Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-06

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knoweth them that are his' Oil Titno-
thy ii, 19D.
How to Become sanetified.
Seeing that the sancti6ed are COM
paratively few. aud that evidently few
can properly direct the way toward a
condition which they have not them
selves attained. it behooves us to look
carefully to the instructions given us
by our Lord Jesus directly and through
his apostles st. Paul. who wrote. This
is the will of God. even your sanctifca-
ton" also wrote. I'VE are bound TO
give thanks alway TO God for you,
brethren. beloved OF the Lord. because
God hath from the beginning chosen
you to salvation through sanctiHcation
of the spirit and belief of the Truth ;
whereunto he called you by our Cos
pei. to the obtaining of the glory of our
Lord Jesus Christ" I'll Thessalonians
H. 10. 14I Note from these words that
the call Of the Church is the special
feature of this present Gospel Age and
its message. Note also that our call
is not to sectarianism, but to heart
relationship With the Lord through a
belief of the Truth and a proportion
ate getting rid Of error. And this en-
lightenment through the Truth pro-
crosses in proportion to our sanctitica-
ton Of spirit-of thought, of word, OF
deed.
Note again the same Apostles expla-
nation of the matter. He says that he
addresses them that are sanctified in
Christ Jesus (who wereD called to be
saints. and he explains that while they
had been sinners. children of wrath.
even as Others" they had been cleans
ed by faith through acceptance of the
finished work of Christ on our behalf.
eye are washed. ye are sanctified. We
are justified in the name of the Lord
Jesus. and by the Spirit of our God" Il
Corinthians vi. III. The same st. Paul,
addressing the Ephesian brethren. says,
81 commend you to God. and to the
Word of his grace. which is able TO
build you up. and to give you an in
heritance among all them that are
sanctifed" (Acts XX. 32l. Note here
that ii is only the sanctified of the
present age that are TO get the inherit
ance that is now offered the heavenly
inheritance with our Lord Jesus.
share with him in his heavenly King
dom. Note also how the Apostle here
again lays emphasis upon the Scrip
lures as containing the power which
not only leads us 10 conservation and
10 ho 7 =. TIM l,ttt
which will strengthen us In thought
and word and deed to do his good
pleasure to maintain our sanctified
with him through our
Lord Jesus Christ
Elected Through Sanctification.
ST. Peter Il Peter i. y explains to us
that Gods election of the members of
the Church from amongst the world
during the present age is along the line
of sanctihcution. He elects that all
those who shall accept his favor to the
extent of sunctidcation in the trying
of the present time shall be
joint-heirs with our Lord and Redeem
er in his Millennial Kingdom. The |
Apostles words are, Elect according
to the foreknowledge of God the Fa-
.her. through sanctification of the Spir- |
It, unto obediepce and sprinkling of !
the blood Of Jesus Christ" q Peter i, !
p. Here we have the matter succinct- !
" stated-faith in the blood of Jesus |
Is essential as the first step in the way |
to God mo man cometh unto the Fa- /
ther but by me-" said our Lord. Then |
our way must be through sanctitication |
Of the Spirit, of the will, the setting |
apart of our hearts from earthly am
billions and pleasures to heavenly ones |
-deadness to the world and liveness
toward God. This work of grace must |
day by day.
Our sanctihcation is not merely for
the beginning of our Christian expert |
ance, but to be the very essence Of our !
lives thereafter. The trials and test
lngs Of life from the world, the flesh
and the devil will serve to demonstrate
the thoroughness of our sauctiication.
God. however, is not seeking to prove
or not we are perfect in the
flesh. for he knows and informs us that
we are imperfect He does, however,
desire To prove that our conservation,
our sanctucatou, our setting apart of
TO be faithful to the Lord at
any and every cost is not merely
passing whlm or fancy, but by con-
tluual instructions of his Word by the
of his Promises, BY the
testings of his disclplines he would
nx indelibly, unalterably, this decision
of ours to he entirely his in thought,
in word. in deed even unto death.
"copies Of His Son."
st. Paul. consistently with his state
ments already quoted. wrote to the
Christians at Rome respecting Gods
foreknowledge and predestination of
the Elect church, saying, Whom he
did foreknow, he also did predestinate
"a be conformed to the image OF his
Son. that he might be the flrstborn