it, that He might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the Word (Eph. 5:26). The Holy Spirit sanctifies the believ- er (2 Thess. -2:13; 1 Pet. 1:2). We are sanctified by the blood (Heb. 13:12 R. V. Through the truth (Jno. 17:17). All believers are sanctified a Cor. 1:2 R. V.; 1 Cor. 6:11 R. V.). This sanctification is by the offering of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all, and those that are sanctified are per- fected forever (Heb. 10:10-14). There is another part to sanctifica- tion. The believer sets himself apart, for God (Rom. 11:1), then he progresses in the matter of sanctification. As he grows in grace and knowledge and sees more clearly the things which are dis- pleasing to God he separates himself from the (1 Thess. 4:1-10; 2 Pet. I l l : 18). Sanctification is position rather than possession. THE SURRENDER LIFE. February 27th. The word surrender is not in the Bible, but the principle is found exem- plified in Adam when he yielded to Satan and in the life of our Lord, Who yielded His whole will to the Father (Jno. 6:38). The basis for the full surrender of our lives to God is that we are not oar own, we belong to God (1 Cor. 6:19). Purchased with blood (Acts 20:28). We must not live unto ourselves (2 Cor. 5:15). The surrendered life is a spirit filled life (Eph. 5:18). A life of obedi- ence (2 Cor. 10:5). A life of delight (Psa. 50:8). God demands surrender (Jas. 4:7). Believers are to be the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart (Eph. 6:6). So long as there is unwillingness to yield everything to God there must be friction and unrest. We must serve someone, either God or the devil (Rom. 6:16). There can never be any real joy or satisfaction m a believer's life until it is yielded ab- solutely to God; neither can there bo any power. One can go on in the hum drum life, but we ào not, deceive a n y - one, worldly people have no confidence in our profession, God is not glorified and we are not happy. Heaven is har- mony. There can be no harmony where there are two wills. Surrender to God absolutely and as fast as undiscovered opposition arises yield it to Him. Do not dare to have your own will about anything. Have heaven now (Rom. 12:1-2).
life is hid with Christ, in God (Col. 1:3), so it safe and secure. MYSTERY OF NEW BIRTH. It cannot be explained. It is like the blowing of the breeze upon your cheek (Jno. 3:8; 1 Cor. 2:11), but jit can be realized (1 Jno. 3:14). If this new nature is an absolute necessity, before one can enter into the Kingdom of God, what will become of the young people who have never accepted Christ as Saviour, and what is our responsibility concerning it? JUSTIFICATION OF THE BELIEVER February 13th. The word " j u s t i f y '' means to make or declare right. One is justified when there is a judicial declaration that that such an one is right or righteous. A lawbreaker can never be justified; he can be punished and serve his Sen- tence, or he may be forgiven—par- doned, but he is always a pardoned criminal. The law can never justify a lawbreaker. We are sinners. How can we become right in God's sight? The law does not justify IUS (Eom. 111:20). We cannot justify ourselves, for Jesus condemns such (Luke 14:15). Works of the flash cannot justify (Gal. 11:16). When God declares us righteous, he makes us as though we never had sinned. How can He do it? By grace, by His unmerited favor (Titus 3:7). By His Son He justifies us from all things (Acts 13:39). Through the blood of His Son (Rom. 5:9. The blood is the life which atones for our sins. By our faith (Bom. 5:1). Believing that the grace of God has supplied this need through the blood of Christ, we accept it and rejoice in it. Faith justi- fies lis, before God, who sees our hearts. We are justified berore men, by our works (.Jas. 2:21-24). See, also, Rom. 8:1; Jas. 2:10; Eccl. 7:20; 1 Cor. 6:9; Prov. 2:7; 1 Pet. 3:18. Justification is an immediate act of God in our behalf, when we believe. February 20th. SANCTIFICATION OF THE BELIEVER. Sanctification is a greatly misused and misunderstood word. It means sep 1 aration or a setting apart. God sanc- tifies when He sets apart anything or person. He sanctified the temple (2 Chron. '7:16). He sanctified His Son Jesus Christ (Jno. 10:36). Christ has sanctified the Church. "Husbands love your wives, even as Christ, also loved the Church and gave Himself for
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