Character Perfection in This Flesh
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves
from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear
of God. 2 Corinthians 7:1.
O that consecrated way! Consecrated by His temptations and sufferings, by
His prayers and tears, by His holy living and sacrificial dying, by His
triumphant resurrection and glorious ascension, and by His triumphal entry
into the holiest of all, at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in
the heavens!
This "way"
He has consecrated for us, having become one of us, He has made this way our
way; it belongs to us. He has endowed every soul with divine right to walk
in this consecrated way, and by His having done it Himself in the flesh —
in
our flesh —
He has made it possible, that
every human soul can walk in that way.
He, as one of us, in
our human nature, in our sinful flesh, in this world, a whole lifetime,
lived a life "holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners."
By this He has made and consecrated a way by which, in Him, every believer
can in this world and for a whole lifetime, live a life holy, harmless,
undefiled, separate from sinners and as a consequence be made with Him
higher than the heavens.
Perfection of
character is the Christian goal —
perfection
attained in human flesh in this world. Christ attained it in human flesh in
this world and thus made and consecrated a way by which, in Him, every
believer can attain it. He, having attained it, has become our great High
Priest, and the High Priesthood and ministry of Christ in the true sanctuary
is the only way by which any soul can attain this true goal in this world.
"Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary." Psalm 77:13.
The Consecrated Way to Christian
Perfection, pgs. 83, 84 |
