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DAY • ....:.Ezek. 34: 12. Jer. 32: as.
V olume XXXI. April 27, 1911. Number 17.
Thoughts for Meditation_
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Nothing can ever fully satisfy us i'll, the Clu'istian 'bife but a pure heart fiZled
with- the Holy Spirit.
. This is the· no.rmal state of every saint. To think that we could make a succe"
f!/ life with anything below this standard would only mean a failure. .
We obtain .this e;vperiertCe by obedienoe and faith, and tve retain it in the sam~
't!J.ay. W.e .al/Jo .must dell it to lceep .it~ and 'We must keep it to teU #, and both ar6
a deli(Jht to the soul.
The outward preaaure is too strong for us 't.vithout the greater one 'Within. J ahn
aays, uGreater is he that is in you than he that is in the world/' 'Cohick applies to the
heart that is pure and filled with the Holy Spirit.
When thris' is our condition we can withstand every outward pressure of the
. enemy, and, beat of all, 'there is nothing within that has anycorreslJOndence or .
communion with the outside, but there is within us the strong repelling po'wer which
makes the trial. and temptation' easy' to resist:
071., what boundless .love God has shown that we may, by 7vis grace, have a pure
heart! The desires for sin are all completely destroyed, and the II oly One ig'
enthroned ,to hold sway over .the whole realm of our nal.ure.
Even though the enemy may come in like a jlJood, 'We have th~ blessed .asszmmce
that the Spirit of the Lord will lift up the standard against him (margin, lnd him to
flight), therefore there is no need of our being overcome in the time of testing.
When every desire for sin is taken away, it is not hard to keep from sinniny.
Not only is the desire gone, but we 'hate sin. We abhor that 't.e.!hich is evil, and in thi,,;
condition 'We have the 1'81'feot victory over all the temptations to sin.
By keeping a good watch of the self life, we shall have no trouble 'With being
overcome. Our humanity is the point of contact with the outside worlil, and when
this is kept humbled under the mighty hand of God, we are safe. Self-humiliation
is the safeguard against the attacks of the enemy.
Grace is promised to the humble, but God resists the proud. The error of
taking honor to one's self is where the enemy gets the advantage of many •
With a pure heart and a constant ~upply of humility, we are in a com/ortabZ(l,
and safe place.
The sanctifying grace does not destroy the natural self, but it pu,rifies it b;if
destroying the depravity and restoring the natural into the state where man stood .
before the fall. Unless 'toe keep the right attitude toward self, the enemy will impose
kill devices upon us and caz£se us to sin as he did Adam. .
In th« grace of God 'We have the decided advantage. over Adam, for no'W we
ha'CH: the Holy Spirit 'Within, which, if we do our part by keeping tlu will yielded
to G(Ja1will put to flight e'Dery evil, thought produced by the enemy_ .
J. W. B.
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