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Icsus. and thus 10 90 10 M opposite
direction fro1 the e6uuse Of the world
and AZ the cfst Of the erucllxlon. TUG
modification. OF his own flesh and
lbs NATURAL preferences
Thus viewed every Spirit: begotien
CHRISTIAN. Is an object Of sympathy
from the piyine standpelnt. md this
should be their standpoint toward
each other. But The world has 10 Z
sympathy, The world sees not. heither
does 1t understand nor appreciate the
exceeding great and precious profnsf
tses which lie behind the conservation
or the saints . "the Church Of The
lirstborns.,, SO much the more, eaen
Of these brethren, dearly beloved =
should have sympathy for each other,
and should encourage one another.
strengthen one another build one an
tpther up IN the most holy faith. md,
by all means, do nothing to stumble
each other in the narrow way.
The saints cannot tight Satan.
They can merely by their wis 70.
sisi him and rely upon the promises
Of grace TO help and To- protect. The
saints. cannot conquer The world and
convert Tito God that Is too fiercu-
lean task. God, rs We haye seen,
has provided tho thousand years OF
Messinh's reign for that purpose-to
conquer the world, to overthrow sin
and to uplift the willing and obedlent
OF humanity. But the saints. must
all overcome the world in the sense
Of resisting Its spirit and Keeping their
hearts loyal to God. loyal to their
Covenant of conservation which they
have made to him. The heavenly
promises with the still greater re
wards Of glories fur above anything
that the world has to otfer, are tho
greatest aids In this resistance OF the
worldly spirit.
The great work for the Church 10
the good tight of faith manifested in
the putting away Of the nth Of theirS
own flesh and spirit. Some by ms
thre have more filth Of tho fiest and
spirit, more meanness, more selilsh-
ness, more natural deprayity. etc.
than have others. NevertN eiess, the
race is not to the swift, nor the bat
tie to the strong: for the Lord,s ar
rangement with each member of the
Royal Priesthood Is that he shall DO
Judged according to the spirit or In.
tention, and not according TO the
flesh. From the time OF the Chris
tian's consecration to the Lord he Is
reckoned dead as a human being aud
alive rs a spirit being. HIS test
or trial Is not with view 10 seeing
whether or not he can DO the i'm
possible thing OF living IN absolutely
perfect life In an imperfect body. His
1 trial'or test, on the contrary, IS 10 see
to what extent his mind, his win.
fights n good fight against Ills natural
weaknesses and frailties. .sThere Is <
none righteous, no. not one. All the
, trying In the world could not prove
this Divine statement IN incorrect :
one. Righteousness of the viii. holI.
ness Of heart, purity OF heart. are the
possibilities: for these God seeks and
these he Will reward in the -Fifst
Resurrection by granting perfect splr-
it bodies, in full harmony with their
pure hearts, their loyal intentions and
+; purposes. s,
How to Put Away Filth Of the Flesh.
\ If 1t Is impossible for the New Crea-
turc to perfect the flesh. what does
the Apostle mean by urging the saints
/ to cleanse themselves from the tith
Of the flesh. He ,means that we should
i not, as New Creatures, be discouraged
and say that because we cannot hope
to attain perfection in the flesh. there.
fore We will make no ehdeayors In
1 that direction. He wishes us to I'M.
derstand that 1t Is the Lords viii that
we fight against the weaknesses Of the
/ flesh with a two-foid purpose:
~ Tint We may gradually cleanse
ourselves gradually become more and
more what the Lord would have nsbe
and what We should like to be our
selves.
(2l Additionally, this fight against sin
In the flesh will make US stronger and
] stronger as New Creatures, in the spir-
1t of our minds. II Is this firmness,
this determinat Ion, this positiyehess Of
I'the New Creature against sls and for
righfeousness that Cod desires! Those
4 who develop It afe called acyercom-
ers,' and oil Of their experiences in
these trials and battiings against tie
world, the flesh and the Adversary.
nre designed to make them strong IN
the Lord and In the power OF hisN
1 might" Their experiences arc So 81.
4 dered and directed as to lead them to-
more and more of faith In God and
obedience to him. In order to be nc.
ccptable, they must reach the place
where they love Righteousness and
hate iniqulty-in:equity.
| 81 Christian Filthiness Of Spirit. (,
The word spirit in the Bible and ia
ordinary language Is used In, q variety
OF senses. In our text does not sig.
nifty TINT the saints, as spirit beinE
are filthy and need cleansing. Quite
to the contrary, the New creatnre. be.
gotten Of the spirit, Is holy, pure. But
u iis the New Creo HI, Va > No n 80 AZ