'You
have gone too far!': They regarded themselves as 'holy', yet they
refused to go 'too far' with God (3)! What kind of 'holiness' is this?
There is a 'holiness' which is more concerned with respectability than
obedience to God. Faced with 'the upward call of God in Christ Jesus',
we dare not say, 'We will not come up' (12; Philippians 3:14). We are to
be 'holy': 'Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from
iniquity' (4; 2 Timothy 2:19). 'Separate yourselves' (20): This is not
the false separation of the Pharisees - Spiritual 'pride' is 'an
abomination to the Lord' (Proverbs 11:1-2). Maintain your high calling
- Don't get dragged down to the level of those who 'will not come up'
to where God wants them to be - and remember: 'By grace ...not your own
doing...the gift of God' (Ephesians 2:8).
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