Let me invite you to take your Bible and look with me in 2 Corinthians chapter six, as we continue our study through Paul's epistle to the Corinthians. My text for this message is verse 11 down to verse 18. And I want to speak with you about what it is to be separated unto Christ. Here, I won't be speaking so much as individuals. whom God has chosen and Christ has redeemed and separated out unto Christ, but as a church. And the word church means the called out ones. And this is who Paul is writing here, even though he mentions certain individuals and commends them for their labor that the Lord has given them to do. Yet what he's reminding them here is that as a body, they have been separated unto Christ. And therefore they're not their own, that they've been redeemed and bought. And it's the Lord who has separated them out from the world. So here in second Corinthians six verse 11, down to verse 18, you can see. how Paul writes with some passion here, because remember, there were those that were criticizing Paul for not keeping his word. He had intended to come back by and visit them a second time. He'd already been there a first time. And at the time that he wrote this epistle, he's actually not far. He's in the country of Greece in a region called Macedonia. And he had passed through there for his third journey to preach the gospel and had just finished a three year stay in Ephesus. All these epistles that Paul wrote, they have a history. And now he was visiting the churches in Macedonia when he was making his way to Corinth. So he was on his way, but they were criticizing him and you can imagine People say, yeah, he said he's coming, but he's not coming. And Paul reminds them that our times are in the Lord's hands, not for us to determine. And that there were other sheep that the Lord had directed him to minister to before he would arrive there. But he's addressing them here as a church. When he says, O ye Corinthians in verse 11. He's talking about that congregation there in Corinth. He said, our mouth is open unto you. And notice how he puts it. Our heart is enlarged. Ye are not straightened in us, but ye are straightened in our own bowels. Interesting way of speaking, but. He's talking about the fact that nothing that they have said to this point could cause him to freeze up or not to speak, but rather in his own bowels. That's how they spoke of what we would call your inner being and the place of emotion. He said, now for a recompense in the same, I speak as unto my children. Be ye also enlarged. Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness? So here's talking about being separated out in the world. And those that are children of light cannot have fellowship with those that are in darkness. You can't mix works and grace. And there were legalizers that were going around trying to make them believe that they could still believe the gospel of free grace in Christ. And at the same time impose rules and regulations. And here Paul's letting it be known far be it. What Concord has Christ with belly or what part has he that believe with, with an infidel. That's pretty strong language, especially when you consider today that most people say, well, if you call yourself Christian, then we can get along. He's saying, no, there's a difference. There are some that call themselves Christian and yet they're nothing but sons of Belial, of Satan himself, wicked sons. And what part has he that believeth with an infidel? You want to get people stirred up and fighting words. Just call their congregation and where they meet to be a den of infidels. Well, it is if Christ is not preached, where Christ is not that foundation, where his shed blood unto death is not the redemption and justification that is proclaimed. In other words, the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ or the Christ of the cross, then those that gather, it doesn't matter how much they think themselves to be worshiping, they are infidels. And what agreement gets more precise, have the temple of God with idols. Try calling these congregations around us today. And there are many that gather, they build big buildings, they Higher preachers, they have their choirs, they have their programs, all these things, but it's nothing but a temple of idols. And the word idol begins with what the word, the letter I. That's what's an idol. Anything that is self-serving. But here he says for ye are the temple of the living God. There he's speaking collectively. That's why I said here. This portion has to do with being separated out unto Christ as a body. The living temple of the living God, as God has said, I will dwell in them and walk in them and I will be their God and they shall be my people. It's true that those that God has chosen and Christ has redeemed the spirit indwells each of those individually in the time that It pleases God to come to them, but collectively, you can see it's here, them, plural, and walk in them. It's talking about God's presence in that body, wherever he gathers those souls. I know sometimes it may seem as if we meet in small numbers and we do compared to the rest of the world. And yet. What better blessing than to know that we're two or three are gathered in his name. There he is in their midst, which would you rather to have just two or three and yet have God's presence there and blessing in Christ or whether you would have a whole house full of people. And yet God has written Ichabod across the doorway, which means the glory of God has departed. Better the two and three better than the morsel of bread, which is Christ. Then a whole table full of delicacies is the way that the writer to the proverb in Proverbs wrote. And so in verse 17, again, addressed to the church, those that are the people of God, that God has chosen Christ redeemed and God is justified by his shed blood called out by the spirit. Wherefore come out from among them and be ye separate. So that's where the title is separated unto Christ. He doesn't just call you out, but you're separated out unto Christ. Sayeth the Lord and touch not the unclean thing. What's the unclean thing. It has to do with anything that does not give Christ all the glory. If in any way. Somebody says they are worshiping God through Christ and yet in any sense, do not give him all the glory. Whether it has to do with the matter of salvation or life in Christ, all the glory belongs unto him. It's an unclean thing. And he says, I will receive you. There the sense is I will continue to receive you because it's God that does the calling out and the drawing unto himself. So we need not be discouraged when we do meet in small numbers. I'm thankful where there's even one other, but many times it's been just myself. And yet the Lord has brought to my heart that where two or three are gathered, if I'm the Lord's and I'm worshiping him even alone, yet the Lord is with me, there's two. So the promise is. plain and sure for those that are his. And verse 18 says, and we'll be a father unto you. There again, it's the plural you and ye shall be my sons and daughters. He's speaking here collectively sayeth the Lord almighty back in first Corinthians chapter one. This is the first epistle that Paul wrote. to the Corinthians and there was about a year separating between the first and second epistle that he wrote to them. But you can see how he began this epistle the first time. First Corinthians chapter one and verses two and three. Notice he writes unto the church of God. And that word in the Greek is ecclesia. You've heard perhaps people using that term ecclesia. Well, it means the called out ones of God, which is at Corinth. Corinth was a big city and I'm sure they had many different places of worship, but there was one church there that was raised up by God, called out by God. It's like in. the city here in Shreveport. There are a lot of different meeting places that people call churches. But as long as I've been here in Shreveport, Louisiana, now for 28 years, I have yet to find another place where I can go in and sit down and rejoice in hearing of Christ exalted. I'm talking about Christ and him crucified, who he is and why he came and what he accomplished and for whom he did it and where he is now. They say they preach Christ. And yet when you sit and listen, it's like a piano out of tune. And any that are truly taught of the Lords, they're not going to accept any kind of compromise, any kind of leaven. And I've said that from the beginning, if there were another place in this city where we could go and sit and hear of Christ preached, then we join them. There's no reason to have two separate congregations that both believe and preach the same thing. That's why here it says, which the church, the church, there is one church of God here, which is at Corinth. I know this, there's one church of God collectively, congregationally here in Shreveport and that is here at Shreveport Grace Church. I know people say, well, you're kind of boasting or you're cutting out a lot of people. Well, I've been around a while and I've listened. I've talked to preachers. I've had them speak to me about what they believe. And I'll tell you what it is, is a mixed message. Just as much as what Paul denounces here, idolatry. And those that are the Lords cannot endure anything other than what gives Christ all the glory. And that's why it's that way, many different places. There are people meeting in their homes right now. I know people criticize them and say, well, can't you find another place? Nope. Looked, been there, done that. But the distinct sound of the voice of Christ, because Christ said, my sheep won't follow a stranger. And if it's a mixed message, those that are the Lord's taught of him, they cannot endure. Now, if a person's blind still, I'd say a blind person can sit in a room with the light on or off. It doesn't matter. And there are a lot of people that way they give lip profession to believing this gospel of Christ. And yet they're sitting right in the middle of an idle temple and they're going through false worship. And it makes no difference to them. That's an indication right there that they're still blind and without the knowledge of Christ. But here, Paul writing to the Corinthians notice says to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus. That word sanctified means to be set apart unto the Lord Jesus Christ. And therefore the title of this message separated under Christ. Those items and furniture in the temple in the Old Testament were sanctified unto God for the purpose of worship. They each had to do with the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ, the altar, the incense, the sacrifices, the lamp stand, all of those were sanctified. Now that doesn't mean those items in and of themselves had an inherent righteousness or holiness. No, but they were set apart for a Holy use. And so it is those that God has chosen and that Christ has redeemed. They've been sanctified. That doesn't mean we're in ourselves have any kind of holiness inherent. No, but set apart. unto Christ for his glory and his use. And therefore it says called to be saints, to be saints. That is through the righteousness imputed of the Lord, Jesus Christ to be saints. Because when Christ finished the work at the cross, those for whom he died were justified. And he says with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ. to call upon the name of Jesus Christ is to worship God through the Lord Jesus Christ. And he says, our Lord, both theirs and ours. The blessing is that the Lord does have his people throughout the world that he has chosen meeting in various places and that Christ is redeemed and God has justified and has called to himself. They are the church. We might not all be meeting at the same place in the same time and same location, but we can identify with other bodies of believers throughout the world that the Lord has so taught by his gospel. And that's who this word addresses here, those separated unto Christ. Now, coming back here to my text, then I want to note three ways in which we are separated unto Christ and how Paul himself addresses those separated unto Christ. First of all, in verses 11 through 13, here we see how those that are separated unto Christ are separated unto him in affection for his people. There's a body of believers that God has separated out and oh, how they love one another. They don't love those that hate this message. There's no association, but when you find one that the Lord has taught, there is that love relationship already there. It's as if you've known each other for all your lifetime and what a joy it is to meet such. That's why Paul says here, Oh Corinthians. It's an expression of passion and compassion. Paul had spent. enough time talking about what it is that has made them the Lord's people and separated them out. And now we see a very pointed appeal here to them as a body of believers. You can sense, can't you, the depth and passion in his heart as he cries, Oh Corinthians. You can tell it burdened his heart to hear of people that were criticizing him and the work that the Lord had raised him up to do because of their own selfishness. He says there, our mouth is open unto you. What he's saying there is that we have spoken openly to you. And the next part says, our heart is enlarged. Out of the heart, the mouth speaks. And so what Paul is reminding them of here is that he's speaking to them the truth in love. Love doesn't hide the truth. He had to say some very difficult things in this letter that he was writing. And yet he's expressing to them that it's out of genuine love for them and with an open heart that he would so speak openly with them. And I believe that's the kind of relationship that the Lord's people have when they're separated unto Christ. There's no hypocrisy in how we're dealing with one another. We're not putting one another down, but rather edifying, building up. And when he says you're not straightened by us, that would be a word when you think of something straightened, it's restricted. He says that you're not restricted by us. But you are restricted by your own attitudes. The Corinthians had played the victim with Paul. They were acting like the orphan child, if you will, that here he is going around and preaching for so many others. And yet he himself, they said, was neglecting them because he had not yet come by to see them. But he's letting them know very plainly here that if they are hurt in any way, it's not because of Paul. It's not because of anything that he has caused them. I don't know of any preacher of the gospel, an under shepherd of the Lord that would ever purposely hurt one of the Lord's sheep. People can feel hurt, but that's the time to talk with him. And that's what Paul's doing here, communicating with them that he had on previous occasions, had to say some very difficult things to them. And yet it was out of love and that if they were responding the way they were, then it was only by their own mind and heart, restricting them from reciprocating that love with Paul. If you go back to first Corinthians. Chapter four in verses 18 to 21, you'll see how he addressed them in his first epistle. When he says, if any feel hurt, it can only be because of the pride of your own heart. And there again, he's speaking the truth in love. He's not throwing this down at them, but in verse first Corinthians four 18, he says, now some are puffed up. as though I would not come to you. It's amazing how all of this is stirred up because Paul was delayed in God's providence from getting to them. Imagine all the different places he traveled. I know from time to time, some people get hurt with me because maybe I don't respond to their email or I don't return a phone call as quickly as what they would like or a text. And then they get upset at you without realizing how many other people, how many of the Lord's sheep that you may be dealing with at any particular time. And so Paul says that if you react that way, it's only because you're puffed up. And he says, verse 19, I will come to you shortly. See, that's what they took as being his promise. And yet a year had gone by and he still had not made it that way. But if the Lord will, and we'll know not the speech of them, which are puffed up, but the power, he said, it's one thing for people to talk about me when I'm not there. But when I get there, let them tell me right to my face for the kingdom of God is not in word. It's not just professing or saying what you're going to do or say, but in power, what will ye? Shall I come unto you with a rod? Or what in love and in the spirit of meekness, that's how Paul is writing here. So he's reminding them that if they're restricted in any way, that it was by their own affections. It wasn't that Paul did not love them enough, which was what their claim was as victims. He really doesn't care about us. Look how much time he's spending with the others. What a burden. It is when you think about everything he endured for the preaching of the gospel, rather than pray for Paul and thank the Lord for him, they were praying on him like he was their victim. But that's what Paul says there, their own affections or lack thereof is what restricted them. And then he says, coming back to my text here in first Corinthians Six in verse 13, he says, you're straightening your own bowels. In other words, that's your, it's, it's your own problem within you. But verse 13, now for a recompense in the same, I speak as unto my children, be also enlarged. Now he's speaking to them, not as a brother, not as an apostle, but as a father would speak to his children and. encourages them that they also be open. Paul is desirous here of seeing the same honesty in the Corinthian believers that he had just displayed to them, speaking the truth with one another. As long as there's anything hidden, then nothing can be resolved. It must be through the truth. And so this had to be done in order for them to be reconciliation. Paul, wasn't just. Trying to sweep this under the rug, this rift that there was between Paul and the Corinthian church needed to be healed. It's like a sore that you have. You don't just bind the sore, you treat it. And that's what he's endeavoring to do with this letter, speaking the truth in love. But what he's pretty much telling them here is they had to also be open. You know how that is if you're trying to reconcile with somebody, but they're closed and they won't hear of it, but they expect you to do all the giving in, if you will. Paul is saying here, like any relationship, I know people talk about in a marriage, it being a matter of give and take. No, it's give, give. And where there's that give, give, you certainly have, A strong, loving relationship. And that's what Paul is speaking to them of here. So that's the first way that he speaks of being separated under Christ. It's in affection for his people. We are all different. We all come from different backgrounds. We all have different issues, but there is nothing that should ever divide any of those that are truly the Lords because it's Christ. that has drawn us together, put us together. And as brothers and sisters in the faith, then we have this affection one for another, but in verses 14 and 18, here's the second way in which the church is separated under Christ. And that's in the matter of worship. Why is it that we meet together? Well, it's for worship to call upon the name of the Lord. and to honor the Lord Jesus Christ. He's the guest of honor at every time that we meet together. And it's in that sense here that Paul says in verse 14, be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers. I know that most people will use that in a sense of marriage and they'll say, you shouldn't have a believer married to an unbeliever. Well, I know a number that are. And yet the Lord has given that couple the harmony, if you will, to get along. That's not what's going to condemn a person because their spouse might be an unbeliever. In fact, in first Corinthians seven, when Paul writes about this, he says, as long as that unbelieving partner can get along with you, then don't seek to release yourself from under it. I know there's some that say, well, you got to get rid of that unbelieving spouse. And so they even encouraged divorce to go out and seek another partner that they say is a believer. Nowhere in scripture is that taught. If you're in that situation, then you're to love that unbelieving spouse in kindness and tenderness, knowing that it's the Lord that gave you to each other. So that's not what it's talking about here when it says, be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers. And this is the problem with taking a verse out of context. Any verse that is taken out of context is a pretext. When preachers, there's some that like to preach that way. They'll find a verse and then they'll wax eloquent on it. And you go back and look at the context and you think that's not even what it's about. Here, as we've been looking at, and that's why it's important to study the scriptures verse by verse, what is the context? The context here has to do with worship. And what Paul is saying here is that those that are the Lords are not to be unequally yoked together with unbelieving congregations. That if it ever gets to a point where you're looking around and you're not finding anybody else that you can fellowship with, you don't say, well, I guess I, I have to be, as people say, I have to be in church. I have to go somewhere. So I'm just going to go where I can't know you're better off staying at home and worshiping God in truth. You have the scriptures and if the spirit of Christ is in you. You can read those scriptures. You can, today, you can listen to messages online of those that faithfully preach Christ, and you can have your soul ministered to. That's a church. It's a church in your home. But being not unequally yoked together has to do with putting yourself under the influence of a congregation or a preacher that is not preaching Christ and therefore unbelievers. This imagery that you have here actually goes back to Deuteronomy chapter 22. If you look there in the old Testament, and it had to do with prohibiting yoking together two different types of animals. So you don't, if you're going to pull a, plow don't put a horse on one side and a mule on the other or a cow on on one side and then a horse on the other they're not equally yoked and in Deuteronomy 22 10 it says that thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together goes on thou shalt not wear a garment of diverse sorts as of woolen and linen together you say what on earth Do all of these laws have to do with the truth or with the word? Well, here's the principle that Paul is using here. He's speaking of joining two things together that should not be joined. And as you go on down through here, the reason I say this has to do with worship, look in verse 14 again of second Corinthians six. He asked the question, for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? Who are the righteous? They're those that God has redeemed and justified there by the death of the Lord Jesus Christ and therefore are set apart unto him. Who are the unrighteous? They are those that As Paul wrote to the Romans, they are zealous. Maybe they have a zeal, but not according to knowledge and will not submit to the righteousness of God that is in Christ. That's probably one of the first questions that you need to ask a preacher or a people. If you're searching out a place of worship and wonder, will I hear the gospel here? Ask them how it is that God justifies sinners. If they say, well, it's based on your decision or based on your works, you know, immediately that you cannot fellowship. There's no fellowship there. Oh, to hear of somebody, when you ask them straight up, their answer is clear and plain. That the only way that any center is ever justified before a Holy God is through the blood shed of the Lord Jesus Christ unto death. And that when he had completed that work, God wants for all and forever justified those centers for whom he died. Oh, that's good news. That's like, okay, we're on the right track here. But it's one thing for a preacher to say that as you sit and listen, is it consistent to what he preaches week in and week out? Cause that's the foundation. I tell people all the time that every time I prepare a message, it's like building a new house. The foundation has to be laid. It's like a contractor will lay that foundation and measure out that foundation, make sure it's squared up before ever beginning to put up the walls. And that's what preaching Christ is. It's laying again, the foundation. There's no other foundation that can be laid than that, which is laid, save Jesus Christ. So in what ways. Had the Corinthian church here become unequally yoked together with unbelievers? Well, it had to do with some that actually were entertaining thoughts that maybe this is too narrow, especially with the Judaizers that were going in behind Paul and were telling them that, yes, you can have Christ, but you also need the law. And they were dividing people up. based upon their teachings. I'll tell you, if you want to trouble people, just bring in somebody that starts preaching up the law again. Boy, it'll stir things up. It gets people looking at each other and comparing themselves one with another. And with that law, that's not what it is to nurture and build up the church. To build up the church is To have Christ alone as your only foundation. And so this is why Paul says, don't even entertain a thought just because you're feeling isolated of going and joining yourself to others who he describes them as being unbelievers. If a person does not believe. That that work of salvation was fully freely and finally accomplished there at the cross by the Lord Jesus Christ. They are unbelievers. If you look over in Romans chapter 10, I referred to it a little earlier, but the Lord's brought it to mind again here. So I want us to see it. You can see what Paul wrote to the Romans on this matter. Romans 10 brethren, my heart's desire. and prayer to God for Israel is that they might be saved. Well, what does that mean? That means that to this point, they had not been delivered from their blindness and from their idolatry of false worship. He says, verse two, I bear them record that they have a zeal of God. And boy, are people zealous, even in the name of Christ going here and there and supporting and paying for all these different projects. It's a zeal, but he says, not according to knowledge. You say, what, what are they missing? Here it is, verse three, for they being ignorant of God's righteousness. That is how God is just to justify sinners, not on the ground of the death of Christ. That's becoming more and more of a slang today, but it's false. No, by the bloodshed of the Lord Jesus Christ. Someone could say, well, it's on the ground of the death of Christ and still think that somehow their decision or their believing is what makes it effectual. No. How, when, and where were those justified, declared righteous, that God has declared righteous? It's in the death of his son, by his death, by the shedding of his blood, at the shedding of his blood. So complete was that work when Christ finished it, there remained nothing but righteousness or justice for God to impute to the spiritual account of those for whom Christ died. That's the message. But they being ignorant of that and what going about to establish their own righteousness. That's what it is to be unrighteous here that we cannot have any fellowship with unrighteousness. They go about to establish their own righteousness. There are some today, even in gray circles that are preaching another righteousness. Some say that God, when he determined before time to justify sinners, that was their justification, even before Christ had come and shed his blood. That is another righteousness because the scriptures say without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sin. The scriptures are plain, or some will say, well, Christ died, but those for whom he died continue under God's wrath until the time which They believe, and there's some that argue again, sovereign grace. They say it's not their believing, but it's the time of believing when God gives them faith that they're justified. Well, that's another righteousness. What you're saying is that the work of Christ didn't actually accomplish that righteousness, but now it's their faith, even if given to them, that is now the effectual key to righteousness. That's another righteousness as much so. It's people that say out there, well, I think it's by man's will. Now that's another righteousness. Now the only righteousness, and notice it's singular. There's only one justification. If you put it at the time that a sinner believes, and then every time they believe God justifies, you've got justifications. Here it says they're ignorant of God's righteousness. and go about to establish their own righteousness. They have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. And what is that righteousness? Verse four, for Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believeth. What it means is that those that truly believe that are given faith to believe Christ is the end. He is the fulfillment of that law for their righteousness and therefore They're believers. They rest in what God has declared. That's what Paul's talking about here when he says, don't be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. That's the essential question. As much so as if you had these watchtower folk come to your door and they want to start chit-chatting with you. First question you need to ask them is the Lord Jesus Christ God, or isn't he? He's not a God. He is God almighty, Jehovah God. That's the first question to ask. And if, They deny that, then there's no sense talking about anything else. You don't receive them into your home. In fact, John wrote that in his second epistle, that if they come not bearing the doctrine, the doctrine of Christ, don't receive them. What is the doctrine of Christ? It's that which gives Christ all the glory, and it's a matter of salvation and justification. Otherwise, it's to join yourself, coming back here, To my text, you know, it's asking the question, what communion can you expect if you don't agree there? That's what I say is the first question you ask anybody that professes to be a believer. How has God justified sinners? If they don't put it at the cross, you're dealing with an unbeliever. It's plain and simple. And so here, what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? How strong then those terms. Belial is a word that's borrowed from Hebrew. It means worthlessness or wickedness. Here it is used as another word for Satan. They're sons of Satan. They're deceived by Satan himself. And so what communion has light with darkness. Those that have the light give Christ all the glory. What agreement he says down here in verse 16 has the temple of God with idols. What's the temple of God? And that's the body of Christ. It's not a building. Those that Christ has redeemed. And that's why he says, you are the temple of the living God. The church meets at a particular location, but the church is people that the Lord has saved by the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ and has called to himself. And therefore to be separated unto Christ is to be separated unto him in worship. That's why he says there, come out and be separate. You don't dilly dally when the Lord has taught you, you come out, you plug your ears and run like Christian did in pilgrims progress when they were trying to hold him back. And he became urgently aware of judgment that he needed to get to the cross. That's what that whole pilgrims progress is about. And he ran, he plugged his ears, even though his family was calling after him to come back, he couldn't. And so it is with those that the Lord teaches. The final way in which the church is separated unto Christ, we see here in verse 18, separated unto Christ by the sovereign will of God. You don't just choose to separate yourself. In fact, that's why many don't. They find it too hard. I know some even preachers that for a while have picked up this message and think, wow, this is something I need to preach. And once they do, all hell breaks loose because people don't want to hear it. They get angry and pretty soon they lay down the banner. Well, they never picked it up. But those that are separate unto Christ are separated by the sovereign will of God. Notice he says here in verse 17, wherefore come out from among them and be separate saith the Lord and touch not the unclean thing. And I will receive you. I will continue to receive you. You were already received. When God chose you, you were already received when Christ paid your sin debt and you continue to be received by the spirit of God, drawing you to Christ. And he says, we'll be a father unto you. Paul's speaking to these as a father to his children, but there is the heavenly father, which is more important. And ye shall be my sons and daughters. Notice saith the Lord almighty. That title Almighty uses the ancient Greek word, which means the one who has his hand on everything. It's not that he's just in control. Don't get that out of your vocabulary. No, he has his hand on everything. There's not one thing that occurs, but what God has his hand in it, directing it and purposing it. And so in the New Testament, that word is, is used actually only here and also in the book of Revelation. Paul is thereby making us understand that it is the sovereign God of heaven who adopts his children and separates them out unto himself according to his will and purpose. And that's how. We can rest then, we're separated unto Christ by the sovereign will of God. If you're His, then God gets all the glory. I pray that's helpful and encouragement. Yes, we're going to walk a very narrow path in this world, but what a blessing to be separated out unto Christ. Amen. you