Testimonies for the Church Volume 1 - A New You Ministry

Deuteronomy 7:6, 7: “For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lordthy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto Himself, above all people thatare upon the face of the earth. The Lord did not set His love upon you, nor chooseyou, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of allpeople.”Exodus 33:16: “For wherein shall it be known here that I and Thy people havefound grace in Thy sight? is it not in that Thou goest with us? so shall we be separated,I and Thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.”How frequently ancient Israel rebelled, and how often they were visited withjudgments, and thousands slain, because they would not heed the commands of Godwho had chosen them! The Israel of God in these last days are in constant danger ofmingling with the world and losing all signs of being the chosen people of God. Readagain Titus 2:13-15. We are here brought down to the last days, when God is purifyingunto Himself a peculiar people. Shall we provoke Him as did ancient Israel? Shallwe bring His wrath upon us by departing from Him and mingling with the world, andfollowing the abominations of the nations around us?The Lord hath set apart him that is godly for Himself; this consecration to God andseparation from the world is plainly and positively enjoined in both the Old and theNew Testament. There is a wall of separation which the Lord Himself has establishedbetween the things of the world and the things He has chosen out of the world andsanctified unto Himself. The calling and character of God’s people are peculiar, theirprospects are peculiar, and these peculiarities distinguish them from all other people.All of God’s people upon the earth are one body, from the beginning to the end oftime. They have one Head that directs and governs the body. The same injunctions thatrested upon ancient Israel, rest upon God’s people now, to be separate from the world.The great Head of the church has not283