Where do we Draw the Line between

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Where do we Draw the Line between

• Enjoying Life
• Worldliness

?
Ecclesiastes 97-9
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Where do we Draw the Line between being

• Part of Society
• Conformed to This World

?
1 Peter 211,12 43,4 Romans 121,2
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What Does it Mean to be

• Conformed To This World?
• Allurements of Human Society
• People in Society Tend to Behave Alike
• Centripetal Force in Society
• Failure to Resist is to Fall into Line
• We Do Not Resist These Forces at Every Point
• How are we to Keep From Conforming?
• Society Totally Separate from the Rest of the
  World?

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We Are Meant to Mingle in Permeate Society

• The Lord working as a carpenter, and mingling
  with sinners
• Possibility of Him getting lost in the crowd.
  John 859
• Paul mingled with Jews in synagogue, and those
  who came to his tent shop.
• The Lords Teaching Matthew 513-16 light of
  the world
• Matthew 1333 leaven
• Mark 1615 go in to all the world
• John 1714,15 Not take them out of the world

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Society Descended into Sin

• Society may not be sinful entirely but as a
  whole, it is under control of the wicked one -
  1 John 519 Ephesians 22,3
• Sin as in Romans Chapter 1
• Religious sin only answer to self
• Sensual sin surrender to lusts greed
• Social sin members of society mistreat each
  other
• All have sinned Romans 323

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We Must be a Part of Society

• At The Same Time have no fellowship with the
  unfruitful works of darkness that characterize
  it - Ephesians 511

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The Challenge For Us

• Be Like Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach Abed Nego
  Resist steadfastly
• Being very sensitive to those points where we
  cross the line
• Corinth- Pagan Festivals 1 Corinthians Chapter
  8
• Pergamos Nicolaitans Revelation 214,15
• Thyatira Jezebel Revelation 220
• Romans 122 not conformed
• Galatians 519-23 Ephesians 422-24

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Challenge Transform the World

• Cause it to conform to us, rather than the other
  way around
• Matthew 1333 leaven
• 1 Thessalonians 16 followers of us and of the
  Lord
• Ephesians 511 Actively challenging it

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Is there some way you have crossed that line?

• Part of Society
• to
• Conformed to This World