A Daily Experience in Conversion
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. 2 Corinthians 4:16. Genuine conversion is needed, not once in years, but daily. This conversion brings man into a new relation with God. Old things, his natural passions and hereditary and cultivated tendencies to […]
The Secret of Holiness
And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Ephesians 4:24. No man receives holiness as a birthright, or as a gift from any other human being. Holiness is the gift of God through Christ. Those who receive the Saviour become sons of God. They are […]
“Holier, Yea Holier Still”
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification. 1 Thessalonians 4:3. Our sanctification is God’s object in all His dealing with us. He has chosen us from eternity that we might be holy. Christ gave Himself for our redemption, that through faith in His power to save from sin, we might be made […]
Sanctifying Power of Truth
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. John 17:17. What is sanctification? It is to give one’s self wholly and without reserve—soul, body, and spirit—to God; to deal justly; to love mercy, and to walk humbly with God; to know and to do the will of God without regard to self or self-interest; […]
Truth Continually Unfolding
I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. John 16:12. The very limited and earthly apprehension which the disciples had of the teachings of Christ made it difficult for the Great Teacher to lead their minds into an understanding of heavenly things, and determined the measure of His […]
As a Wall of Fire Against Temptation
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. Psalm 119:11. Satan is continually seeking to influence human minds by his subtle arts. His is a master mind, given of God, but prostituted with all its noble capabilities to oppose and to make of no effect the counsels of […]
