Monday, October 23, 2017

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Dear Young Christian:

Yesterday my wife and I visited Le Thoronet Abbey, in southern France. Built in the late twelfth and early thirteenth century, this monastery (now a museum), was constructed in the hills far away from civilization. Those that entered, lived, and died there, mistakenly thought that “separation” from the world also meant “isolation,” as well as a better place in the next world. But this is not what the Bible teaches. On the one hand the Lord said of His disciples, “They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.” He then prayed to His Father, “Sanctify them through Thy truth: Thy word is truth” (John 17:16-17). On the other hand He later instructed them, “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel” (Mark 16:15). We cannot be isolationists and be a testimony to the world around us, nor can we be an effective testimony if we do not walk in separation from the world. The monks of Le Thoronet Abbey may have lived a pious life, thinking they were doing God’s work, but they were certainly no testimony to the world.

Your Christian Friend,

Jim Hyland

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