"If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love. These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full (John 15: 10, 11)."  "You are My friends, if you do what I command you (John 15: 14 )."
 

This booklet teaches us about the Lord Jesus' commandments to Christians concerning SEPARATION.  From Genesis to Revelation, the Lord has wanted His people to be separate.  In Genesis 6:2, when God's people stopped being separate, the whole world became corrupt.  Only 8 people remained separate.

In Luke 18:8, Jesus wonders if He will find anyone faithful on the earth when He returns.  In Rev. 3:4, there are only a "few" in the church that will walk with Jesus in white.  In the last church of the last days, Rev. 3:16, there is no one!  The Lord says He will spit (vomit, in Greek) them out of His mouth.

In Rev. 18:4, during the seven year tribulation period, some of the believers do not stay separate, but are involved with the Harlot, Babylon, the false church of that time. The voice from heaven warns them to "come out of her" (the Harlot false church) "MY PEOPLE" (the true believers) to avoid the discipline of their disobedience.

You may be in a "Christian" church that has a false gospel, no gospel, or unbiblical doctrines right now!  Or you may know other believers who are in error.  You must be faithful and gracious to provide the biblical information exposing their errors, and explain why you must obey God's commands and separate from them if they continue in error.  If they are reasonable and teachable, you need to be willing to spend the time necessary to correct them, in obedience to the following verses:

“And the Lord's bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged, with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God will grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of truth (ll Tim. 2.24, 25),"

"And yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother (II Thess. 3:15)."

Read II Tim. 3:16, 17
In vs. 16, what does "All Scripture" refer to? ________________  Who gave the Scriptures to man? ________  The Bible teaches that Jesus is God in flesh.  Could we say that the whole Bible is Jesus' words? ________  In vs. 16, what is the purpose of the Scriptures?  ____________________  In vs. 17, what do Jesus' words equip us for? ____________________

Read John 14:21-24
Do you love Jesus? ______  In vs. 21, what will a person be doing if they love Jesus? ____________________  In vs. 23, if you love Jesus what will you do? ____________________  What does it mean to "keep His word?" ____________________  In vs. 24, what if you do not "keep His word?"   ____________________

UNBELIEVERS –  those who do not believe that Jesus is Creator God, equal to His Father, or they do not believe that forgiveness from hell is a one time, irrevocable free gift of grace, by faith in Jesus' suffering alone!

SEPARATION FROM SINNING CHRISTIANS

Read Luke 17:3
What should we do with a Christian who sins? ______  If  he repents? ______  If he doesn't? ____________________ 

Read Prov. 27:5. 6
What is better? ____________________  What is faithful? ____________________ 

Read Matt. 18:15-17
If a Christian continues in sin and will not listen to you, your brothers nor the church, according to vs. 17, how does Jesus tell us to treat that brother or sister? ____________________  What does that mean? ____________________  In II Thess. 3:14, what should we do about a sinning Christian? ____________________  What is true about you if you refuse to do what the Lord commands in Matt.18: 15-17 and II Thess. 3:14? ____________________  What must we also do in II Thess. 3:15? ____________________  In I John 5:2,3 what is genuine love? ____________________ 

Read Romans 16:17, 18
What are the sins of "those" Christians in vs. 17? ____________________  List four or more examples of teachings in Christian churches today that are "contrary to the teaching you have learned" from the Bible. ____________________  In vs. 17, what two things are we told to do about a brother or a sister who continues in these sins? ____________________  In vs. 18, what are these Christian slaves of? ____________________   And what will they do if you do not obey vs. 17? ____________________  What could happen to you, if you do not obey this command of God?  ____________________ 

Read I Tim. 4:1-6
How does vs. 1 apply to the command we just read in Rom. 16:17? ____________________  What are the false doctrines in vs. 3? ____________________  Some churches teach these false doctrines by demanding abstinence from alcohol and forbidding marriage to those whose spouse divorced them, contrary to God's word. List other examples of false doctrines:  ____________________  How does vs.6 encourage us? ____________________  Do you consider yourself a "good servant"? ____________________ 

Read I Cor. 6:1-5
What was the shame of the Christians in vs.5? ____________________ 
Why must we learn to judge correctly now, vss. 2-3? ____________________ 

Read I Cor. 11:13-15
What should we be able to do in vs. 13? ____________________ 

Read Matt. 7:1-5
According to vs.4, when should we not judge? ____________________  In vs.5, when can we judge? ____________________ 

Read I John 1:9, Gal. 6:1
How do we get the log out of our eye? ____________________ 

Read Luke 12:57
What does Jesus question? ____________________ 

Read II Thess. 3:14
Why should we obey the instructions of the Apostles' letters? ____________________  How should we treat a Christian who does not obey the Apostles' letters? ____________________  For what purpose? ____________________  What is the balance in vs. 15? ____________________ 

Read II Peter 1:20-21
Where did the Apostles get their information for their letters? ____________________ 

In II Cor. 6:14-16, we are commanded to "NOT be bound together with UNBELIEVERS." That means no PARTNERSHIP, FELLOWSHIP, HARMONY, COMMON, or AGREEMENT with them.  Yet, in I Cor. 5:9-10, we are told we can associate with them; because to get away from them we would have to ____________________. 

ASSOCIATION represents a shallow, casual, mixing or mingling with the unbelievers while not compromising, bringing doubt or reproach to your Christian testimony and Biblical principles.

The earlier verses we studied concerning sinning Christians, makes it very clear that GOD COMMANDS US to NOT ASSOCIATE with them. We are to reject them, keep aloof from them, remove them from your midst, and turn away from them. Yet if they are teachable, we are to "...not regard them as an enemy, but admonish them as a brother."  Many Christians refuse to obey the Lord Jesus Christ's commands concerning SEPARATION.  How about you?  Perhaps you did not know these verses before, but now you do.  I pray that you would be an obedient Christian so God can bless you with answered prayers, bearing fruit, having joy, and being Jesus' friend.  If you have any questions, please call or write:
 

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