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should be ever under condemnation and darkness. There is no evidence of true
humility in going with the head bowed down and the heart filled with thoughts of self.
We may go to Jesus and be cleansed, and stand before the law without shame and
remorse. "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus,
who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." Romans 8:1.
Through Jesus the fallen sons of Adam become "sons of God." "Both He that
sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause He is not
ashamed to call them brethren." Hebrews 2:11. The Christian's life should be one of
faith, of victory, and joy in God. "Whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world:
and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith." I John 5:4. Truly
spoke God's servant Nehemiah: "The joy of the Lord is your strength." Nehemiah 8:10.
And Paul says: "Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice." "Rejoice evermore.
Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ
Jesus concerning you." Philippians 4:4; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18.
Such are the fruits of Bible conversion and sanctification; and it is because the
great principles of righteousness set forth in the law of God are so indifferently
regarded by the Christian world that these fruits are so rarely witnessed. This is why
there is manifest so little of that deep, abiding work of the Spirit of God which marked
revivals in former years. It is by beholding that we become changed. And as those
sacred precepts in which God has opened to men the perfection and holiness of His
character are neglected, and the minds of the people are attracted to human teachings
and theories, what marvel that there has followed a decline of living piety in the
church. Saith the Lord: "They have forsaken Me the fountain of living waters, and
hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water." Jeremiah 2:13.
"Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly. . . . But his
delight is in the law of the Lord; and in His law doth he meditate day and night. And
he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in
his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper."
Psalm 1:1-3. It is only as the law of God is restored to its rightful position that there
can be a revival of primitive faith and godliness among His professed people. "Thus
saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the
good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls." Jeremiah 6:16.
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