2 Corinthians 6:17-18

2 Corinthians 6:17-18. Wherefore Encouraged by this gracious promise, and that you may obtain the fulfilment of it; come out from among them Withdraw yourselves from all intimate society with them; and be ye separate As God’s promise of dwelling in a peculiar manner among the Israelites, obliged them to separate themselves from the converse of their heathen neighbours, that they might not be insnared with their superstitions; much more are Christians obliged, by that peculiar gracious presence of God which they enjoy, or may enjoy, to separate themselves from the society of the ungodly, and from all their sinful practices, customs, and habits. And touch not the unclean thing Keep at the utmost distance from every person and thing whereby you might be drawn into evil, and contract guilt. And I will receive you Into my house and family. And will be a father unto you Will stand to you in the near relation of a father; loving you, caring and providing for you; allowing you near access to, and close intimacy with, myself. And ye shall be my sons and daughters And therefore mine heirs, and joint-heirs with my only- begotten and beloved Son; saith the Lord Almighty That infinitely great and omnipotent Being, who is the maker and upholder, the author and end of all things. This promise made to Solomon, (1 Chronicles 28:6,) is here applied to all believers; as the promise made particularly to Joshua is applied to them, Hebrews 13:5. Who can express the worth, who can conceive the dignity of this divine adoption? Yet it belongs to all who believe the gospel with a living, operative faith; to all who so receive Christ in his sundry offices as to be born of God, John 1:12-13. They have access to the Almighty; such free and welcome access as a beloved child to an indulgent father. To him they may flee for aid in every difficulty, and from him obtain a supply of all their wants.