Break From this World
"Therefore
come out from among them, and be separate, says
the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you ". .
. 2 Corinthians 6:17
I dare to say that Christians who have genuinely come to love and trust
Jesus Christ have also renounced this world and have chosen a new model
after which to pattern their lives.
Further, we should say that this is the aspect of the Christian life
that most people do not like. They want comfort. They want blessing.
They want peace. But they recoil from this radical,
revolutionary break with the world.
To follow Christ in this rough and thorough-going way, is too much for
them!
Actually, the true Christian dissents from the world because he knows
that it cannot make good on its promises. As Christ's
believing disciple, he is not left without a "norm" to which he seeks
to be adjusted. The Lord Jesus Christ is Himself the norm,
the ideally perfect model, and the worshiping soul yearns to be like
Him.
Indeed, the whole drive behind the Christian life is the longing to be
conformed to the image of Christ!
By A. W. Tozer
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