A whole new world

I have entered a whole new world with this spot. It is out of my comfort zone and a stretch but here goes. Thought for the day.. You cannot have holiness without separation but you can have separation without holiness. I have been doing a study that was first published in or around 1887. Want to know if it is good? When it is still good over 100 years later..good indicator. I got to mulling(my new favorite word) this statement in my lesson.What does it mean? If it is a separateness accomplished with only rules of do and do not then you will have accomplished being separate but no power. If on the other hand you draw near to God, laying down those things HE tells you too, letting his presence make you different(separate) you will achieve that being of separateness with power, The Power of the Holy One. Jesus paid the price so we could walk in holiness. Not in a do and do not list but power, strength and joy in the Holy Ghost.  Scripture-John 5:31-40..The word of God leads us to know the giver of Life, Jesus Christ. Do you know Him?