The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-06-08

en- In rlult We may De HeIpSu out Oh
our difficulty. From the time when we
were presented to the Father, the merit
of Christs righteousness covers our
unwilling imperfections. We must
wear this robe of Christ's righteous
ness until we shall have finished our
change we shall have no blemishes.
Now, however, we must watch, and
keep our garments unspotted from the
world. The New Creature must pass
through the world, coming in contact
with it in all the affairs OF life, and
yet keep unspotted from evil.
Probably every New Creature except
our Lord Jesus has gotten spots on nus
garment at some time. But these must
be removed; for no one will be admit
ted into the presence of Jehovah God
whose robes are spotted. There is only
one cleansing fluid which will remove
these spots-"The blood of Jesus Christ
His Son cleanseth us from all sin"
q John 1:7.) These words do not refer
to the original cleansing; they are not
addressed to sinners, but to those who
are robed In Christ's righteousness.
Both In the original Greek and in the
English the thought Of progressive
work is set forth-the blood keeps
cleansing. As long as we retain these
robes and have need OF cleansing, the
blood of Jesus Christ is the stain-re-
mover which God has provided.
When we first came to the Lord for
forgiv all our sins were counted
as Adamic sins-those which came
through Adams failure to, obey the
Lord. If we had an individual respon-
sibility In the sense that we consented
to some Of these sins, we no doubt re
ceived a measure of punishment This
we may still be bearing In the way OF
sickness, disease, etc. But our share
In the condemnation inherited from
Adam is all covered by the merit of
Christ's righteousness.
After we become the Lords, we have
the new nature, which does not love
sin; but we also have weaknesses of
the flesh, against which the new ma
ture Is striving. Nevertheless it Is not
possible for any fallen human being
to live without sin. st. John says that
whoever thinks of himself as being sin
less deceives himself. Il John 1 49, He
may not know that he is lying, but the
Word Of God says that not one Of man
kind can keep himself perfect. st. Paul
says the same thing; we cannot do the
things that we would. (Romans 7:15-
21) The New Creature would do per-
fectly, but it is hampered by the flesh.
Not one In the whole world Is right
eous, as the Scriptures declare. Ro-
mans 8:10) All Gods people have
these inherited blemishes and imper-
fections. Therefore He has arranged
for the cleansing of these things. II
It were possible to be without sin, there
would be no arrangement for our being
cleansed.
The blood Of Christ, which represents
the merit of Christ, is sufficient not
only for the sins Of the past, but for
every sin which is attributable to the
weaknesses of the flesh, our inheritance
| from Father Adam. But the blood of
Jesus Christ does not cover one wilful
sin. God knows how to provide for
sins partly wilful and partly due to in
herited weakness. The New Creature
cannot sin wilfully. If one delighted
In sin and wished to commit entirely
wilful sin, 1t would be proof that he
had lost the Spirit of God completely.
Whatever transgression is not wilful
is one of weakness of the fesh-either
Adamic weakness in the. person or by
reason of temptation from others.
How to Apply the Blood.
Whoever finds a spot on his robe
should go to the Lord In prayer, ex-
pressing regret and by faith accepting
the offer of cleansing through the blood
of Jesus Christ. The spot is removed
by the asking Of forgiveness and the
application Of the blood. Some one
could be so easily forgiven of their
sins, they would become very careless
But the tendency Is rather In the oppo-
site direction, we reply
Every New Creature In Christ is very
DESTROYS of being an honor to his Heav-
emily Father. Therefore he is very much
disappointed when he finds himself
committing sin-speaking evil. show
ing Impotence, acting unjustly, etc. As
soon as he recognizes his conduct as
wrong, he takes 1t to God and asks
forgiveness. Perhaps in a short time
he does something similar, and Is more
disappointed than before. He thought
that he had learned his lesson thor
oughly. Then he goes to the Heavenly
Father again. but finds that it Is not
SO easy to go the second time. Yet so he
must or else the spot remains. By and
by he does something wrong again,
perhaps In a little different form, and
must go again Ill Gods appointed way.
These become the most serious times
of our lives as New Creatures. But
just as sure as he has had such expe-
riences, just so sure he has been faith
full to the Lord.
Another class of Christian people,
however, are different The first time
they got spot on their robe, they
went In the proper way and had the
spot removed But the second time,
they said, mo; l cannot go to the
Lord l viii not pray tonight" In
the morning they brush away all
thought of the matter During the day
they are SO busy with the cares of life
that they forget it. At night. they
think of 1t again, but retire without
praying. And so time goes on. Per-
haps another difficulty comes up, an
other bitter word is spoken, another
angry word uttered, something done
or thought that was wrong. They are
getting spots all over their robe.
should their attention be called to the
spots, they reply, Everybody has
these. l have made up my mind not
to pay too much attention to these
things" Meantime their robes are be-
coming so spotted that. 1t is practically
an tmpOssibility to cleanse them. They
must be washed
This class is pictured In the Scrip
lures as great multitude, who must
wash their robes white In the blood of
the Lamb (Rev. 7:9717.) All these
will be washed eventually In the great
Time Of Trouble such as was not since
there was nation. They will not be
counted worthy to escape those things
coming upon the world-the Time of
trouble just before us. They have not
Deen walking with our Lord In white,
not walking with Him at alI.-Rev. 3:4.
Ihere Is no way to keep our gar
ments white except by continually be-
ing In relationship with the Lord. In
this way We shall gain the victory over
sin. But those who do not remove the
spots as they come, cannot walk with