• Are there any benefits of living a separated life?
• What is holding some of us back from a life of more separation?
• Where are we guiding (pushing) our children towards?  Christ or the World?
• For what are we guiding our children towards?  Eternal life with Christ or fighting Christ?
• For who are we guiding our children towards?  Christ or Belial?
• Who is Belial?

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  14. Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers:

I.  Principles and Standards
Verse 14 - Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

• righteousness with unrighteousness?
• light with darkness?
• neither are the same - total opposites!
• Our righteousness?  No, we have HIS!
• John 3:19 - And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
• Ephesians 5:8 - For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
• I Thessalonians 5:5 - Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
• I Corinthians 4:5 - Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
• Acts 26:18 - To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
• Romans 2:19 - And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
• Romans 13:12 - The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
• One can not mix Light with Darkness.
• John 1:5 - And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
• But the colors light and dark mixed = gray - the 'color' of the Laodicean church age - neither hot nor cold - the Tribulation.  Getting closer and closer, eh!

• Romans 1:18 - For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
• Romans 3:4-6 - God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)  God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?
• Romans 9:14 - What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
• Today's unrighteousness that we 'teach' or allow, our children could end up carrying over to the Tribulation!
• II Thessalonians 2:10 - And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
• II Thessalonians 2:12 - That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
• Satan's ministers are ministers of righteousness - but that righteousness is certainly not of God.
• Romans 10:2,3 - For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
• God has not 'learned' how to live co-existing with Satan's works.
• God just paid for that unrighteousness by taking care of the law!
• Romans 10:4 - For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
• Mingle with unrighteousness and you can get dirty!
• I Corinthians 15:33 - Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
• I Thessalonians 5:22 - Abstain from all appearance of evil.
• II Thessalonians 3:1-3 - Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith. But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
• Proverbs 27:12 - A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
• II Corinthians 2:11 - Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

• ALLEGIANCE, The tie or obligation of a subject to his Prince or government; the duty of fidelity to a king, government or state.  Every native or citizen owes allegiance to the government under which he is born.  This is called natural or implied allegiance, which arises from the connection of a person with the society in which he is born, and his duty to be a faithful subject, independent of any express promise.
• CONCORD, n. [L., the heart.] Agreement between persons; union in opinions, sentiments, views or interests; peace; harmony.
• BELIAL, n.  As a noun, unprofitableness; wickedness.  As an adjective, worthless; wicked.  In a collective sense, wicked men.
• Belial is more than just 'Satan - it is wickedness / wicked men, etc..
• It is like the thinking Christ would go to a bar to witness, etc. ...  the false 'excuse' saying that He would eat with anyone, etc.
• Note - the Publicans came to him!
• Matthew 9:10 - And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
• Two masters?
• Jesus even said you can't have two masters - Matthew 6:24 - No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
• Implied allegiance!
• I Corinthians 6:19,20 - What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
• Allegiance to God, to Satan, to things, to others, to teachers, professors, pastors, etc. or just even to self?
• Proverbs 29:25 - The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
• You see more and more of this today!  Jude 16 - These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.
• Maybe you are in bondage - allegiance to OT designed rules and reject Paul's teachings?
• Galatians 5:1 - Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
• Galatians 3:3 - Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?

• INFIDEL, a. [L. infidelis; in and fidelis; faithful.] Unbelieving; disbelieving the inspiration of the Scriptures, or the divine institution of Christianity.
• INFIDEL, n. One who disbelieves the inspiration of the Scriptures, and the divine origin of Christianity.
• A true believer has heard the word of truth, the gospel of their salvation; has believed 'in' and then believed 'on' when he called upon Christ and trusted Him for what He said to him in that KJB!.
• A true believer also knows the seriousness of rightly dividing a King James 1611 Holy Bible to be the Holy Scriptures today - that which is perfect has come!
• Anything less is a false sword - an imitation; another spirit, another Jesus - a gospel preached that is accursed in God's eyes and according to Paul, ALL gospel preached today must match with Paul's teachings, etc.
• Today's Christianity is based on sight - the flesh.
• Today's Christianity is based on their own faith - they know nothing of Christ's faith!
• Romans 3:22 - Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
• Galatians 2:16: Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
• Galatians 2:20 - I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
• Galatians 3:22 - But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
• Philippians 3:9 - And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
• We are different people than the rest - be they lost or a 'modern' Christian!'
• We have a new life!
• We have a new man we put on!
• We have a new nature!
• Our soul has been cut away from our flesh!
• We have a cleaned soul!
• We have the Spirit of God in us!
• We have Christ in us!
• We have His very WORDS from 'at His mouth."
• We are now light holding the Light in that KJB!
• We have no imputed sin!
• All things are become new!
• We live for the kingdom of God, not the kingdom of heaven!
• We are to put on the new man!
• The old man is to be crucified!
• Yes, we must go in to bring them out, but we are NOT to have a concord - an allegiance - a commitment - a bondage - a closeness - a fellowship, etc.
• But what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?  What part?
• We are not "better than anyone,' but we are different and we are suppose to behave differently and do different things than we used to!
• Titus 2:14 - Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
• Romans 6:21 - What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
• Philippians 1:20 - According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.

• Old Testament designed temples following Old Testament styled worship today.
• Gospels are still Old Testament
• Hebrews 9:14-16 - How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
• Acts 17:18-26
• Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection. And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?  For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)  Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.  For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.  God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
• I Corinthians 11:3,4
• But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
• I Timothy 6:3-5
• If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
• I Corinthians 4:14-17
• I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.