"In my land a Christian comes clean out." Thus said a Chinese Christian.
What a serious word this is in those favored lands where the light of the gospel has shone for so long!
The persecution and possible martyrdom for the truth of Christ which is known in parts of China is unknown by us. The world here is tolerant at present, though there are signs that this may not always continue. This leads to laxity on the part of those who take the blessed name of Christian. The true Christian and the non-Christian are scarcely distinguishable. The danger of dropping down to the world level is great indeed. As one has said: "The world is so churchy and the church is so worldly it is hard to tell them apart.”
"Come clean out," is the call to the believer. "Come out from among them and be ye separate, and touch not the unclean thing.”
This is a serious word to the child of God.
We owe it to Christ to be faithful to Him in the hour of His rejection.
We owe it to the world to give a clear witness to its impending doom.
We owe it to our fellow-Christians to be an example of believers.
We owe it to ourselves; for only as we are separate from the world shall we really be "enlarged" in spirit and enter into the abounding joys of our new relationship with God our Father.
"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers... What fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?”
Come clean out.