[Songs in the Night - June 3]
Follow...holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord. Hebrews 12:14
HOLINESS is not a charm which we may put in our
pockets; it is not a garment which may be worn occasionally.
Holiness resembles more the tempering of
a piece of metal; it enters into the entire fiber, changing
its general characteristics; it is transforming in its
influence.
True, there is a holiness reckoned to the
Lord's people in the robe of Christ's righteousness,
which is granted to us when first we turn from sin,
accept the Redeemer, and consecrate ourselves to God.
But this is not sufficient.
We must work into our
characters that which we have willed—or, as the apostle
expresses it, we must allow the Lord to work in us
the holy will, and the holy conduct which must necessarily
accompany the holy will, as opportunity and
conditions will permit. Z'15-233 R5739:3 (Hymn 219)