Total Separation from This World (Part 1)

I count it a joy and privilege to write this article for the admonition and encouragement of the saints. The seventh seal church is facing a tough battle with the “lure” of this world that I believe no other church age had to face.

The reason why I believe this is simply because of technology. In this age, mankind has been given a very simplistic way of falling prey to the world. In the days of old, you could keep the “world” out of your home and out of your children’s lives by simply keeping them in the home. However, with the advent of the computer, cell phones, video gaming systems, and other various electronic devices, it is more difficult than ever to keep the “world” out of the home.

But, as difficult as it is, it is of the utmost necessity. We must, as saints, beware of how the devil is trying to constantly put the “world” into our homes. Once he places it into our homes he works it into our lives. Then once it’s in our lives, he puts it into our children’s lives (and sometimes in the opposite order).

Let us please look at the seriousness of the world and all that it is. We will take time to look at how detrimental the world is to our lives and how it directly affects the church. Jesus was very clear in how he felt about the world. In Matthew chapter 16 verse 26, he asked his disciples, “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”

This is a verse and question that we hear the ministry and many saints speak about to the sinner-friend. However, whom was Jesus speaking to when He asked this question? Let us look back a few verses when this dialogue first began. In verse 21 Jesus is telling His disciples that He was going to suffer and be killed and raised the third day. Peter rebuked Jesus saying that those things were not going to happen. Jesus turned to Peter and said “Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou art an offence unto me.” Why would Jesus say these things about one of His chosen disciples, whom He had taught and walked with for several years? Well, let’s look at Jesus’ explanation for what He said…

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