Worldliness, so rampant, calls for renewed separation from all that is not according to the Word of God. Departure from the plain paths of Scripture is on the increase, and we are in danger of being overcome by the plausible reasons and fair speeches of those who advocate toleration of that from which God in His grace has delivered us.
When the heart gets cold, and self-interests are allowed, then there is a tendency to make little of real separation from those things which God has forbidden.