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here came a time in the life of In the book of Romans, the apostle
Moses when he made a choice to Paul exhorts us to present our bodies as
Tassociate and identify himself with a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God,
the people of God. Moses refused to be as a priestly function. He warned of the
called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He danger of becoming like the world, “And
chose rather to suffer affliction with the be not conformed to this world: but be
people of God than to enjoy the pleasures ye transformed by the renewing of your
of sin for a season (Heb 11:24-27). mind, that ye may prove what is that good,
We read of the early disciples, after and acceptable, and perfect will of God”
they had been beaten for the sake of the (Rom 12:2).
Lord Jesus, “And they departed from the Writing to the Corinthians, Paul warned
presence of the council, rejoicing that they against becoming linked to the world. Quot-
were counted worthy to suffer shame for ing from the prophet Isaiah (52:11), he
his name” (Act 5:41). urged, “Come out from among them, and
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Think of Daniel, who purposed in his be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch
heart that he would not defile himself not the unclean thing; and I will receive
with a portion of the king’s meat (Dan 1:8). you” (2Co 6:17).
Daniel’s three friends, Shadrach, Meshach The apostle John warned of loving the
and Abednego, refused to bow to king world. He wrote, “Love not the world,
Nebuchadnezzar’s idol and were willing neither the things that are in the world.
to die for their faith in God (Dan 3:16-18). If any man love the world, the love of the
Joseph refused to sin against God in being Father is not in him. For all that is in the
with the wife of Potiphar (Gen 39:7-9).
world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of
1 Bible quotations in this article are from the the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the
KJV. Father, but is of the world” (1Jn 2:15-16).

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