0894. 876. Three Separated Men

876. Three Separated Men

Every believer should have three “S’s” in his life—Saved, separated, satisfied—Deu_33:29, Deu_33:16, Deu_33:23.

1. Nehemiah. Nehemiah found that a magnificent room had been given to Tobiah, but he threw out all the furniture. In the same chapter we find Nehemiah saying, “I chased him from me” (Neh_13:8-28).

2. Caleb. He followed the leading of the Holy Ghost fully, and faithfully. “My servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed Me fully, him will I bring into the land” (Num_14:24).

3. Abraham. When brought into the land of the separation, he took up the practice of separation, and said, “I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the Most High God, that I will not take from a thread even to a shoe-latchet, and that I will not take anything that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich” (Gen_14:22-23).

Nehemiah illustrates separation from known evil by expelling it. Caleb illustrates separation to the Lord by believing His Word; and Abraham illustrates separation from the world in refusing to have the help of the ungodly.

By: DR. F. E. MARSH