Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-03-06
HOLINESS,
The term holiness has in scripture

Inc term h0tfHeSS mas IN scripture
several classes of meanings express
sivc, ist. OF the goodness and recti-
tude of God. 2nd. The sacreaness
OF what is cohsccrated. :ird. Com
paratiye human holiness. and 4th,
that grace which is of Jesus Christ
INT" salvation and to which Paul al
ludes when in his Epistlc to the He
brews, ch. II, yer. IA, he exhots
those he addresses to Follow holi-
ness, without which no man shall see
the Lord"
The entire Epistle to the Hebrews
is devoted to the discussion of the
person, character, priesthood and
sacrifice of CHRIST and the results
that proceed from them, namely, the
redemption, justification and regen-
Grafton of those that accept them, and
winds up with the exhortatlon allud-
ell to, Follow peace with all men.
and holiness without which no man
shall see the Lord; looking diligently
lest any fail of the grace of God"
For We are come not to the mount,
where the law was proclaimed; but
to Mount Zion, the heavenly Jerusa-
lem, to the church of the first born,
and yer. "a. 'To Jesus the Media
tor of the new covenant and to the
blood of sprinkling, that speaketh
better things than that of Abel"
Created in the image of God, since
his fall man can be spoken of only as
being destitute Of his original god
like perfections. Christ himself de-
clared there was none good but God.
The Psalmist, with almost equal en-
phasis, sets forth the fact that human
purity is not to be compared to that
which pertains to the Deity, and Paul
amid his conflicts eXciaims, "How to
perform that which is good, find
not, and yet the translators of his
Epistle have made him say that with
out holiness no man shall see God"
1t is therefore of the utmost inn
portance to every seeker after saliva
ton to understand exactly what Paul
meant, and the whole context, and all
its connections point with inexorable
logic to that holiness, which pertains
to Christ and of which all his follow
ers have the promise of partaking !;
with which personal perfection should
not he confounded. To do this
would be to antagonize the teachings
of Christ and insist upon the attain
ment of what is nowhere promised to
the inhabitant of this world. If the
writer understands the plan of saliva
ton, it is that with pardon, the will
is enlightened. This is the new or
spiritual quickening that brings its re.
ceiver into accord with God; but il
is nowhere recorded that any one is
thereby relieved from future contest
with the f1eshy motions of his carna
body, or that his spirit will be victo'
rious in those contests. Both revela.
ton and experience teach on the con.
trary, that as long as the soul and
body of man remains united this
strife will continue. The man, how
ever, that performs his whole duty
from principle and not from fear OF
hope of any sort, has the promised
witness that it is of God; and tina
the promise to impart new hear
with. pardon of sin has been fulfilled
This is what Mr.. Wesley meant wher
he spoke of Christian perfection, a.
perfect love and complete sanctlfica
ton in these words, in answer to tht
question, "What is implied in being
a perfect Christian!" Answer, eth
loving of the Lord our God with al
our heart and with all our mind ant
soul and strength.
Ordinary morality lacks the requir
: ed love of right-doing. 1t eithe
seeks escape from punishment or i
, inspired by the hope of attainin
some thing that is desired. Usuall
it has regard to human approval, an
in the language of Christ, is no
without its merted reward.
Stript of verbiage and theologics
entanglement, what most men shoul'
comprehend is this. That though OF
vanquished in its contests with th
; flesh, the renewed and enlightene
spirit will one day be released fror
its fleshy tabernacle, and realize, tina
" it is in perfect accord with God. Th
{ body win also be spiritualized an
will no longer resist the spirit. O
It the other hand. the spirits of the ur
e regenerated will remain unconforme
e to God and be reunited to resurret
ted bodies over which they will ais
a exercise complete control with all til
i unavoidable consequences that attac
d to such state of being.
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