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as expounded upon the mount, are unacquainted with the truth as it
is in Jesus. Christ revealed the far-reaching principles of the law; He
expounded every precept, and exhibited every demand in His example.
He that knows the truth as it is in the law, knows the truth as it is
in Jesus; and if through faith in Christ he renders obedience to the
commandments of God, his life is hid with Christ in God.
The knowledge of the claims of the law would crush out the last
ray of hope from the soul if there were no Saviour provided for man;
but the truth as it is in Jesus, is a savor of life unto life. God’s dear Son
died that He might impute unto man His own righteousness, and not
that he might be at liberty to break God’s holy law, as Satan tries to
make men believe. Through faith in Christ, man may be in possession
of moral power to resist evil.
Sanctification the Work of a Lifetime
The work of sanctification is the work of a lifetime; it must go on
continually; but this work cannot go on in the heart while the light
on any part of the truth is rejected or neglected. The sanctified soul
will not be content to remain in ignorance, but will desire to walk
in the light and to seek for greater light. As a miner digs for gold
and silver, so the follower of Christ will seek for truth as for hidden
treasures, and will press from light to a greater light, ever increasing
in knowledge. He will continually grow in grace and in the knowledge
of the truth. Self must be overcome. Every defect of character must be
discerned in God’s great mirror. We may discover whether or not we
are condemned by God’s standard of character.
If you are condemned, there is but one course for you to pursue:
you must repent toward God because of the transgression of His law,
and have faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ as the one who only can
cleanse from sin. If we would obtain heaven, we must be obedient to
God’s holy requirements. Those who strive lawfully will not strive
in vain. Only believe the truth as it is in Jesus, and you will be
strengthened for the battle with the powers of darkness. The wrestlers
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of old strove to obtain a perishable crown, and should we not strive to
win the crown that fadeth not away?
Every art and device of Satan will be used to accomplish our ruin.
If you sit down with the ease-loving ones, with the words on your lips,