1. Faith challenges to the Corinthians

2. Corinthian culture celebratedsin.

3. Paul wrote that Christians must be separate!

4. 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1 [14] Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?

5. 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1 [15] Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? [16] Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols?

6. 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1 For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said, “I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.

7. 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1 [17] “Therefore, COME OUT FROM THEIR MIDST AND BE SEPARATE,” says the Lord. “AND DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS UNCLEAN; And I will welcome you.

8. 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1 [18] “And I will be a father to you, And you shall be sons and daughters to Me,” Says the Lord Almighty.

9. 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1 [1] Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

10. 1) God wants us to perfectholiness!

11. 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1 [15] Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? [16] Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols?

12. 2) We must ask the question, “Does Christ have harmony with this?”

13. Asking the Question this Summer

14. I must ask it about what I am watching.

15. I must ask it about how I am speaking.

16. Let’s make it a life habit!

17. We must develop self-control,

18. which is a fruit of the Spirit.

19. James 1:27 [27] Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.