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The Daily Word of Righteousness
The Seed and the Nations of the Saved, #5
Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: (Genesis 12:1)
And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place: For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it. (Genesis 19:12,13)
Two Different Kinds of Separation
Abraham was summoned from Ur of the Chaldees and invited to follow the Lord. Lot was dragged out of Sodom. There is a difference between these two kinds of separation.
We are somewhat familiar with the "Lot" type of calling, of separation. It is a separation from the "city of destruction," a salvation from the wrath of God.
The story of Lot is one of the strongest types of salvation from wrath. Before God destroys a "city" He warns us to forsake our sins and uncleanness. We must come out of the city of lust and covetousness. When God goes moves to destroy the city it is too late to repent.
Today God is requiring of all believers that we "come out" of the sins of civilization. We must live a holy life, not touching what is unclean. We must purify ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit (II Corinthians 7:1). As soon as God begins exercising His wrath on the sinful cities of our day it will be too late for us to repent. We shall be destroyed with our city.
Every human being is required to believe in Christ, to repent of his sins, and to be baptized in water. This is the Divine means of salvation from God's wrath.
There is another kind of separation. It is not a salvation from wrath but a separation to God Himself. It is this second separation that is required of each member of God's elect, His holy priesthood.
How different this is from the separation of Lot from Sodom! Yet, both callings required obedience on the part of the called.
Lot was not called to the ranks of the elect. His was a separation to survival.
Abraham was not called out of Ur because the wrath of God abode on Ur. The angels of God were not going to destroy Ur. Ur was a center of civilization, but it is not written that "the cry of it" was coming up before God (Genesis 18:21).
Abraham was not called to flee from the wrath of God. He was called to leave his country and his father's house and go to a land God would show to him. Lot was called to forsake the city of sin. Abraham was called to forsake the familiar and to enter the purposes of God—purposes that will culminate in a redemption so glorious that to this day we are aware only of its outlines.
To be continued.