Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, what does he say there?
Separated unto the gospel of God.
Paul was a separated man.
You know, often we hear Christians talk about separation, right?
And separation is a very vital aspect of the Christian life.
But we hear so much that we need to be separated from the world, right?
Separated from bad habits, from the world, from things that will destroy our lives, and
that's good, and we need to do those things.
But you know what the Bible teaches us?
That we need to be separated not just from something, but unto something as well.
And Paul the apostle here is saying this, I'm not only separated from the world, I don't
touch the unclean thing, have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but
rather reprove them.
What fellowship has righteousness with unrighteousness?
We know what Paul the apostle teaches about that, but guess what he said here, I'm separated
unto the gospel of God.
See, it's worth nothing to try to live a holy life if you're not doing something with that
holy life.
You know?
It's not worth anything if you're like, you know how to dress right, you know how to talk
right, you know how to do everything right, you know every single book of the Bible, you
know all the doctrines, but you're not a soul winner.
It means nothing.
You need to go out there and preach the gospel, and Paul says here, I'm a servant of Christ,
why?
Because I've been separated unto the gospel of Jesus Christ, he was a separated man.