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Re: Is this the scripture we teach to be separate?
The reason it does is because there is merit to the idea that a Christian lifestyle will cause some natural separation from unbelievers in appearance, behavior, etc. However, I agree--that isn't the context of the scripture. It's just overused in support of the aforementioned concept.
The concept is valid--it just isn't really supported by the "come out from among them" scripture. Using that scripture out of context leads to the misinterpretation in which people go to great lengths to appear separate just for the sake of it.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
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