Set Apart

The image in this post is a graphic for a youth group called set apart ministries. The intent behind it is to show that these students are in the world but not of the world. A transformed people in a radical world Romans 12:1-2.
They are to be radically set apart including their minds and continually thinking about what they are being set apart for Colossians 3:1-3.

There are many examples of men and women set apart for Jesus Christ. One of them is Paul.
In Romans 1:1-5 he describes his “set apartness”.
Romans 1:1-5
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, 5through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, including you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ,

Paul is a great example of a man who was radical, and it seems that it is not just for the sake of being radical but simply because he saw no other action that would follow Christ’s teaching. I know that I didn’t have a radical blinding experience on the way to murder Christians. But through the sudden life change in Paul, I do see the radical life that Christ has called us to live throughout his ministry. So why bring this graphic on to the blog? It was created a couple years ago but through reading 1 Timothy 1:8-17 several times these last few weeks. This passage and message spurs me to worship and to live set apart for Christ, to the Glory of Christ.
Enjoy