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Although living the antithesis is not primarily about physical separation from the world, the point must be made that there is still a physical component to the antithesis. Living the antithesis means we will steer clear of certain places. We will not go into the bar or the dance call, the movie the
This truth about you is basic to the theme of the convention, “Living the Antithesis.” If we take as our working definition of the “antithesis” that the antithesis is the real, spiritual separation that God has put between His children and the ungodly world, it is plain to everyone that the antithe
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The answer is that the antithesis is a negative term with positive implications. When we speak of the antithesis, we mean exactly that we stand for the thesis and against the antithesis. This truth is called by its negative name for two reasons. First, because we live in the sin-cursed and wicked wo
Rather, we must see the antithesis as a life principle, a truth that governs first our being and then our actions in a very concrete way. If we are in doubt about the application of this truth, about living the antithesis and how to do it, then we must not ask, What’s wrong with a specific teaching
The antithesis, therefore, is not that the child of God turns his back on the world and refuses to drive an automobile or use electricity. The antithesis is not carried out by refusing to marry or by living in a monastery or convent. After all, whose world is this creation? Even though the creation
Here is a diagram of the antithesis. What is the antithesis? It means that for each child of God, the Word of God supplies a rule of life that separates the Christian from the ungodly. Each Christian is called to live this life of antithesis, life of distinction. Everything that you say must iden
The antithesis is closely related to witnessing because the most powerful form of our witnessing is a godly life; and a godly life is an antithetical life. When one lives a godly life one says by his actions: “I hate sin; and I love to do what God commands in his word.” That hatred of sin and love f
The antithesis is a command issued by God to the believer to be in but not of the world. All that is involved in the antithesis can be divided into two sides: the good and the evil. With the good, there are the triune God and the redeemed believer. With the evil, there are the “old man of sin,” the