"Come out from among them and be seperate," says the Lord. "Do not
touch what is unclean, and I will receive you. I will be a Father to you,
and you shall be My sons and daughters, " says the Lord Almighty.
2 Corinthians 6:17-18

I do not believe that there is any doctrine more needed today in the Christian church
in America than the doctrine of seperation. We have lost power because the line between
the church and the world has been almost obliterated. A good many people profess Christianity,
but their profession does not mean much; the result is that the world does not know what Christians
really believe. For every unconverted man that reads the Bible, a hundred read you and me;
and if they see us hand-in-glove with the ungodly, they are not goint to have any confidence
in our professions.

"Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers." (2 Corinthians 6:14). How is it
with matrimony? How many ministers would marry a godly woman to an ungodly man? Why
not take a stand and say you will not be a party to it? The courts are filled with divorce cases
because Christian men and women have been yoked with unbelievers. Look at the mothers
whose children have been unequally yoked with infidels and men of the world! My friends,
if we want the power of God, we must obey God's Word, cost us what it may.

How is it with your life? Are you hand-in-glove with the world? If you are, how can
you expect God to fill you with the Holy Spirit? I believe that the cause of Christ
suffering more from this one thing than any other ten things put together. God cannot
give us power because we are allied witht he ungodly. The mirth that satisfies
the world will not satisfy the true child of God, and yet how many of us are looking to the
world for our pleasure?

If we walk with God, we will not be asking, "What is the harm of this and that?". The
question will be, "What is the good?" If a thing does not help us, we will give it up for something
better.

Taken From: Short Talks
Author: D.L. Moody