/em>
\u2014 Matthew 11:15, KJV<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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In a world saturated with compromise and sugar-coated religion, it\u2019s time to return to the only authority that matters\u2014God\u2019s Word. Not opinions. Not feelings. Not traditions. The Bible alone declares what God requires from those who say they belong to Him. You Cannot Serve God and the World “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”\u2014 Matthew 6:24, KJV There is no such thing as a divided heart in the Kingdom of God. You either belong fully to Christ, or you are still bound to the world. Serving two masters is not possible in the eyes of God. God Demands Separation from Sin and Compromise “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?”“Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.”\u2014 2 Corinthians 6:14, 17, KJV The Word of God commands believers to separate from sin, unbelief, and anything that defiles. That includes those within the church who profess Christ yet continue in sin. Repentance Is Not a Feeling\u2014It’s a Turning “Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out…”\u2014 Acts 3:19, KJV “Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.”\u2014 Ezekiel 18:30, Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-religion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enslin.vanblerk.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enslin.vanblerk.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enslin.vanblerk.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enslin.vanblerk.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enslin.vanblerk.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/enslin.vanblerk.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":932,"href":"https:\/\/enslin.vanblerk.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931\/revisions\/932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enslin.vanblerk.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enslin.vanblerk.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enslin.vanblerk.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}