The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-03-08
HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD


Without holiness no man shall see
the Lord, because God who is perfect
and holy has made a way for fallen
man to gain perfection in His sight.
We must attain holiness-not unto
man-not unto the critical tongue
not unto the carnal Interpretation, for
God looks on the inside and Judges
according to the desires of the heart,
while man can see only the outside.
If man were to be the judge, heaven
would be turned upside down, souls
that are lost would be saved and souls
that are saved would be forever con-
demned So it is holiness unto the Lord
Holiness is not only measured by
the things we don't do but also by the
things we do. The sin of omission is
oftimes far greater than the sin of
commission, for did not the pharisees
boast of not lying, not stealing, not
living In adultery, not giving into
strong drinks Though they thought
they kept all of the commandments.
they still were not holy in the sight of
God. A rich young ruler said unto
Christ, Master, all these things have
| done from my youth up, have kept
every law, I've measured my foot
steps that | may not slip, pray in
the morning, at noon and at night.
believe all that hear" But Christ
said unto him, Zone thing lackest thou
:" He was not holy before God.
Holiness is righteousness accepted
before God, not the naked morality of
man-not alone the measuring of laws
and the keeping of Commandments
not alone the doing of aims on the
corners of the streets-not alone the
attending of churches, the reciting of
testimonies, the singing of SONGS.
shouting and clapping in spiritual re-
lolclng-not alone in the paying of
tlthes and the presentation of offer
lngs-not alone the water baptism or
the tarrying and receiving of the
Spirit of God. For if holiness includes
only these, then He'll can be put out
of existence.
The man who has been saved has
just found the road upon which he is
to walk, and his salvation depends not
on finding that road, but in the ability
to walk that road to it's end. 1t means
that when he is in church and he
hears of child who has lost its par
ent, ne is going to see that that child
has someone to care for it. He will
take 1t home and see that it is fed. and
that shoes are on its feet. He will look
after the poor and needy to the best
of his ability and when Christmas
comes around he will seek not to make
lofty gifts to those in high places and
not IN need, but to the cast away and
the respondent. He will seek to bring
sunshine into a stormy life and do
good where men will give him no
praise. When he hears of sickness he
Will enter that home, not only to sing
and pray, but to be of service. God
would not hear his empty prayer if
that house be dirty and he thinks he
is too good to clean it, if he can't see
that the hungry within are fed, and if
ne can't see that the laundry is done,
II costs something to live holy life
lie is willing to have patience with
the drunkard-to open the doors of his
nome and say, Come and dine with
me and let us talk this matter over TO-
gether. He is light to the wavfarinq
pilgrim, willing to pick up the fallen
Wiling to open the eyes of the blind
and considers himself as a servant and
not master to his fellowman. For
Christ died for the sinner, not for the
righteous; Christ preached among the
poor, not among the aristocratic and
elite.
He IS honest, not because he would
not deliberately steal, but when he
makes an obligation or a debt he f1l-
/ nils that obligation or paws that debt
God accepts no tithes and blesses mo
offering that you render when Won
leave your honest debts unpaid or
I your worthy neighbor in distress. He
is no respector of persons; the same
SIN that he condemns in a stranger he
condemns in a friend, for holiness and
hypocrisy cannot walk side bv side.
When he sins, he finds no pleasure in
that SIN but Immediately seeks for
giyeness and starts to walk anew.
When ne falls by the wayside he gets
up again and tries harder not TO fall
lie condemns not his fellowman with
out. first trying to help with all that
he has
A man must be born again; he must
receive the Spirit of God and after
receiving it make full use of it in his
daily life. He must walk in the light
and let his light shine above all other
lights. The world must see something
IN him. There must be something in
his personality that makes him like
Christ, something about the wav he
talks, something in the way he walks.
something in the life he lives that
makes him blessing to all mankind.
he must be a believer in all that is
true, a receiver of all that God can
give, for indeed he must be an ambas-
sador from Heaven representing
Christ on earth--growing daily from
Imperfection to perfection until he
lives into the reality of that day when
imperfection will be known no more.
SCHEDULE OF
SHELOH KHALL'S
ELECTRIC CHOIR
First Baptist Church, Woburn, Sun
day, Mar. 8, IL noon.
Lincoln Cong. Church, Brockton.
Sunday, Mar. 9, 700 pm.