The Heart-Cry of Jesus by Byron J. (Byron Johnson) Rees
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something for me, and when I gave Him my will He came into me and
cast out all that would not be patient, and all that would not be sweet, and that would not be kind, and then He shut the door." "SIN IN BELIEVERS." John Wesley preached a sermon on "Sin in Believers" which is extant and widely read. All churches recognize it in their creeds, and all have provision in their dogmas for its expulsion before entrance into heaven. The Catholics provide a convenient Purgatory; other denominations glorify Death and ascribe to it a power which they deny to Christ; while still others rely on growth to cleanse from all sin and get us ready for the glory-world. The Bible, however, with that sublime indifference to all human opinions and theories becoming in divine authority, reveals a SALVATION FROM ALL SIN HERE AND NOW. The word sanctify means simply "to make holy" (L., sanctificare = sanctus, holy, + ficare, to make). The work of sanctification removes all the roots of bitterness and destroys the remains of sin in the heart. UNREASONABLE ANTAGONISM. What sound sense can there be in antagonizing a blessing which is nothing more or less than cleanness--mental, moral and physical cleanness. The kind of character that would wittingly fight holiness would object to a change of linen. A CHURCH IN JERSEY. |
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