The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-08

| Emmanuel NJ. Il. Cnurch, preached an
| able sermon on Sanctification on Sunday
morning last, using as his text | Thessa-
lonians V. %, "And the very God of
Peace sanctify you wholly; and / pray
God your whole spirit, and soul, and
| body, he preserved blameless unto the
coming Of our Lord Jesus Christ" Is
that possible that u whole body, and
shirt, NAV be blameless unto the coming
OF the Lord Jesus Christ? That is the
PRAYER OF the great apostle to the Gentle
world.
by justification our sins are forgiven,
when we are justified. Being justified by
faith we have peace with God through
our Lord Jesus Christ. By regeneration
our hearts are renewed by the Divine
Spirit. justification and regeneration
are two separate things. Justification is
ali act of God toward us. Remember,
please, justification is the act of God to-
ward us-we have met the conditions.
Regeneration is an act of God in us
when we are renewed by the Holy Spirit.
Bv adoption, we are received in the Di-
| vine Family. l make this statement so
| as to prepare you for what shall follow it.
We ropos to speak on the subject OF
"Sanctihcation of life" In doing this.
we shall notice the Nature, the Mode,
| the characteristics, and the Importance
of sanctifcation in life.
First, the Nature Of sanctification.
What do we understand by it? There is
nothing difficult in it, brethren. There
| is nothing that need to trouble any human
soul. Specification OF life, or Christian
Perfection is simply the act of taking
from common use, and putting us in a
position for a holy purpose. That is all,
there is about it. The love of the world,
the pleasure of the world, -that is a com
mon purpose. Now, God has given me
ability, mind, body, spirit. Now, | want
| to put that body on the altar of God, and
when | put it on the altar, l am taking
ii from a common use, and putting it then
| for a holy purpose. | am sanctifed to
God when that work is done; set apart
| from a common purpose to a holy pur-
pose. When you put yourself on the al
tar, YOU put yourself there for Gods SER
vice. and for nothing else that is not
right,
1.-THE sanctification of life consists of
two parts. First:-The notifying, and
the overcoming the evils of our nature
Paul saws in Galatians ii; 20, 81 am cruel
fed with the Christ; nevertheless, | live;
vet. not |, but Christ liveth in me- Now
if Christ lives in us, we cannot go very
far wrong. Mortify everything that is
wrong, you walk in the light of God; no
| other help. For if you live after the
flesh, We shall die (How many there
are who live after the flesh?) but, if We
trust the Spirit; do mortify the deeds OF
| the body, We shall live 1 have a strong
appetite for strong drink. My natural
taste is to lead me there; and, if | allow
myself to indulge in these things, my
desire increases, and 1 don't mortify the
flesh. | 90 before God, and ask him to
give me strength to overcome it. God
has grace and strength to give to you,
brethren, to overcome and mortify the
taste, and be free from it. 1t is the same
way in the lust of flesh in every direc-
ton.
THE second part is the Conservation
of the believer to that which is holy.
The love of God is implanted in the soul
in regeneration and the continuation of
the love of God in the soul is sanctifica-
ton of life. Just put that down, please,
and YOU will find it to be true. Sanctifi-
cation is the continuation of this love. 1t
means the dedication OF the soul and body
to the service of the true and living God.
Some people don't even know when
they are converted? You believe that?
That is a fact. And there are a great
many people, | have no doubt, in this
world that are converted, and don't
know the time of their conversion, but
their life and their conduct show it.
There are people in the Christian Church,
| have no doubt, sanctified to God, that
do not know the day nor the hour when
they were sanctified to His service, but
they know that they are, by the life that
that they ljve-This conservation of the
whole man includes holiness of heart,
spiritual habits, and to be the exercise of
the soul in practical holiness. If you
don't see this, there is not worth while
for anybody to profess sanc~titication. If
YOU see a brother with the love of God in
his soul, you need not stop to discuss
whether that brother is a Christian or
not. If not of the mind of Christ, you
are not His. So this love, then compre-
hends two things. The nature of sancti-
tication is the notifying of the flesh and
the conservation of all the powers we
have to God, living in holy love with all
the sweetness OF the life OF the Christian.
Notice again the Mode of sanctifica-
| ton. 1t is by the precious blood of
Christ; the blood of Jesus is the cost OF
all our spiritual blessings. Without the
shedding of blood, there can be no re-
mission of sins. Second. Specification
is attributed to the Spirit of God. If we
| will confess our sins, he is faithful and
just to forgive us our sins'-and what
/ else-'and to cleanse us from all unright-
eousness.' Now there are two thoughts.
, Many a person comes to seek the pardon
/ of their sins, and are sanctified to God,
before they get up off their knees. have
no doubt about it. In John, he says; If
we walk in the light as He is in the light,
we have fellowship one with another,
and the blood of Jesus Christ, His son,
| cleanseth us from all SIM What wrong
is there in that? 1t is in the present
tense. 1t cleanses us. What is the use
being in the Christian Church, and live,
and be in the dark? So, in the Mode OF
sanctitication, we first have the merit OF
Christ's blood. That is the procuring
cost. Now, the blessed Holy Ghost, the
third person in the Trinity, comes and
applies the Truth, and the Holy Spirit is
the agent of our sanctification; the Holy
| Spirit, therefore, is the effective agent,
The glorious promises of the Gospel, are
to take off the friction. The friction is
what wears the machinery. Ills the
worry that makes the pale face, and
] makes the corners of the mouth hang
down so, 1t is not work. The love OF
Christ c|onstrains me.
THE Holy Ghost is compared to the
wind, purifying in you; and we have 1t
also as it purities by fire,-compared to
fire. You are not fully sanctified to God
until your neighbors and friends can look
at you and see the face of Jesus Christ IN
your life, Then they will testify that
he is an I~srealite indeed