“Be ye not unequally yoked together with UNBELIEVERS: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and TOUCH NOT the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty” 2 Corinthians 6:14-18.  

It is a MUST that Christians live a separated life and a clean life. Once a man is converted, it is important for him to stay away from the wrong kind of friends. Although we want to win our friends to Christ, we cannot afford to hurt our testimony by taking part in things that are not right.  

A saved man must immediately PUT AWAY ALL use of alcoholic beverages. “Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise” Proverbs 20:1.  

He will also be wise to do away with any use of tobacco. It will damage your health. 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 says, “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile (harm) the temple of God, him shall God destroy…”.  

Christians should have clean habits and go to the right places. A Christian has NO business on a dance hall floor or at the movies. He should not be involved with QUESTIONABLE things. God says come out from among these things and be separate from them. This does not mean you are to be a hermit. We are still to be friendly as possible. But -– our purpose NOW is to win them to the Lord. We cannot do it by living a sinful and carnal life.  

You may think, “Well, how do you know that these things are a sin?”. The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 10:31 “that whatever ye do, do all to the glory of God”. God gets no glory out of a Christian who smokes, drinks, dances, curses, and attend the movies. “Therefore to him that knoweth to do good and, doeth it not, to him it is sin” James 4:17.  

Romans 12:1 says, “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, HOLY, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service”.