Christian Cooperation and Separation - John R Rice

Preface
This is a valuable Bible study dealing with a much
misunderstood matter. Originally given in a chapel address to
faculty and student at Bob Jones University, the message was
mechanically recorded for wider circulation and blessing.
Dr. Rice begins with two texts, extreme opposites, dealing
with cooperation. One, Psalm 119:63—“I am a companion of
all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy
precepts,” while the other, II John 7 to 11, warns about
receiving into the house or bidding Godspeed to a false prophet
who denies “that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh.”
The main themes developed in this booklet, then
substantiated with Scripture and illustrations, are:
1. Born-again, Bible-believing Christians should cooperate
when possible;
2. Minor differences should not prevent cooperation of
brotherly Christians;
3. We are not to fellowship with Christians continuing in
gross sin nor who strive and divide about lesser
matters;
4. A great gulf makes true Christian fellowship impossible
with unconverted people;
5. Modernists, those who are wrong on the doctrine
concerning Christ in the Bible, are unsaved;
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