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The European Union in Prophecy
"Thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." 1
Corinthians 15:57.
The Scriptures plainly show that the work of sanctification is progressive. When
in conversion the sinner finds peace with God through the blood of the atonement, the
Christian life has but just begun. Now he is to "go on unto perfection;" to grow up
"unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ." Says the apostle Paul: "This
one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those
things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of
God in Christ Jesus." Philippians 3:13, 14. And Peter sets before us the steps by which
Bible sanctification is to be attained: "Giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue;
and to virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience;
and to patience godliness; and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly
kindness charity. . . . If ye do these things, ye shall never fall." 2 Peter 1:5-10.
Those who experience the sanctification of the Bible will manifest a spirit of
humility. Like Moses, they have had a view of the awful majesty of holiness, and they
see their own unworthiness in contrast with the purity and exalted perfection of the
Infinite One. The prophet Daniel was an example of true sanctification. His long life
was filled up with noble service for his Master. He was a man "greatly beloved" (Daniel
10:11) of Heaven. Yet instead of claiming to be pure and holy, this honoured prophet
identified himself with the really sinful of Israel as he pleaded before God in behalf of
his people: "We do not present our supplications before Thee for our righteousness,
but for Thy great mercies." "We have sinned, we have done wickedly." He declares: "I
was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people." And
when at a later time the Son of God appeared, to give him instruction, Daniel says:
"My comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength." Daniel
9:18, 15,20; 10:8.
When Job heard the voice of the Lord out of the whirlwind, he exclaimed: "I
abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes." Job 42:6. It was when Isaiah saw the
glory of the Lord, and heard the cherubim crying, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of
hosts," that he cried out, "Woe is me! for I am undone." Isaiah 6:3, 5. Paul, after he
was caught up into the third heaven and heard things which it was not possible for a
man to utter, speaks of himself as "less than the least of all saints." 2 Corinthians
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