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High Spiritual State Attainable, December 18
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you
faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy.
Jude 24
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Christ was obedient to every requirement of the law....
By His perfect obedience He has made it possible for every human being to
obey God’s commandments. When we submit ourselves to Christ, the heart is
united with His heart, the will is merged in His will, the mind becomes one with
His mind, the thoughts are brought into captivity to Him; we live His life. This
is what it means to be clothed with the garment of His righteousness. Then as
the Lord looks upon us He sees, not the fig-leaf garment, not the nakedness and
deformity of sin, but His own robe of righteousness, which is perfect obedience to
the law of Jehovah.
Through the plan of redemption, God has provided means for subduing every
sinful trait, and resisting every temptation, however strong.
The strongest temptation is no excuse for sin. However great the pressure
brought to bear upon the soul, transgression is our own act. It is not in the power
of earth or hell to compel any one to sin. The will must consent, the heart must
yield, or passion cannot overbear reason, nor iniquity triumph over righteousness.
If you will stand under the bloodstained banner of Prince Emmanuel, faithfully
doing His service, you need never yield to temptation; for One stands by your side
who is able to keep you from falling.
We need not retain one sinful propensity.... [
Ephesians 2:1-6
quoted.] ...
As we partake of the divine nature, hereditary and cultivated tendencies to
wrong are cut away from the character, and we are made a living power for good.
Ever learning of the divine Teacher, daily partaking of His nature, we cooperate
with God in overcoming Satan’s temptations. God works, and man works, that
man may be one with Christ as Christ is one with God. Then we sit together with
Christ in heavenly places. The mind rests with peace and assurance in Jesus.
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