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Sanctified Through Obedience, September 3
Sanctification
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord
your God. And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the
Lord which sanctify you.
Leviticus 20:7, 8
Adam and Eve dared to transgress the Lord’s requirements, and the
terrible result of their sin should be a warning to us not to follow their
example of disobedience....There is no genuine sanctification except
through obedience to the truth. Those who love God with all the heart
will love all His commandments also. The sanctified heart is in harmony
with the precepts of God’s law; for they are holy, just, and good.
No one who truly loves and fears God will continue to transgress the
law in any particular. When man transgresses he is under the condemna-
tion of the law, and it becomes to him a yoke of bondage. Whatever his
profession may be he is not justified, which means pardoned.
“The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul.” Through obedi-
ence comes sanctification of body, soul, and spirit. This sanctification
is a progressive work, and an advance from one stage of perfection to
another.
Let a living faith run like threads of gold through the performance of
even the smallest duties. Then all the daily work will promote Christian
growth. There will be a continual looking unto Jesus. Love for Him
will give vital force to everything that is undertaken. Thus through the
right use of our talents we may link ourselves by a golden chain to the
higher world. This is true sanctification, for sanctification consists in the
cheerful performance of daily duties in perfect obedience to the will of
God.
When it is in the heart to obey God, when efforts are put forth to this
end, Jesus accepts this disposition and effort as man’s best service, and
He makes up for the deficiency with His own divine merit.
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