Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Separate



8/30/11
Yesterday I was driving along the Natchez Trace Parkway and saw a scene very similar to this one...

HEARD: Separate.

Strong's Concordance: Separate H873


1) to mark off from others by boundaries, to limit, to separate
a) in a bad sense: to exclude as disreputable
b) in a good sense: to appoint, set apart for some purpose

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2 Corinthians 6:17
"Therefore, “Come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. "

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Romans 1:1
"Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,"

Galatians 1:15
" But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,"



dictionary.com states: 
Separate: individual, peculiar


 Exodus 19:5
"Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:"




Deuteronomy 14:2
"For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth."



Titus 2:14
"Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works."


1 Peter 2:9
"But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;"