Daniel T. Bourdeau - The Eternal Gospel Church

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shall be willing in the days of thy power." Ps. cx, 3. And in the language of Jesus, "Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely." Rev. xxii, 17, p. 35, Para. 3, [HOLINESS]. SANCTIFICATION Of THE LIFE. p. 36, Para. 1, [HOLINESS]. The life also must be sanctified. "The word of God," says Paul, "is quick and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul (life) and spirit." Heb. iv, 12. The life should be spent in the service of God, and we should be willing to lay it down for the sake of the truth, if the cause of God demands it. But we should avoid rashness, and see to it that we wear not our strength and energies, and sacrifice not our lives, unnecessarily. Our lives are precious, and we are responsible to God for the use that we make of them. We should not sin against God by suffering and sacrificing our lives when the truth and the glory of God do not require it. There is much suffering that is in vain and worse than lost, that is not for God and his truth. Many lives have been squandered in the cause of error. Many lives have been sacrificed to vain and trifling objects, to other gods besides the true God. p. 36, Para. 2, [HOLINESS]. Christ willingly spent his strength and energies, suffered and laid down his life. But this was not in vain. The redemption of a fallen world was at stake. And he says, "If any man will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it." Matt. xvi, 24, 25. p. 36, Para. 3, [HOLINESS]. He that sets out to walk in the path of holiness, must make up his mind to deny himself, and suffer for Christ's sake. He that saves his life and ease at the sacrifice of the truth, shall lose eternal life; but he that loses his life and ease for the sake of Christ, shall find it; i.e., shall find eternal life. "For what," says our Saviour, "is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul (life)? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul (life)?" Verse 26. p. 37, Para. 1, [HOLINESS]. We should not count our lives dear when the truth, the glory of God, and eternal life, are at stake. These should
e dearer to us than life, and we should gladly suffer for the sake of Christ who has suffered so much for us. This did the early Christians. p. 37, Para. 2, [HOLINESS]. Says Paul, "For thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter." "I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily." "Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be manifest in our mortal flesh! For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh." "In labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. p. 37, Para. 3, [HOLINESS]. Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day have I been in the deep; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Besides those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches." "But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God." "Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus." Rom. viii, 36; 1 Cor. xv, 31; 2 Cor. iv, 9; xi, 23-28; Acts xx, 24; xxi, 13. p. 37, Para. 4, [HOLINESS]. Millions of saints have shown that their lives were sanctified by laying them down for God and his truth; and though we may not now be tested as they were, yet we may know how far our lives are sanctified by our willingness to suffer in the cause of truth. If we are unwilling to deny ourselves and suffer for God now, we certainly would be unwilling to lay down our lives for his sake. p. 38, Para. 1, [HOLINESS]. While looking over his sufferings Paul said, "But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which have
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of God become holy. p. 101, Para. 4
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From certain texts of Scripture we
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etc. In the previous chapter we are
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understood that there are condition
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you are overcoming. p. 112, Para. 1
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put forth in fighting, and the exer
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est of Scripture is but a commentar
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not commit adultery. Do not kill."
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make us love. It takes love to keep
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we have to perform to obtain help f
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is within thy gates: for in six day
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Again, they performed actual labor
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This is a species of our own work,
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abroad. p. 136, Para. 3, [HOLINESS]
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necessary that we should spend a po
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the seal of God. Again, the words s
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