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Searching Questions, February 11
Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his
holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not
lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Psalm 24:3, 4
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A soul united with Christ ... will war against all transgression and every
approach of sin. He becomes every day more like a bright and shining
light, and more victorious. He goes on from strength to strength, not from
weakness to weakness.
Let no one deceive his own soul in this matter. If you harbor pride, self-
esteem, a love for the supremacy, vainglory, unholy ambition, murmuring,
discontent, bitterness, evil-speaking, lying, deception, slandering, you have
not Christ abiding in your heart.... You must have a Christian character that
will stand....
There must be thorough conversions among those who claim to believe
the truth, or they will fall in the day of trial. God’s people must reach a
high standard. They must be a holy nation, a peculiar people, a chosen
generation—zealous of good works. Christ has not died for you that you
may possess the passions, tastes, and habits of men of the world....
No man enters the portals of glory but he who sets his heart thitherward.
Then let the questions come home, Do you mind earthly things? Are your
thoughts pure? Are you breathing the atmosphere of heaven? Do you carry
with you the miasma of pollution? ... Are you earnest and devoted, serving
God with purity and in the beauty of holiness? Ask sincerely, Am I a child
of God, or am I not? ...
We need a thorough reformation in all our churches. The converting
power of God must come into the church.... Put not off the day of prepara-
tion. Slumber not in a state of unpreparedness, having no oil in your vessels
with your lamps.... Let not the question remain in perilous uncertainty. Ask
yourselves earnestly, Am I among the saved, or the unsaved? Shall I stand,
or shall I not stand? He only that hath clean hands and a pure heart shall
stand in that day.
It is the privilege of every son of God to be a true Christian moment by
moment; then he has all heaven enlisted on his side.
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