Now this is covenant conduct. There is separation.
These days this is one of the greatest sins of evangelical churches: not to be separate from the world. The devil takes advantage of the media, of radio and television and the internet. The fact is that our lives are constantly bombarded with worldly things, and Christian people are too easily drawn into these things and they don't protect themselves. They watch worldly rubbish, and it causes them to think in a worldly way, and desire worldly things. Every one of us has to examine our hearts. ‘Am I honouring the covenant that Christ has purchased and brought me into, or is my life confused with worldliness and love of worldly things. We ought to be deeply ashamed. So covenant begins with repentance and self-examination, and that's the picture here in this passage.