Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

IS IT 17
BY F. 8. CHANI>LER.
"Awake to righteousn888, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of
Ood; I speak this to your sh"me." I. Cor. xv. :~.
Paul seems to have expres!led a most vital tr-uth in the above
extract from his epistle to the Corinthians, and which also
qerves in this our day to remind the Eilote1·ic stndent th:\t it is
full time we realize the gt·ave importance of the Covenant
relation we hear to God, and the neceR!Iity for a diligent observance
of the law in every particular. It is not enough that
we pray with our lips and labor with our hands, hut we must
enter into the spirit of things: take poJo~sessioo of the Spirit of
God, aud move steadily forward with the bold, fearle11s cletermination
of one who has laid hol.:l upon !IOmething tangihlt> aocl
is proceeding to accomplish ce1·tain results, regardless of opp~
sition.
So many of our people !leem unable to grasp the idea th:tt in
becoming a party to this new Covenant, God i11 at once our power
just to whatever extent we are ahle to recognize and utilize Him
within ourselves. When we took that name "Y ahveh," we
cea.'!ed to consider the promiJole that He wouht he our power.
hut rather umlerstoocl that HE IS ouJt POWER; and just to
whatever extent we he~ome conJo~c~ion!l of t.he fact, we c~operate
with that Spirit wherever we find it wo1·king to the de!lired end
of bringing about the kingdom upnn e:\rth. Here we ·• awake
to righteonsnes!l,"