Withdrawing Oneself
Withdrawing Oneself
I. withdraw: To remove oneself from a place or position. To go away, depart, or retire from.
II. Believers have a duty to separate from the ungodly and cleave to what is true and right.
A. There is a moral/personal aspect to this. 1PE 4:3-4.
B. There is a doctrinal/ecclesial aspect to this.
ROM 16:17; 2TH 3:6, 14-15; 1TI 6:3-5; 2TI 3:5.
1. Churches are under judgment for retaining known sin and error.
REV 2:20-23; 1CO 5:1-2.
2. This ordered separation pertains not to the world at...