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The European Union in Prophecy
"Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you,
which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? for ye are bought with a price:
therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's." 1 Corinthians
6:19, 20. He whose body is the temple of the Holy Spirit will not be enslaved by a
pernicious habit. His powers belong to Christ, who has bought him with the price of
blood. His property is the Lord's. How could he be guiltless in squandering this
entrusted capital? Professed Christians yearly expend an immense sum upon useless
and pernicious indulgences, while souls are perishing for the word of life. God is
robbed in tithes and offerings, while they consume upon the altar of destroying lust
more than they give to relieve the poor or for the support of the gospel. If all who
profess to be followers of Christ were truly sanctified, their means, instead of being
spent for needless and even hurtful indulgences, would be turned into the Lord's
treasury, and Christians would set an example of temperance, self-denial, and self-
sacrifice. Then they would be the light of the world.
The world is given up to self-indulgence. "The lust of the flesh, and the lust of
the eyes, and the pride of life" control the masses of the people. But Christ's followers
have a holier calling. "Come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord,
and touch not the unclean." In the light of God's word we are justified in declaring
that sanctification cannot be genuine which does not work this utter renunciation of
the sinful pursuits and gratifications of the world.
To those who comply with the conditions, "Come out from among them, and be
ye separate, . . . and touch not the unclean," God's promise is, "I will receive you, and
will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be My sons and daughters, saith the Lord
Almighty." 2 Corinthians 6:17, 18. It is the privilege and the duty of every Christian
to have a rich and abundant experience in the things of God. "I am the light of the
world," said Jesus. "He that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have
the light of life." John 8:12. "The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth
more and more unto the perfect day." Proverbs 4:18. Every step of faith and obedience
brings the soul into closer connection with the Light of the world, in whom there "is
no darkness at all." The bright beams of the Sun of Righteousness shine upon the
servants of God, and they are to reflect His rays. As the stars tell us that there is a
great light in heaven with whose glory they are made bright, so Christians are to
make it manifest that there is a God on the throne of the universe whose character is
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