Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-06-20

~ God and stultifles
the teachings of
his word. II robs
the Christian OF n
great deal of present comfort. too. for
every true believer on Jesus Christ
Is a saint. and becomes such the mo-
ment he so believes. Saint Is the
substantive of the VERT ito sanctify."
a word OF two meanings.
What sanetlfy Means.
To "sanctify" means, first. 10 set
apart a thing or a person for a holy
use. II ! 1.-THE my income. and set
aside n dollar out OF every ten for
Gods service. that dollar is sanctIied
In the instant OF It's being set aside.
and II II were a person II might be
called a saint.
Again "sanctify" means to make a
thing intrinsically clean. The dollar
set aside is much soiled. and after
setting II aside | send II to a bank
note company. which puts II through
a process OF cleansing by means Of
which II comes back TO me almost as
fresh and crisp as when It was first
put into circulation. II Is now
tilted in a second sense. This two
fold transaction represents saintship.
For example. the moment a man.
takes Jesus Christ by faith to be his
Savior he ia set apart nv God and for
God. and becomes a saint. But in
that same moment he enters upon a
process. or rather a process enters
upon or within him. 1t is a process
Of cleansing. The operator is the
Holy Spirit, who takes up his abode
in him. and the means he uses Is the
Word Of God. Now are ye Clean"
said Jesus, through the word I have
spoken unto you"
SanctiicatIon in the first case pretty
nearly agrees with Justification which
is instantaneous but In the second
case It is continuous and progressive
as the Christian yields himself to the
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Faithful In Christ Jesus
This suggests what Il means to be
faithful in Christ Jesus" Ny eye, or
ear or tongue. or hand. or foot. il
faithful in ne as It surrenders itself
10 my will. and obeys my behests. This
is what Paul teaches when in Romans
he exhorts Christians to present their
bodies unto God as a living sacrifice.
My members should be faithful In me
because I live and express myself
through them. and for this same rea-
son Christians need 10 be faithful in
Christ. else how shall he be known
and maintained in the earth7
Here Is a lesson for our home life.
our social life and u business life
as well. Everyone who knows
Christ should be able to say with the
apostle. For me to live is for Christ
to live"
The chapter now goes on IN sneak
OF the spiritual blessings he Christian
has In Christ as a member Of nj.
body. An the blessings Of the head
belong to the members In Christ
they are chosen. redeemed. Inherited
and sealed.
The teaching ia M, or,v 10, 49,
have ar Inheritance On Goa ,h.e-as
Jesus Christ but that Goa h.s.s a.
hertance in them Ara ,h,s -
lance he has made srra 90 ~.
and 70 them NV givtns ,h.m IT. L.
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dominion ~ The nrrchaso1 no.aa-
i. e.. the resurrection and gIor,aaa
,ion ~ ,ha,r hodia.