Lynda Hilton UCS Presentation: (0:00)
Worship: (9:35)
Sermon: (35:17)

In the final instruction from Joshua regarding the battle over Jericho, the soldiers were warned that the entire city was devoted to destruction. Only the metals were to be saved for the Lord, which would later be used to build the temple. We find the Old Testament full of instructions to separate things: food items, materials, etc. The Lord was teaching them to not be defiled with the pagan influences. In the same way, we are called to separate ourselves from the ungodliness in the world. James tells us not to be polluted/stained by the world (James 1.27). While we are in the world, we are not to be of this world.